Abstract
Five new species of the huntsman spider genus Sinopoda Jäger, 1999 are described: S. hongruii Wang & Li, sp. nov. (♂♀, forest in Anhui, China), S. jiangzhou Wang & Li, sp. nov. (♂♀, cave in Guangxi, China), S. saiyok Wang & Li, sp. nov. (♀, cave in Kanchanaburi, Thailand), S. yanjin Wang & Li, sp. nov. (♀, forest in Yunnan, China), and S. yanzi Wang & Li, sp. nov. (♂♀, cave in Hunan, China). A distribution map of the new species is provided.
Highlights
Sparassidae Bertkau, 1872 are small to large spiders with laterigrade legs
The genus Sinopoda was established by Jäger in 1999 and belongs to the subfamily Heteropodinae Thorell, 1873 (Jäger 1999)
This new species is similar to Sinopoda tumefacta Zhong, Jäger, Chen & Liu, 2019 (Zhong et al 2019: 69, figs 53A–E, 54A–F, 55A–D) in the structure of the embolus and RTA but can be recognized by the following characters: in the male, the conductor is straight and fan-shaped, unlike in S. tumefacta (Zhong et al 2019: fig. 53B) where the conductor is curved and covered by the embolus; the sub-tegulum is noticeably higher in the new species (Fig. 3A–D), but not in S. tumefacta; the embolus arises from the tegulum at the 6-o’clock position but at the 5-o’clock position in S. tumefacta
Summary
Sparassidae Bertkau, 1872 are small to large spiders with laterigrade legs. The genus Sinopoda was established by Jäger in 1999 and belongs to the subfamily Heteropodinae Thorell, 1873 (Jäger 1999). This new species is similar to Sinopoda tumefacta Zhong, Jäger, Chen & Liu, 2019 (Zhong et al 2019: 69, figs 53A–E, 54A–F, 55A–D) in the structure of the embolus and RTA but can be recognized by the following characters: in the male, the conductor is straight and fan-shaped, unlike in S. tumefacta
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