Three new species of Pseudopoda Jäger, 2000 (Araneae, Sparassidae, Heteropodinae) from Qizimeishan National Nature Reserve of Hubei, China

By

Chang, Jian
Zhang, He
Liu, Jie 1968-
Zhu, Yang
Liu, Changyong
Chen, Kuai
Hu, Changhao

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2024

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1214

Pages

143--160

Subjects

Biodiversity , high-altitude niche , huntsman spiders , Morphology , taxonomy , Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1214.130101

 

Abstract

The Qizimeishan National Nature Reserve is situated in the southwestern region of Hubei Province, adjacent to the northeastern edge of the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau. A survey of spiders of this reserve was conducted recently, leading to the discovery of three new species of the genus Pseudopoda Jäger, 2000: P. arcuata Zhang, J. Liu & Hu, sp. nov. (♀), P. qizimeishanensis Zhang, J. Liu & Hu, sp. nov. (♂, ♀) and P. weimiani Zhang, J. Liu & Hu, sp. nov. (♂, ♀). Diagnoses, descriptions, photos, and a distribution map are provided.