A new species of Pseudopoda (Araneae, Sparassidae) from China, with the description of different and distinctive internal ducts of the female vulva
One new species of the genus Pseudopoda Jäger, 2000, Pseudopoda deformis Gong & Zhong, sp. nov. (♂, ♀), is described and documented with digital images from Shennongjia Forestry District, Hubei Province, China, based on morphology and DNA barcodes. This new species is separated from othe...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Pensoft Publishers
2023-05-01
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| Series: | ZooKeys |
| Online Access: | https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/97463/download/pdf/ |
| Summary: | One new species of the genus Pseudopoda Jäger, 2000, Pseudopoda deformis Gong & Zhong, sp. nov. (♂, ♀), is described and documented with digital images from Shennongjia Forestry District, Hubei Province, China, based on morphology and DNA barcodes. This new species is separated from other Pseudopoda species by the unique type of internal ducts of the female vulva that are curved longitudinally, forming a narrow triangle or trapezoidal shape. In addition, DNA barcodes for this species are provided. |
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| ISSN: | 1313-2970 |