Two new species of Sinopoda from China, with first description of the male of S.horizontalis Zhong, Cao & Liu, 2017 (Araneae, Sparassidae)

Jianshuang Zhang; Yuanqian Xing; Jinghui Yang; Hao Yu; Yang Zhong

doi:10.3897/zookeys.1159.101535

Two new species of Sinopoda from China, with first description of the male of S.horizontalis Zhong, Cao & Liu, 2017 (Araneae, Sparassidae)

Zookeys. 2023 May 2:1159:133-155. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1159.101535. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Jianshuang Zhang¹, Yuanqian Xing², Jinghui Yang², Hao Yu^{1

2}, Yang Zhong^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ The State Key Laboratory of Southwest Karst Mountain Biodiversity Conservation of Forestry, Administration, School of life sciences, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang, China Guizhou Normal University Guiyang China.
² School of Biological Sciences, Guizhou Education University, Guiyang, Guizhou, China Guizhou Education University Guiyang China.
³ School of Nuclear Technology and Chemistry & Biology, Hubei University of Science and Technology, Xianning, Hubei, China Hubei University of Science and Technology Xianning China.
⁴ Administrative Commission of Jiugongshan National Nature Reserve of Hubei Xianning, Xianning, Hubei, China Administrative Commission of Jiugongshan National Nature Reserve of Hubei Xianning Xianning China.

Abstract

Three species of spider genus Sinopoda Jäger, 1999 are reported from southern China. Two of them are described as new to science: S.guiyang Zhang, Yu & Zhong, sp. nov. and S.xishui Zhang, Yu & Zhong, sp. nov., both from Guizhou Province. The male of S.horizontalis Zhong, Cao & Liu, 2017 is described for the first time based on new material from the type locality, Wuyishan National Nature Reserve, Fujian Province, China. Detailed descriptions, diagnoses, photographs and a distribution map of the three species are provided.

Keywords: Huntsman spider; morphology; new species; southern China; taxonomy.

Jianshuang Zhang, Yuanqian Xing, Jinghui Yang, Hao Yu, Yang Zhong.