Five new species of Heteropoda Latreille, 1804 spiders (Araneae: Sparassidae) from Southeast Asia

Korai SK 1 , Jäger P 2

Affiliations 

  • 1 The State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering of China; School of Life Sciences; Hubei University; Wuhan 430062; Hubei; China. khanshakal7@gmail.com
  • 2 Senckenberg Research Institute; Arachnology; Mertonstraße 17-21; 60325 Frankfurt am Main; Germany. peter.jaeger@senckenberg.de
Zootaxa, 2024 Jul 16;5481(2):241-259.
PMID: 39646043 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5481.2.4

Abstract

Five new species of Heteropoda (Araneae: Sparassidae, Heteropodinae) from Southeast Asia are described: H. acris spec. nov. (male, female; Vietnam), H. cuspidata spec. nov. (male; Malaysia), H. papilionacea spec. nov. (female; Malaysia), H. pilata spec. nov. (female; Thailand), and H. verticalis spec. nov. (male; Malaysia). The female of H. jasminae Jäger, 2008 is described for the first time (locality: Vietnam). All these new species are diagnosed, described, and illustrated. Additionally, a distribution map for all species is given.

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