Taxonomic study on Sinopoda Jager, 1999 (Araneae, Sparassidae, Heteropodinae), with three new species from Korea.

ABSTRACT: The genus Sinopoda Jäger, 1999 is a group of huntsman spiders (Araneae: Sparassidae: Heteropodinae), and currently seven species have been reported in Korea. In this study, three new species are described from Korea, Sinopodabigibba sp. nov., Sinopodabogil sp. nov., and Sinopodapantherina sp. nov.; Sinopodajirisanensis Kim & Chae, 2013 is revalidated with neotype designation, and had been formerly synonymized with Sinopodaforcipata (Karsch, 1881). Additionally, all previous records of Sinopodastellatops Jäger & Ono, 2002 and S.forcipata from Korea are deemed misidentifications of S.jirisanensis and S.bogil sp. nov., respectively.

SUBMITTER: Chae J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9848605 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature