Five new Heteropoda species from Southeast Asia (Sparassidae: Heteropodinae)
Five new species of the genus Heteropoda from Southeast Asia are described:
H. asa spec. nov. (Indonesia: Kalimantan; male),
H. dede spec. nov. (Malaysia: Sabah; female)
H. josephkohi spec. nov. (Brunei: Temburong; male, female)
H. saracenoi spec. nov. (Indonesia: Flores; male, female)
H. singaporensis spec. nov. (Singapore; male, female).
Most of them exhibit special palpal features like embolic apophyses or outgrowths, conductor apophyses, additional RTA branches or, in one case, a unique opisthosomal shape.
Five new species of the genus Heteropoda from Southeast Asia are described:
H. asa spec. nov. (Indonesia: Kalimantan; male),
H. dede spec. nov. (Malaysia: Sabah; female)
H. josephkohi spec. nov. (Brunei: Temburong; male, female)
H. saracenoi spec. nov. (Indonesia: Flores; male, female)
H. singaporensis spec. nov. (Singapore; male, female).
Most of them exhibit special palpal features like embolic apophyses or outgrowths, conductor apophyses, additional RTA branches or, in one case, a unique opisthosomal shape.