taxonID	type	description	language	source
D64E87A8FF98FF91FDABAD568A587779.taxon	description	urn: lsid: zoobank. org: act: 711409 ED- 856 B- 4752 - A 660 - 379 F 593207 E 8 Figs 1, 4	en	Korai, Shakal Khan, Jäger, Peter (2025): Descriptions of three new Heteropoda spiders from tropical Asia (Araneae: Sparassidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 1022: 277-287, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.1022.3091, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3091/13795
D64E87A8FF98FF91FDABAD568A587779.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis The male of Heteropoda curvata sp. nov. is similar to that of H. duo Jäger, 2014, in having a similarly undulating spermophor, a sub-distally arising RTA with a curved dRTA, and a distinct vRTA in retrolateral view, the embolus arising at 7: 30 - o’clock-position from tegulum (Fig. 1 A – C; Jäger 2014: figs 69 – 72), but can be distinguished from the latter species by 1. spermophor with only slightly bulging retrolaterad part; 2. conductor arising at 9: 30 - o’clock position from tegulum, not extending retrolaterally beyond cymbial margin in ventral view, its tip disto-retrolaterad; 3. vRTA flat, broadly rounded in retrolateral view; and 4. cymbium length / cymbium tip depth (in lateral view) = 4.72 (vs spermophor with distinctly bulging retro-proximad part, conductor arising from 11: 00 - o’clock position, extending beyond cymbial margin, its tip retrolaterad, vRTA distinctly bulging, and cymbium length / cymbium tip depth [in lateral view] = 6.67 in H. duo). Females are unknown.	en	Korai, Shakal Khan, Jäger, Peter (2025): Descriptions of three new Heteropoda spiders from tropical Asia (Araneae: Sparassidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 1022: 277-287, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.1022.3091, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3091/13795
D64E87A8FF98FF91FDABAD568A587779.taxon	etymology	Etymology The specific name is derived from the Latin perfect passive participle of ‘ curvare, curvatus ’, meaning ‘ curved’, and refers to the dRTA in retrolateral view.	en	Korai, Shakal Khan, Jäger, Peter (2025): Descriptions of three new Heteropoda spiders from tropical Asia (Araneae: Sparassidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 1022: 277-287, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.1022.3091, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3091/13795
D64E87A8FF98FF91FDABAD568A587779.taxon	materials_examined	Type material Holotype MALAYSIA • ♂; Sabah State, Interior Division, Mount Trusmadi; [5 ° 15 ʹ 56 ʺ N, 116 ° 16 ʹ 23 ʺ E]; [524 m a. s. l.]; 5 Oct. 2015; L. Y. Wang and G. Q. Huang leg.; CBEE. Paratypes CHINA • 3 ♂♂; same data as for holotype; CBEE.	en	Korai, Shakal Khan, Jäger, Peter (2025): Descriptions of three new Heteropoda spiders from tropical Asia (Araneae: Sparassidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 1022: 277-287, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.1022.3091, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3091/13795
D64E87A8FF98FF91FDABAD568A587779.taxon	description	Description Male (holotype) MEASUREMENTS. BL 12.4; PL 6.4, PW 6.0; AW 2.4; OL 6.0, OW 2.8. Eyes: AME 0.29, ALE 0.42, PME 0.32, PLE 0.46, AME – AME 0.21, AME – ALE 0.08, PME – PME 0.28, PME – PLE 0.41, AME – PME 0.35, ALE – PLE 0.32, CH AME 0.31, CH ALE 0.26. Spination: palp 131, 101, 2121; Fe I – III 323, IV 331; Pa I – IV 101; Ti I – II, IV 2026, III 2126; Mt I – II 1014, III 2014, IV 3036. Measurements of palp and legs: palp 13.3 (3.9, 1.4, 3.6, –, 4.4); I 31.3 (8.3, 3.0, 8.2, 9.1, 2.7); II 34.2 (8.6, 3.4, 9.2, 9.9, 2.6); III 25.5 (7.2, 2.4, 6.9, 7.0, 2.0); IV 28.4 (7.6, 2.4, 7.4, 8.7, 2.3). Leg formula: II – I – IV – III. Cheliceral furrow with 3 anterior, 4 posterior teeth and ca 26 intermarginal denticles. PALP. As in diagnosis. RTA arising distally to sub-distally from tibia. dRTA slender and pointed, vRTA with distinct hump in retrolateral view. Cymbium retro-proximally only slightly bulging. Tegulum elongated, alveolus visible between tegulum and conductor in ventral view, spermophor distally retrolaterad to dorsad in ventral view. Embolus almost running straight in visible part, totally slightly semi-circular (Fig. 1 A – C). COLOURATION IN ETHANOL. Dorsal shield of prosoma yellowish brown to light reddish-brown, with bright transversal crescent postero-submarginally, and longitudinal stripes covered by setae around fovea. Chelicerae light reddish-brown. Opisthosoma dorsally yellowish-brown, with large dark patches located just before posterior part, these covered by darker setae (Fig. 1 D).	en	Korai, Shakal Khan, Jäger, Peter (2025): Descriptions of three new Heteropoda spiders from tropical Asia (Araneae: Sparassidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 1022: 277-287, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.1022.3091, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3091/13795
D64E87A8FF98FF91FDABAD568A587779.taxon	distribution	Distribution Malaysia (Sabah State) (Fig. 4).	en	Korai, Shakal Khan, Jäger, Peter (2025): Descriptions of three new Heteropoda spiders from tropical Asia (Araneae: Sparassidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 1022: 277-287, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.1022.3091, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3091/13795
D64E87A8FF9EFF93FDABADE58A227681.taxon	description	urn: lsid: zoobank. org: act: 95496 F 39 - BC 1 F- 4 A 91 - A 7 A 1 - E 2 CF 13 B 0 E 08 F Figs 2, 4	en	Korai, Shakal Khan, Jäger, Peter (2025): Descriptions of three new Heteropoda spiders from tropical Asia (Araneae: Sparassidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 1022: 277-287, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.1022.3091, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3091/13795
D64E87A8FF9EFF93FDABADE58A227681.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis The male of Heteropoda flamma sp. nov. is similar to that of H. obe Jäger, 2014 in having a sub-distally arising RTA with a distally widened dRTA and a dorsal outgrowth, a similar course of the spermophor in ventral view, and a conductor as long as the tegulum (Fig. 2 A – C; Jäger 2014: figs 145 – 150), but can be distinguished from the latter species by: 1. conductor strongly bent and with tip narrowly pointed (vs slightly bent and continuously tapering in H. obe); 2. embolus arising in a 5 - o’clock-position (vs 6 - o’clock position in H. obe); 3. dRTA with long pointed ventrad tip and vRTA rounded, but tapering (vs dRTA with broadly rounded ventrad tip and vRTA broadly rounded in H. obe). The male of H. flamma is also similar to that of H. tetrica Thorell, 1897 in having a similar conductor with a flamelike shape and a narrowly pointed tip as well as a similar course of the spermophor in ventral view, and the embolus arising from tegulum at approximately 5 - o’clock-position (Jäger 2001: fig. 16 a – c), but can be distinguished from the latter species by 1. dRTA with widened tip and dorsal outgrowth (vs simple and narrow in H. tetrica); 2. conductor very broad and abruptly narrowing apically (vs narrow and continuously narrowing apically in H. tetrica). Females are unknown.	en	Korai, Shakal Khan, Jäger, Peter (2025): Descriptions of three new Heteropoda spiders from tropical Asia (Araneae: Sparassidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 1022: 277-287, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.1022.3091, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3091/13795
D64E87A8FF9EFF93FDABADE58A227681.taxon	etymology	Etymology The specific name is derived from the Latin noun ‘ flamma ’, meaning ‘ flame’, referring to the flameshaped conductor; noun in apposition.	en	Korai, Shakal Khan, Jäger, Peter (2025): Descriptions of three new Heteropoda spiders from tropical Asia (Araneae: Sparassidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 1022: 277-287, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.1022.3091, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3091/13795
D64E87A8FF9EFF93FDABADE58A227681.taxon	materials_examined	Type material Holotype CHINA • ♂; Hainan Province, Haikou City, Meilan District, Yanfeng Town, Dongzhaigang Mangrove Nature Reserve; [19 ° 56 ʹ 56 ʺ N, 110 ° 34 ʹ 47 ʺ E]; [1 m a. s. l.]; 13 Apr. 2013; Y. Zhong and J. Liu leg.; CBEE. Paratype CHINA • 1 ♂; same data as for holotype; CBEE.	en	Korai, Shakal Khan, Jäger, Peter (2025): Descriptions of three new Heteropoda spiders from tropical Asia (Araneae: Sparassidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 1022: 277-287, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.1022.3091, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3091/13795
D64E87A8FF9EFF93FDABADE58A227681.taxon	description	Description Male (holotype) MEASUREMENTS. BL 11.4; PL 5.5, PW 5.0; AW 2.9; OL 5.9, OW 3.8. Eyes: AME 0.28, ALE 0.41, PME 0.33, PLE 0.48, AME – AME 0.22, AME – ALE 0.08, PME – PME 0.29, PME – PLE 0.43, AME – PME 0.37, ALE – PLE 0.31, CH AME 0.30, CH ALE 0.28. Spination: palp 131, 101, 2121; Fe I – III 323, IV 331; Pa I – IV 101; Ti I – II 1018, III 2226, IV 2126; Mt I – II 1014, III 1014, IV 3036. Measurements of palp and legs: palp 10.7 (3.5, 1.2, 2.6, –, 3.4); I 32.2 (8.8, 3.2, 8.6, 9.3, 2.9); II 35.5 (8.9, 3.6, 9.5, 10.6, 2.8); III 26.5 (7.3, 2.6, 7.0, 7.2, 2.2); IV 29.2 (7.7, 2.5, 7.6, 8.8, 2.5). Leg formula: II – I – IV – III. Cheliceral furrow with 3 anterior, 4 posterior teeth and ca 26 intermarginal denticles. PALP. As in diagnosis. RTA arising sub-distally from tibia. Cymbium roughly two times as long as tegulum, with distinct retrolateral bulge. Tegulum slightly elongated. Embolus arising from tegulum at 5 - o’clock-position, running a semi-circle. Spermophor only very slightly S-shaped and bent at a right angle distally before running further dorsally of the conductor. vRTA with distinct ventrad hump (Fig. 2 A – C). COLOURATION IN ETHANOL. Dorsal shield of prosoma pale-yellowish to yellowish-brown, with bright transversal crescent postero-submarginally, and longitudinal stripes covered by setae around fovea (some setae rubbed off). Chelicerae light reddish-brown. Labium, sternum, and gnathocoxae pale-yellowish to yellowish-brown. Opisthosoma dorsally yellowish-brown, with light-brown pairwise patches, these covered by darker setae; ventrally yellowish-brown, and a dark-brown marking located at posterior part, covered by setae (Fig. 2 D – E).	en	Korai, Shakal Khan, Jäger, Peter (2025): Descriptions of three new Heteropoda spiders from tropical Asia (Araneae: Sparassidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 1022: 277-287, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.1022.3091, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3091/13795
D64E87A8FF9EFF93FDABADE58A227681.taxon	distribution	Distribution China (Hainan Province) (Fig. 4).	en	Korai, Shakal Khan, Jäger, Peter (2025): Descriptions of three new Heteropoda spiders from tropical Asia (Araneae: Sparassidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 1022: 277-287, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.1022.3091, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3091/13795
D64E87A8FF9CFF9DFDAAACAD8B2B7614.taxon	description	urn: lsid: zoobank. org: act: B 6 B 705 D 6 - 6626 - 45 B 4 - 89 B 9 - C 1 F 3 B 2 E 65607 Figs 3 – 4	en	Korai, Shakal Khan, Jäger, Peter (2025): Descriptions of three new Heteropoda spiders from tropical Asia (Araneae: Sparassidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 1022: 277-287, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.1022.3091, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3091/13795
D64E87A8FF9CFF9DFDAAACAD8B2B7614.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis Female of this new species can be distinguished from most of the species of Heteropoda by the unique combination of having a transversal rim on a freely visible median septum (Fig. 3 A – C; Jäger 2001: fig. 16 h – j; Li et al. 2013: fig. 1 a – f) and is most similar to those of H. amphora Fox, 1936 and H. schwalbachorum Jäger, 2008, but can be distinguished from the latter species by: 1. median margins of lateral lobes strongly diverging anteriorly (vs converging in H. amphora and only slightly diverging in H schwalbachorum); 2. first winding of IDS barely covered by posterior part (vs not covered in H. amphora and H. schwalbachorum).	en	Korai, Shakal Khan, Jäger, Peter (2025): Descriptions of three new Heteropoda spiders from tropical Asia (Araneae: Sparassidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 1022: 277-287, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.1022.3091, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3091/13795
D64E87A8FF9CFF9DFDAAACAD8B2B7614.taxon	etymology	Etymology The specific name is derived from the Latin noun ‘ lucerna ’, meaning ‘ oil lamp’, referring to the anterior part of IDS in dorsal view; name in apposition.	en	Korai, Shakal Khan, Jäger, Peter (2025): Descriptions of three new Heteropoda spiders from tropical Asia (Araneae: Sparassidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 1022: 277-287, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.1022.3091, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3091/13795
D64E87A8FF9CFF9DFDAAACAD8B2B7614.taxon	materials_examined	Type material Holotype CHINA • ♀; Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, City Nanning, Wuming County, Liangjiang Town, Daming Mountain; [23 ° 25 ʹ 59 ʺ N, 108 ° 30 ʹ 29 ʺ E]; [1250 m a. s. l.]; 26 May 2016; Y. Zhong leg.; CBEE.	en	Korai, Shakal Khan, Jäger, Peter (2025): Descriptions of three new Heteropoda spiders from tropical Asia (Araneae: Sparassidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 1022: 277-287, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.1022.3091, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3091/13795
D64E87A8FF9CFF9DFDAAACAD8B2B7614.taxon	description	Description Female (holotype) MEASUREMENTS. BL 12.1; PL 5.1, PW 4.3; AW 2.6; OL 7.0, OW 4.3. Eyes: AME 0.24, ALE 0.45, PME 0.38, PLE 0.46, AME – AME 0.25, AME – ALE 0.12, PME – PME 0.32, PME – PLE 0.48, AME – PME 0.46, ALE – PLE 0.51, CH AME 0.46, CH ALE 0.38. Spination: palp 131, 101, 2121, 1014; Fe I –, II 323, III –, IV 331; Pa I – IV 101; Ti I – II 1018, III – IV 2026; Mt I 0004, II – III 1014, IV 3036. Measurements of palp and legs: palp 11.7 (3.2, 1.7, 2.3, –, 4.3); I 39.3 (9.8, 3.4, 10.6, 11.5, 3.8); II 46.8 (11.9, 4.8, 12.6, 13.8, 3.5); III 33.1 (8.9, 3.7, 8.7, 8.9, 2.6); IV 36.8 (10.8, 3.4, 9.6, 10.3, 2.6). Leg formula: II – I – IV – III. Cheliceral furrow with 3 anterior, 4 posterior teeth and ca 38 intermarginal denticles. COPULATORY ORGAN. As in diagnosis. Epigynal field wider than long, with short and basally wide anterior bands. Lateral lobes are widely separated from each other, and not covering the median septum. Fertilization ducts are separated about one width of posterior part of IDS (Fig. 3 A – C). COLOURATION IN ETHANOL. Dorsal shield of prosoma reddish-brown to slightly yellowish-brown, with bright transversal crescent submarginally on posterior part, and longitudinal stripes covered by hairs around fovea. Chelicerae deep reddish-brown. Sternum, labium and gnathocoxae are yellowish-brown to reddish-brown. Opisthosoma dorsally yellowish-brown, with three pairs of six dots, and a dark-colored marking at posterior part; ventrally yellowish-brown, without obvious markings (Fig. 3 D – E).	en	Korai, Shakal Khan, Jäger, Peter (2025): Descriptions of three new Heteropoda spiders from tropical Asia (Araneae: Sparassidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 1022: 277-287, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.1022.3091, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3091/13795
D64E87A8FF9CFF9DFDAAACAD8B2B7614.taxon	distribution	Distribution China (Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region) (Fig. 4).	en	Korai, Shakal Khan, Jäger, Peter (2025): Descriptions of three new Heteropoda spiders from tropical Asia (Araneae: Sparassidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 1022: 277-287, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.1022.3091, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3091/13795
