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Sparassidae from Japan. II. First Pseudopoda species and new Sinopoda species (Araneae: Sparassidae: Heteropodinae)

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The genus Pseudopoda is recorded for the first time from Japan. Pseudopoda kasariana sp. nov. (_??_, _??_) and Pseudopoda spirembolus sp. nov. (_??_, _??_) are described from Amami-oshima Island and Okinawajima Island respectively. Four new Sinopoda species are described: Sinopoda albofasciata (_??_), Sinopoda derivata (_??_, _??_), Sinopoda ogatai (_??_, _??_) and Sinopoda stellatops (_??_, _??_). Sinopoda koreana (Paik 1968) is recorded for the first time from Japan. New records of Sinopoda okinawana Jager & Ono 2000 and S. tanikawai Jager & Ono 2000 are presented. Within the genus Sinopoda Jager 1999 the okinawana species-group is newly diagnosed, which is represented by S. albofasciata sp. nov. (Japan), S. derivata sp. nov. (Japan), S. fasciculata Jager, Gao & Fei 2002 (China), S. hamata (Fox 1937) (China), S. koreana (Paik 1968) (Korea, Japan), S. okinawana Jager & Ono 2000 (Japan), S. tanikawai Jager & Ono 2000 (Japan), S. wangi Song & Zhu 1999 (China). Sinopoda stellata (Schenkel 1963) is deleted from the list of Japanese spiders and considered endemic to central China.