title: Three new Sinopoda species (Araneae: Sparassidae) from southern China.
abstract: Three new species of the huntsman spider genus Sinopoda Jäger, 1999, collected from Sichuan Province and Chongqing Municipality, P. R. China, are described: Sinopoda cochlearia sp. nov. (male, female), S. globosa sp. nov. (male, female) and S. longiducta sp. nov. (male, female). All three new species were collected from native forest by hand.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Baoding University, Baoding, Hebei 071051, P. R. China; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Bao-Shi
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Eco-environments in Three Gorges Reservoir Region, School of Life Science, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, P. R. China; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Zhi-Sheng
authors.initials: ZS
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: The Key Laboratory of Invertebrate Systematics and Application, College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei 071002, P. R. China; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Feng
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D049628:Body Size; D002681:China; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size; D013112:Spiders / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development