Cebrenninus srivijaya, SURESH P. BENJAMIN, 2011

SURESH P. BENJAMIN, 2011, Phylogenetics and comparative morphology of crab spiders (Araneae: Dionycha, Thomisidae), Zootaxa 3080, pp. 1-108 : 13-14

* Cebrenninus srivijaya sp. nov.

Figs 6 D, 30A–E, 31A–F, 32A–F

Type material: Holotype: Male, INDONESIA: Bengkulu Province (Sumatra): Taba Penanjung – Kepahiang, 630–770 m, evergreen rain forest, shifting, 27 February 2000, P. Schwendinger ( MHNG). Paratypes: 1 male 2 females, same data as holotype.

Etymology. Sri Vijaya is an ancient Hindu kingdom on the island of Sumatra. Used as a noun in apposition.

Diagnosis. Separated from C. rugosus by the lack of PME. Further, males can be separated by the short, stout, broad based E and MA ( Figs 30 A–B, 31A–E). Females can be separated by the presence of a narrow MR, which is lacking in C. rugosus ( Figs 30 C–E).

Description. Male (holotype): Total length: 2.5; prosoma length: 1.3, width: 1.5. Leg I: femur 1.2, patella 0.4, tibia 1.2, metatarsus 0.8, tarsus 0.5. Prosoma dark brown, laterals darker. Opisthosoma light brown with darker patches and black markings as in Fig 6 D. AER and PER recurved. ALE> PLE. Leg formula II, I, IV, III. Palp as in Figs 30 A, B, 31A–F.

Female paratype: Total length: 6.5; prosoma length: 3.2, width: 1.5. Leg I: femur 1.2, patella 0.4, tibia 1.1, metatarsus 0.6, tarsus 0.5. Color and markings as in male. AER and PER recurved. ALE> PLE. Leg formula II, I, IV, III. Epigynum and vulva as in Figs 30 C–E.

Distribution. Known only from its type locality.

Figures

FIGURE 6. Photographs of Thomisidae. A Borboropactus nyerere sp. nov., female; B ditto, male; C Borboropactus sp., female; D Cebrenninus srivijaya sp. nov., male; E Geraesta mkwawa sp. nov., male; F ditto, female.

FIGURE 30. Cebrenninus srivijaya sp. nov., male holotype and female paratype from Sumatra (MHNG). A, B male palp (A ventral, B retrolateral); C epigynum, ventral view; D – E vulva (D ventral, E dorsal). Scale bars = 0.1 mm (C – E), 0.2 mm (A, B).