Tmarus gladiatus, Tang & Li, 2010

Tang, Guo & Li, Shuqiang, 2010, Crab spiders from Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, China (Araneae, Thomisidae) 2703, Zootaxa 2703, pp. 1-105 : 100-101

Tmarus gladiatus sp. nov.

Figs 74–75

Type material. Holotype: ♂, CHINA: Yunnan, Xishuangbanna, Mengla County, Menglun Town , Menglun Nature Reserve , Lvshilin Forest Park , Limestone tropical seasonal rain forest (N21º54.705', E101º16.898', 656 m), 13 November 2009, G. Tang and Z.Y. Yao (Tang-Yao_No.04).

Etymology. The specific name comes from the Latin word gladiatus (sword-shaped), referring to the shape of the long RTA, adjective.

Diagnosis. This new species is similar to T. byssinus Tang and Li, 2009 , but can be separated from the latter by: 1) ITA sharp (stout in T. byssinus ); 2) RTA long, sharp distally (short in T. byssinus ); 3) embolus equals 2 time the length of that of T. byssinus . This new species can also be distinguished from T. taiwanus Ono, 1977 by absence of tegular apophysis.

Description. Male (holotype measured): Total length 3.40. Prosoma 1.45 long, 1.55 wide; opisthosoma 2.00 long, 1.00 wide. Dorsal shield of prosoma yellowish brown with grayish black marking. Eye tubercles grayish black. Eye measurements: AME 0.07; ALE 0.13; PME 0.08; PLE 0.12; AME–AME 0.13; AME–ALE 0.16; PME– PME 0.21; PME–PLE 0.28. MOA length 0.30 with front width 0.24 and back width 0.36. Chelicerae, gnathocoxae, labium and sternum yellow. Legs yellow; the distal of tibia, metatarsi and tarsi II dark brown; legs with spines; tibia and metatarsus II with 3, 4 pairs of ventral spines, respectively. Leg measurements: I: lost; II: 8.80 (2.60, 3.10, 2.10, 1.00); III: 3.95 (1.20, 1.60, 0.65, 0.50); IV: 3.90 (1.30, 1.40, 0.70, 0.50), leg formula: 234. Opisthosoma dorsally yellowish brown with reddish brown spots, venter yellow.

Palp ( Figs 74 B–D, 75 A–B). VTA short digitiform, ITA short, sharp, RTA long, distally sharp; embolus slen- der.

Female. Unknown.

Distribution. China (Yunnan).

Remarks. This new species can be distinguished from other species by the shapes of tibial apophyses. The markings of this species are different from females of T. spicatus Tang and Li, 2009 and T. undatus Tang and Li, 2009 , thus we treat it as a new species.