Epidius bazarus ( Tikader, 1970 )

Tang, Guo & Li, Shuqiang, 2010, Crab spiders from Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, China (Araneae, Thomisidae) 2703, Zootaxa 2703, pp. 1-105 : 8-9

Epidius bazarus ( Tikader, 1970)

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Platythomisus bazarus Tikader, 1970: 48 , figs 27a–c, ♀.

Epidius bazarus . Tang et al. 2009: 42, figs 2A−F, ♀.

Material examined. CHINA: Yunnan, Xishuangbanna, Mengla County, Menglun Town, Menglun Nature Reserve , leg. G. Zheng: 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Secondary tropical montane evergreen broad-leaved forest (N21º57.809'; E101º12.173', 888 m), 4 August 2007 ( Zheng _sp901) ; 1 ♀, Secondary tropical montane evergreen broad-leaved forest (N21º57.809'; E101º12.173', 888 m), 4 August 2007 ( Zheng _sp862) ; 3 ♂, Secondary tropical montane evergreen broad-leaved forest (N21º54.813'; E101º12.634', 876 m), 5 August 2007 ( Zheng _sp1283) ; 1 ♂, Secondary tropical montane evergreen broad-leaved forest (N21º54.767'; E101º11.431', 880 m), 6 August 2007 ( Zheng _sp1115) ; 1 ♂, Secondary tropical montane evergreen broad-leaved forest (N21º57.784'; E101º11.947', 895 m), 6 August 2007 ( Zheng _sp1177) ; 1 ♂, Paramichelia baillonii plantation (N21º54.772'; E101º16.043', 556 m), 18 August 2007 ( Zheng _sp331) ; leg. G. Tang and Z.Y. Yao: 1 ♀, Lvshilin Forest Park, Limestone tropical seasonal rain forest (N21º54.705', E101º16.898', 656 m), 13 November 2009 ( Tang-Yao _ No. 4) .

Diagnosis. The species can be easily distinguished from other members of this genus by the large body size (5.70–7.70 in males and 7.36−8.80 in females) and by the medially shrunken cymbium.

Description. Male (described for the first time, Zheng_sp901 measured). Total length 6.50, prosoma 2.90 long, 2.70 wide; opisthosoma 3.60 long, 2.20 wide. Dorsal shield of prosoma light brown. Cervical grooves, radial grooves and fovea indistinct. Eye area compact; eye tubercles grayish black; eye measurements: ALE 0.18, PLE 0.16, AME 0.07, PME 0.12; AME-AME 0.10, AME-ALE 0.08, PME-PME 0.20, PME-PLE 0.16, MOA length 0.42 with front width 0.22 and back width 0.42. Leg measurements: I 20.30 (5.80, 7.80, 5.00, 1.70), II 19.90 (5.70, 7.60, 5.00, 1.60), III 9.40 (3.00, 3.50, 2.20, 0.70), IV 10.20 (3.20, 3.80, 2.40, 0.80), leg formula 1243. Legs with short spines at femora, other characters same as in female.

Palp ( Figs 2 A–E, 3 A–B). Femur and tibia slender; tibia with a row of four thick long ventral spines distally; VTA sharp, membranous; cymbium shrunken medially; bulb with large conductor; median apophysis and embolus pointed.

Female. See Tang et al. 2009: 42–43.

Variation. Total length: ♂ 5.70–7.70 (n=7); ♀ 7.36–8.80 (n=3).

Distribution. China (Yunnan), India.