Lysiteles saltus Ono, 1979

Tang, Guo, Yin, Chang-Ming, Peng, Xian-Jin, Ubick, Darrell & Griswold, Charles, 2008, The crab spiders of the genus Lysiteles from Yunnan Province, China (Araneae: Thomisidae), Zootaxa 1742, pp. 1-41 : 31

Lysiteles saltus Ono, 1979

Figs 15 a–l , 23

Lysiteles saltus Ono, 1979: 99 , figs 2–3, 17–20; Song & Zhu, 1997: 129, figs 92 a–d. (types not examined) Xysticus himalayaensis Hu & Li, 1987: 376 , figs 40 (1–2), 41 (1–2).

Xysticus mandali Hu & Li, 1987: 324 , figs 43 (4–6).

Material examined. CHINA: Yunnan Province: Tengchong County: 5 ɗ, 18 Ψ, Jietou Township, Datang Village, Daheling, Ganjiao [N25.75720°, E098.69459°], 2078 m, 16 May 2006, Xian-Jin Peng, Xin-Ping Wang and Peng Hu (PWH 06051608, 2 ɗ: HNU; 3 ɗ,18 Ψ: CAS); 14 Ψ, Mingguang Township, Zizhi Village [N25.80894°, E098.62080°], 2890 m, 23 May 2006, Xian-Jin Peng, Xin-Ping Wang and Peng Hu (HNU- PWH 06052306); 7 Ψ, same locality as the former [N25.48351°, E098.37149°], 2880 m; 19 May 2006, Chang- Min Yin, Jia-Fang Hu and Xiao-Hua Yang (CAS-YHY0602); 1 ɗ, 3 Ψ, Houqiao Township, Zhaobitang Village [N25.55627°, E098.20941°], 2510 m, 29 May 2006, Xin-Ping Wang and Peng Hu (HNU- Peng 06051608). Lushui County: 1 ɗ, 2 Ψ, Luzhang, Yaojiaping forest station [N25.9752º, E098.7100°], 2515 m, 19 May 2005, Ke-Ji Guo (HNU-GKJ1102). Baoshan City: 1 Ψ, Lujiang Township, Bawan Village, 41–42 km of the Road Bawan to Tengchong (Yakou) [N24.55625°, E99.45155°], 2416 m, 13 October 2003, Guo Tang (HNU-Tang 031014); 1 Ψ, Bawan Village, 40 km of the Road Bawan to Tengchong [N24.55459°, E98.45309°], 2320 m, 16 October 2003, Guo Tang (HNU-Tang 03101603); 1 Ψ Nankang, Yakou [N24.43717°, E98.46054°], 2186 m, 27 October 2003, Guo Tang (HNU-Tang 031027).

Diagnosis. Male palp with short VTA and RTA, bulb flat, embolus long ( Figs 15. e–g, j ). Female epigyne with transparent sclerotized plate; copulatory ducts long, curved in “n”-shape; spermathecae oval ( Figs 1 . h–i, k–l).

Variation. Total length: males: 2.80–3.40 (n = 7); females: 3.00–4.00 (n = 48). Some specimens with pairs of white spots on opisthosoma while some without ( Figs 15 a–d ).

Distribution. Nepal, Bhutan, China (Tibet; recorded also from Tengchong and Lushui Counties and Baoshan City of Yunnan Province).

Remarks. This species is similar to L. bhutanus Ono, 2001 in general appearance, but can be separated from the latter by: the opisthosoma dorsum with 5 or more pairs of markings (about 3–4 pairs of markings in L. bhutanus ); both the copulatory ducts and the embolus are longer than those of the latter.

Figures

FIGURE 23. Distribution records of the species: L. himalayensis Ono, 1979, L. kunmingensis Song & Zhao, 1994, L. maius Ono, 1979, L. niger Ono, 1979, L. punctiger Ono, 2001, L. saltus Ono, 1979, L. torsivus Zhang, Zhu & Tso, 2006. Not all of distribution data are given for those species with many distribution records because these would overlap on the map. Furthermore, only approximate distribution marks are given for the species published by others scholars (e. g., L. himalayensis distribution record from Bhutan and Nepal, etc.) because the original paper did not include latitude and longitude.

FIGURES 15 a – l. Lysiteles saltus Ono, 1979. a – d Habitus (a, b male; c, d female); e – g, j Left palp (e prolateral, f, j ventral, g retrolateral view); h, k Epigyne; i, l Vulva. Scale bars: a – d = 1; e – l = 0.1.

FIGURES 1 a – e. Lysiteles arcuatus sp. nov. a Female, habitus; b, d Epigyne; c, e Vulva; A atrium; MS median septum; WOA width of atrium. Scale bars: a = 1; b – e = 0.1.