Lysiteles minusculus Song & Chai, 1990

Tang, Guo & Li, Shuqiang, 2010, 2369, Zootaxa 2369, pp. 1-68 : 37

Lysiteles minusculus Song & Chai, 1990

Figs 28–30

Type material: Holotype: ♂, China: Hubei: Xuan’en Co., 25 May 1989 (IZCAS-ar9399, examined).

Other material examined. China: Hainan: 19 ♂, Qiongzhong Co., Limushan Mountains (N19º10.540', E109º44.572', alt. 630 m), 1–5 April 2009 ( IZCAS, Tang _ No 006–050) ; 13 ♂, 7 ♀, Wuzhishan Mountains (N18º54.451', E109º40.669', alt. 724 m), 6–11 April 2009 ( IZCAS, Tang _ No. 060–149) ; 1 ♀, Lingshui Co., Diaoluoshan Mountains , road fork (N18º41. 445', E109º52.410' alt. 620 m), 18 April 2009 ( IZCAS, Tang _ No. 230) ; 4 ♂, 3 ♀, Changjiang Co., Bawangling Mountains (N19º8.129', E109º19.199', alt. 967 m), 23–24 April 2009 ( IZCAS, Tang _ No. 279, 304) (all material leg. G. Tang) .

Diagnosis. This species is similar to the species: L. punctiger Ono, 2001 and L. uniprocessus Tang et al., 2008 in the general appearance, but can be separated by the details in the structures of epigynal organs.

Description. Female (described for the first time): Total length 3.25. Prosoma 1.15 long, 1.00 wide; Opisthosoma 1.30 long, 1.10 wide. Prosoma light yellow. Eye measurements: AME 0.06; ALE 0.10; PME 0.04; PLE 0.08; AME–AME 0.14; AME–ALE 0.28; PME–PME 0.28; PME–PLE 0.28. MOA length 0.26 with front width 0.26 and back width 0.34. Chelicera, gnathecoxa, labium and sternum yellow. Legs yellow with sparse spines. Leg formula: II, I, IV, III; leg measurements: I: 3.00 (0.90, 1.00, 0.60, 0.50); II: 3.10 (1.00, 1.10, 0.60, 0.50); III: 2.25 (0.70, 0.90, 0.35, 0.30); IV: 2.55 (0.90, 0.95, 0.40, 0.30). Opisthosomal dorsum with 2 longitudinal grayish black stripes, venter yellow.

Epigynum ( Figs 29 B–C, 30 C–D). Epigynum with a pair of copulatory openings bilaterally; copulatory ducts short, invisible from dorsal view; spermathecae globular.

Male: see Song & Chai (1990): 368–369.

Palp ( Figs. 28 B–D, 30 B–D): Palp with VTA wide, RTA sickle shaped, combined with RTA proximally; bulb flat; embolus curved, arc-shaped.

Distribution. China (Hubei, Hainan).

Variations. Total length: male, 2.00–2.60 (n=37); female, 2.10–2.70 (n=11). Male opisthosomal dorsum grayish brown in most of the examined specimens.