Lysiteles ambrosii Ono, 2001

Tang, Guo, Yin, Chang-Ming, Peng, Xian-Jin, Ubick, Darrell & Griswold, Charles, 2007, Five crab spiders of the Genus Lysiteles from Yunnan Province, China (Araneae: Thomisidae), Zootaxa 1480, pp. 57-68 : 64-66

Lysiteles ambrosii Ono, 2001

Figs 41–48

Lysiteles ambrosii Ono, 2001: 217 , f. 28–33, types not examined.

Material examined. CHINA, Yunnan Province, Gongshan County: 1 Ψ, Dulongjiang Township, Longyuan Village, Bailai Group, 1676 m [28.00330ºN, 98.19198ºE], 31 Oct.–3 Nov. 2004 Guo Tang (HNU- Tang0406); 1 Ψ, Heiwadi, New Road, 1850 m [27.47101ºN, 98.35533ºE], 13-16 Nov. 2004, Guo Tang (CAS- Tang0412). Tengchong Country: 1 ɗ, 2 Ψ Wuhe Township, Tongjiazhuang Village, Longchuanjiang River, 1210 m [24.89284ºN, 98.67439ºE], 24 May 2005, Heng-Mei Yan and Ke-Ji Guo (HNU-GKJ02006); 1 Ψ, Mangkuan Township, Baihualing, 1515 m [25.30890ºN, 98.79536ºE], 2 June 2005, Heng-Mei Yan and Ke-Ji Guo (CAS-GKJ03702).

Description. Male (HNU-GKJ02006): Total length 3.10. Prosoma 1.50 long, 1.25 wide; opisthosoma 1.60 long, 1.05 wide. Carapace yellow with long setae and a pair of paramedian blackish brown stripes. Eye area yellowish brown, both anterior and posterior eye rows strongly recurved. Eye sizes and interdistances: ALE 0.12, PLE 0.10, AME 0.08, PME 0.06, AME-AME 0.12, AME-ALE 0.12, PME-PME 0.20, PME-PLE 0.25; MOA length 0.25, front width 0.30, hind width 0.32. Sternum light yellow. Chelicerae, gnathocoxae, labium and legs yellow. Femora with long spines. Tibiae and metatarsi I and II with 2 pairs of weak ventral spines. Legs light yellowish brown, distal parts of tibiae and metatarsus darker. Leg measurements: I 6.80 (1.80, 2.50, 1.50, 1.00), II 7.00 (2.00, 2.40, 1.60, 1.00), III 3.95 (1.25, 1.30, 0.80, 0.60), IV 4.00 (1.30, 1.40, 0.70, 0.60); formula 2, 1, 4, 3. Opisthosoma dorsum with narrow paramedian stripes, posteriorly broken into spots; ventrally light yellow; spinnerets brown.

Palp ( Figs 47-48 ): VTA rounded, with row of 5 short thick bristles; RTA sclerotized and bifurcate; ITA absent. Bulb flat; embolus basally thick, apically twisted; ATA absent.

Female (HNU-GKJ02006): Total length 2.70. Prosoma 1.20 long, 1.20 wide; opisthosoma 1.70 long, 1.40 wide. Spots same with those of male. Eye sizes and interdistances: ALE 0.08, PLE 0.05, AME 0.05, PME 0.04, AME-AME 0.15, AME-ALE 0.14, PME-PME 0.20, PME-PLE 0.20; MOA long 0.30, front width 0.30, hind width 0.32. Leg measurements: I 4.15 (1.30, 1.45, 0.80, 0.60), II 4.60 (1.40, 1.60, 1.00, 0.60), III 2.70 (0.90, 0.90, 0.50, 0.40), IV 2.80 (1.00, 0.90, 0.50, 0.40); formula 2, 1, 4, 3. Spots of dorsum dark than in male, 2 pairs of muscular depressions visible; laterally with black lines.

Epigyne-vulva ( Figs. 45–46 ): Epigyne light brown, sclerotized plate absent, copulatory openings small, anterolateral, copulatory ducts short, spermathecae reniform.

Variation. Total length: female: 2.20–3.20 (n = 5). The spots on dorsum vary from grayish black to black. Distribution. Bhutan, China (Yunnan Province).

Figures

FIGURES 41 – 48. Lysiteles ambrosii Ono, 2001. 41 – 42 Female, habitus; 43 – 44 Male, habitus; 45 Epigyne; 46 Vulva; 47 Left palp, ventral; 48 Ttibial apophyses enlarged, retrolateral. Scale bars: 41 – 44 1 mm, 45 – 47 0.1 mm. E = embolus; RTA = retrolateral tibial apophysis; VTA = ventral tibial apophysis.