Lysiteles punctiger Ono, 2001

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 : 28

Lysiteles punctiger Ono, 2001

Figs 14 a–j , 23

Lysiteles punctiger Ono, 2001: 228 , figs 62–64. (types not examined)

Material examined. CHINA: Yunnan Province: Tengchong County: 2 ɗ, 4 Ψ, Wuhe Township, Tongjiazhuang Village, Longchuanjiang River [24.89284ºN, 98.67439ºE], 1210 m, 24 May 2005, Heng-Mei Yan and Ke-Ji Guo (GKJ2004: HNU: 1 ɗ, 2 Ψ; CAS: 1 ɗ, 2Ψ). Gongshan County: 1 Ψ, Dulongjiang Township, Maku [N27.68875º, E098.31303º], 1677 m, 3 September 2006, Peng Hu leg (HNU-GKJ2004).

Description. Male (HNU-GKJ02004, this is the first description of the male): Total length 3.00. Prosoma 1.32 long, 1.08 wide; opisthosoma 1.72 long, 1.45 wide. Dorsal shield of prosoma yellowish brown with some long setae, the median grayish white. Eye tubercles gray, eye sizes and interdistances: ALE 0.14, PLE 0.08, AME 0.07, PME 0.05, AME-AME 0.15, AME-ALE 0.14, PME-PME 0.24, PME-PLE 0.25; MOA length 0.23, front width 0.30, hind width 0.34. Sternum, chelicerae, gnathocoxae, labium and legs light yellow, legs with many spines. Femora I with 3 prolateral spines, femora I–III with 4 dorsal spines, femora IV with 2 dorsal spines. Tibiae and metatarsi I, II with 2 pairs of weak ventral spines. Leg measurements: I: 3.80 (1.10, 1.20, 0.80, 0.70), II: 4.10 (1.20, 1.30, 0.90, 0.70), III: 2.55 (0.85, 0.90, 0.40, 0.40), IV: 2.85 (0.95, 1.00, 0.50, 0.40); formula 2, 1, 4, 3. Opisthosoma dorsum orange, with conspicuous pairs of small black dots and some white spots, cardiac pattern and muscular depressions visible; laterally with black lines; venter light yellow.

Palp ( Figs 14 e–f, h ). Palp with VTA and RTA, VTA apically curved, RTA small, spine-shaped; bulb flat; embolus small, nail-shaped.

Female (HNU-GKJ02004): Total length 2.80. Prosoma 1.28 long, 1.15 wide; opisthosoma 1.60 long, 1.40 wide. Body color fainter than in male. Leg measurements: I 3.25 (1.00, 1.05, 0.70, 0.50), II 3.55 (1.10, 1.15, 0.80, 0.5), III 2.40 (0.80, 0.90, 0.40, 0.30), IV 2.45 (0.85, 0.90, 0.40, 0.30); formula 2, 1, 4, 3. Black spots on dorsum same as in male; white spots on dorsum much smaller than in male. 2 pairs of muscular depressions visible; laterally with black lines; venter yellow.

Epigyne-vulva ( Figs 14 g, i, j ). Epigyne wider than long; copulatory opening indistinct; copulatory ducts very short; spermathecae globular.

Variation. Total length: males: 2.80–3.00 (n = 2); females: 2.50–3.10 (n = 5). Dorsal shield of prosoma vary from brown to blackish brown ( Figs 14. a–b ); abdominal markings vary in size and pigmentation ( Figs 14 c–d ).

Distribution. Bhutan, China (new to China, recorded from Tengchong and Gongshan Counties of Yunnan Province).

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 14 a – j. Lysiteles punctiger Ono, 2001. a – d Habitus (a, b male; c, d female); e – f, h Left palp (e, h ventral, f retrolateral view); g, i Epigyne, j Vulva. Scale bars: a – d = 1; e – j = 0.1.