Lysiteles guoi, Tang, Guo, Yin, Chang-Ming, Peng, Xian-Jin, Ubick, Darrell & Griswold, Charles, 2008

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 : 18-20

Lysiteles guoi sp. nov.

Figs 9 a–e , 22

Type material: Holotype: female, CHINA, Tengchong County, Wuhe Township, Tongjiazhuang Village, Longchuangjiang River, Longjiang Bridge [N24.89284º, E098.67439º], 1210 m, 24 May 2005, Heng-Mei Yan and Ke-Ji Guo (HNU-GKJ2003).

Paratypes: 15 Ψ, same data as holotype (5 Ψ, HNU; 10 Ψ, CAS). Baoshan City: 4 Ψ, Mangkuan Township, Baihualing [N25.30890º, E098.79536º], 2 June 2005, Heng-Mei Yan and Ke-Ji Guo (HNU-GKJ3701). Etymology. The specific name is a patronym in honor of Mr. Ke-Ji Guo, who collected some type specimens.

Diagnosis. This species is similar to L. corrugus sp. nov. ( Figs 5 a–g ), the differences are discussed in the diagnosis of L. corrugus .

Description. Female (holotype): Total length 3.00. Prosoma 1.50 long, 1.40 wide; opisthosoma 1.70 long, 1.70 wide. Dorsal shield of prosoma blackish brown with sparse long setae. Eyes with grayish rim, ALE tubercles largest, eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.10, ALE 0.20, PME 0.06, PLE 0.13; AME-AME 0.18, AME-ALE 0.16, PME-PME 0.28, PME-PLE 0.33; MOA 0.32 long, front width 0.37, back width 0.40. Sternum yellow. Chelicerae, gnathocoxae and labium blackish brown. Legs yellow with some spines, femora I prolateral 0-1-1-1, dorsal 0-1-0-1, II - III dorsal 1-1-0-1, IV dorsal 0-1-0-0, tibiae: I, II ventral 1-2, III - IV ventral 0-1; metatarsi I, II ventral 2-2. Leg measurements: I: 3.70 (1.20, 1.40, 0.60, 0.50), II: 4.10 (1.30, 1.50, 0.70, 0.60), III: 2.50 (0.90, 0.70, 0.50, 0.40), IV: 2.80 (1.00, 0.80, 0.60, 0.40), formula 2, 1, 4, 3. Opisthosoma oval, cardiac pattern and muscular depressions visible, dorsum light yellow with 4 pairs of black markings; medially with some small white spots; laterally with some small white spots; venter yellow.

Epigyne-vulva ( Figs 9 b–e ). Epigyne with a large atrium; copulatory openings small; copulatory ducts slender and sinuous; spermathecae pyriform.

Male: Unknown.

Variation. Total length: females 2.80–3.20 (n = 20). The markings on opisthosoma dorsum vary in size. Distribution. China (recorded from Tengchong County of Yunnan Province).

Figures

FIGURES 9 a – e. Lysiteles guoi sp. nov. a Female, habitus; b – c Epigyne; d – e Vulva. Scale bars: a = 1; b – e = 0.1.

FIGURES 5 a – g. Lysiteles corrugus sp. nov. a – c Female, habitus; d, f Epigyne; e, g Vulva; MS median septum. Scale bars: a – c = 1; d – g = 0.1.