Massuria ovalis, Tang & Li, 2010

Tang, Guo & Li, Shuqiang, 2010, Crab spiders from Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, China (Araneae, Thomisidae) 2703, Zootaxa 2703, pp. 1-105 : 29-31

Massuria ovalis sp. nov.

Figs 20−21

Type material. Holotype: ♂, CHINA: Yunnan: Xishuangbanna, Mengla County, Menglun Town , Menglun Nature Reserve , Secondary tropical montane evergreen broad-leaved forest (N21º54.813', E101º12.634', 876 m), 5 August 2007 (Fogging-CBIV, Zheng_sp1293).

Etymology. The specific name comes from the Latin word ovalis (egg-shaped), referring to the tegulum eggshaped, adjective.

Diagnosis. This new species is similar to M. sreepanchamii (Tikader, 1962) in the tibial apophyses, but can be distinguished by the short embolus (slender in M. sreepanchamii ).

Description. (holotype measured): Total length 3.30. Prosoma 1.50 long, 1.50 wide; opisthosoma 1.90 long, 1.80 wide. Prosoma light brown with short setae. Eye tubercles white. Eye measurements: AME 0.06; ALE 0.08; PME 0.04; PLE 0.07; AME–AME 0.16; AME–ALE 0.12; PME–PME 0.20; PME–PLE 0.23. MOA length 0.26 with front width 0.26 and back width 0.26. Chelicerae, gnathocoxae, labium and sternum yellow. Legs yellow, femur I with 4 prolateral spines, femora I, II with 3 and 4 dorsal spines, respectively; tibiae, metatarsi I, II with 2 and 3 pairs thick, short ventral spines, respectively. Leg measurements: I: 4.80 (1.50, 1.80, 0.90, 0.60); II: 5.00 (1.50, 1.80, 1.00, 0.70); III: 2.55 (0.70, 1.00, 0.45, 0.40); IV: 2.70 (0.85, 1.00, 0.50, 0.35), leg formula: 2143. Opisthosoma dorsally yellow with short setae, venter yellow.

Palp ( Figs 20 B–D, 21 A–B). VTA digitiform; ITA cone-shaped, closely set with RTA basally; RTA long, finger-shaped; tegulum flat, embolus originating from 9-o’clock position.

Female: Unknown.

Distribution. China (Yunnan).