Lysiteles bhutanus 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 : 66

Lysiteles bhutanus Ono, 2001

Figs 49–58

Lysiteles bhutanus Ono, 2001: 222 , f. 44–51, types not examined.

Material examined. CHINA, Yunnan Province, Gongshan County: 2 ɗ, 1 Ψ, No. 12 Bridge Camp area, 2775 m [27.71503ºN, 98.50224ºE], 15–19 July 2000 (HNU-00QD59: 1 ɗ, 1 Ψ; CAS-00QD59: 1 ɗ); 1 ɗ, 1 Ψ, Qiqi, Gongshan County, 2000 m [N27.71542º, E98.56529º], 9–14 July 2000 (CAS-00QF76, CAS-00QF79). All of the above-mentioned specimens were collected by Heng-Mei Yan, David Kananaugh, Charles Griswold, Darrell Ubick, Hong-Bin Liang and Da-Zhi Dong; 3 Ψ, Dulongjiang Township, Dizhengdang Village, 1841 m [28.0443ºN, 98.19322ºE], 27–30 October 2004, Guo Tang (CAS-Tang0405); 3 ɗ, 4 Ψ, Heiwadi, 1850 m [27.47101ºN, 98.35533ºE], 13–16 November 2004, Guo Tang (CAS-Tang0412). Tengchong County: 1 Ψ, Longwen Bridge of Longchuan River, 1306 m [25.01408ºN, 98.40583ºE], 20 October 2003, Guo Tang (HNU- Tang 03102002); 1 Ψ, Baoshan City, Nankang (National 320 Road), Yakou, 2186 m [24.43717ºN, 98.46054ºE], 31 October 2003, Guo Tang (HNU-Tang03103102).

Description. Male (HNU-00QD59): Total length 2.70. Prosoma 1.25 long, 1.00 wide; opisthosoma 1.50 long, 1.00 wide. Carapace light yellow, with long sparse setae. Both anterior and posterior eye rows recurved. Lateral eyes with tubercles large, contiguous. Eye sizes and interdistances: ALE 0.16, PLE 0.10, AME 0.08, PME 0.05, AME-AME 0.15, AME-ALE 0.13, PME-PME 0.20, PME-PLE 0.24; MOA long 0.20, front width 0.28, back width 0.30. Chelicerae light brown. Gnathocoxae, labium, sternum. Legs light yellow, femora with 4 thick spines. Tibiae of I, II, III, IV and metatarsi of I, II with 2 pairs of weak ventral spines. Metatarsi I, IV with 1 weak ventral spine. Leg measurements: I 4.80 (1.50, 1.60, 1.00, 0.70), II 5.20 (1.70, 1.65, 1.10, 0.75), III 3.20 (1.00, 1.20, 0.50, 0.50), IV 3.50 (1.10, 1.30, 0.60, 0.50); formula 2, 1, 4, 3. Opisthosoma dorsally light brown, with paramedian dark stripes broken into 4 pairs of spots, anterior largest; laterally with many small white spots scattered; ventrally light yellow with a U-shaped gray mark posteriorly; spinnerets grayish brown.

Palp ( Figs. 57–58 ): VTA and RTA short, VTA digitiform, RTA blunt beak-shaped. Bulb flat, embolus short, spiniform.

Female (HNU-00QD59): Total length 2.60. Prosoma 1.10 long, 1.10 wide; opisthosoma 1.60 long, 1.10 wide. Carapace yellow. Eye sizes and interdistances: ALE 0.12, PLE 0.08, AME 0.06, PME 0.05, AME-AME 0.15, AME-ALE 0.13, PME-PME 0.20, PME-PLE 0.13; MOA length 0.30, front width 0.30, hind width 0.32. Clypeus height 0.25. Spination same as in male. Leg measurements: I 3.70 (1.20, 1.20, 0.70, 0.60), II 4.25 (1.25, 1.50, 0.80, 0.70), III 2.80 (0.90, 0.90, 0.60, 0.40), IV 2.90 (0.90, 0.90, 0.60, 0.50); formula 2, 1, 4, 3. Spots on dorsum similar with those of male.

Epigyne-vulva ( Figs. 55-56 ): Epigyne brown, with a tongue-shaped sclerotized plate, enclosing 2 copulatory ducts medially; spermathecae globular.

Variation. Total length: female, 2.60–2.90 (n = 11); male: 2.70–3.20 (n = 6). Dorsal markings on opisthosoma vary from light to dark gray. Only few specimens have the U-shaped brown markings on carapace, the shape of the RTA also various.

Distribution. Bhutan, China (Yunnan Province).

Figures

FIGURES 49 – 58. Lysiteles bhutanus Ono, 2001. 49 – 50 Male, habitus; 51 – 54 Female; 55 Epigyne; 56 Vulva; 57 Left palp, ventral; 58 Tibial apophyses enlarged, retrolateral. Scale bars: 49 – 54 1 mm, 55 – 57 0.1 mm. E = embolus; RTA = retrolateral tibial apophysis; VTA = ventral tibial apophysis.