Xysticus pseudobliteus ( Simon, 1880 )

Marusik, Yuri M. & Omelko, Mikhail M., 2014, Reconsideration of Xysticus species described by Ehrenfried Schenkel from Mongolia and China in 1963 (Araneae: Thomisidae), Zootaxa 3861 (3), pp. 275-289 : 282

Xysticus pseudobliteus ( Simon, 1880)

Figs 1 , 10 , 21–23

Oxyptila pseudoblitea Simon, 1880: 109 (♀).

X. acerboides Schenkel, 1963: 229 , figs 128a–b (♂).

X. bonneti Schenkel, 1963: 231 , figs 129a–c (♀).

X. chaffanjoni Schenkel, 1963: 225 , figs 126a–c (♀).

Ozyptila pseudoblitea (Simon) . Song & Hubert 1983: 10, figs 24–27 (♂♀, synonymised four names).

X. schenkeli Marusik, 1989: 144 (replacement name for X. bonneti Schenkel , preoccupied by Denis, 1938 but already synonymised with O. pseudoblitea by Song & Hubert 1983).

X. pseudoblitea (Simon) . Song & Zhu 1997: 101, figs 67A–D (♂♀).

Type material. Xysticus acerboides : Holotype ♂ [examined] in good condition, left palp was dissected, vial label “Potanin No28”, text data “Stadt Sigutschen (Hsikutschönn), Kansu, 1.–2. IV 85; 1 ♂ ”.

Data in introduction for #28 is “ 22.IV.1885, Dorf Chantschuan am Siningho, Kansu”. Text data corresponds to Potanin’s number 49 and has a different month “1./ 2.VII.85 Stadt Sigutschen (Hsikutschönn)”. The later data refer to a locality with the coordinates 33°46’56”N, 104°18.4’E.

Xysticus bonneti : Syntypes 5♀ [not studied], text data: “Yen = mönn pass, Schansi, 17. VI 84: 1 ♀” [1]; “Chantschuan am Sining ho, Kansu, 22. IV 85: 1 ♀” [2]; “Tal des Muryn Dschanba, Kansu, 12. V 85: 1♀” [3]; “Zwischen Kloster Gulebu-mom und Donkyr, Kansu, 10. IV 86: 2♀” [4]. Square brackets refer to numbered squares on Fig. 1 .

Xysticus chaffanjoni : Holotype ♀ [examined], with vial label “Mongolie-Mandjourie, Ourga á Tsitsikhar, Chaffanjon, 174-96”, text data “Urga = Tsitsikhar, 1896, 1 ♀”. The holotype was collecting during a trip from Ulaanbaatar to Qiqihar.

Comments. We did not study the types of X. bonneti . Three species were synonymised with X. pseudobliteus by Song & Hubert (1983) based on comparison of the types.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Type localities of 16 Xysticus species described by Schenkel in 1963 and of X. courti sp. n. Numbers in squares for X. bonneti refer to numbers in square brackets in the list of localities.

FIGURES 2 – 10. Xysticus davidi (2 – 7, 2 – 3 paralectotype of X. davidi, 4 – 5 holotype of X. hotchingeni, 6 – 7 holotype of X. excavatus), X. ephippitaus (8 – 9, holotype of X. fagei) and X. pseudobliteus (10, holotype of X. chaffanjoni). 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 epigyne ventral; 3, 5, 7, 9 vulva dorsal. Scale = 0.2 mm.

FIGURES 21 – 25. Male palp of Xysticus pseudobliteus (21 – 23, holotype of X. acerboides), habitus of X. lesserti (24, holotype) and X. kurilensis (25). Scale = 0.2 mm [21 – 23].