Xysticus berlandi Schenkel, 1963

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 : 276-277

Xysticus berlandi Schenkel, 1963

Fig. 1

X. b. Schenkel, 1963: 207, figs 117a–c (♀).

Type material. Syntypes 1♀ and 1 juv. [not examined] with text data “Zwischen Tschintasy und Suwanko (Su, Suchow), 1.–5. VI 86 ” and introduction data “(69) l/ 5.VI.86 Zwischen Tschintasy und Suwanko (Suchow), Inner Mongolia ”. This information refers to a locality somewhere between modern town Jinta (39°59’N, 98°53’E) and Potanin’s locality “Su-van’-no” (not Suwanko) which is about 40 km NNE from Jinta and may refer to Choushuidun on a modern map (ca 40°17’N, 99°04’E).

Comment. Judging from the description, it is a rather large species, ca. 9 mm long. It has a rather low carapace in frontal view. Its epigyne does not resemble any species known to us.

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.