Massuria bandian, Tang & Li, 2010

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

Massuria bandian sp. nov.

Figs 18−19

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, G. Zheng (Fogging-CBIV).

Etymology. The specific name formed from the Chinese words for marking (bān) and dot or spot (diăn), refers to the dorsal shield of prosoma with spots.

Diagnosis. This new species can be distinguished from other members of this genus by the absence of ITA.

Description. (holotype measured): Total length 3.50. Prosoma 1.50 long, 1.70 wide; opisthosoma 2.00 long, 1.80 wide. Prosoma dorsally flat, yellow, with long setae and gray spots. Eye tubercles grayish white. Eye measurements: AME 0.04; ALE 0.10; PME 0.05; PLE 0.07; AME–AME 0.15; AME–ALE 0.08; PME–PME 0.12; PME– PLE 0.22. MOA length 0.26 with front width 0.24 and back width 0.23. Chelicerae, gnathocoxae, labium and sternum light brown. Legs yellow, femur I with 4 prolateral spines, femora I, II with 4, 5 dorsal spines, respectively; tibiae, metatarsi I, II with 2 and 3 pairs of ventral spines, respectively. Leg measurements: I: 8.40 (2.50, 3.00, 1.90, 1.00); II: 8.20 (2.50, 2.90, 1.80, 1.00); III: 4.20 (1.40, 1.60, 0.80, 0.40); IV: 4.15 (1.35, 1.60, 0.80, 0.40), leg formula: 1234. Opisthosoma dorsally light yellow with long setae, venter yellow.

Palp ( Figs 18 B–D, 19 A–B). VTA digitiform, sharp distally; RTA finger-like; tegulum flat, embolus long.

Female: Unknown.

Distribution. China (Yunnan).