Paraborboropactus rhombus Tang and Li, 2009

Tang, Guo & Li, Shuqiang, 2010, Crab spiders from Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, China (Araneae, Thomisidae) 2703, Zootaxa 2703, pp. 1-105 : 48-49

Paraborboropactus rhombus Tang and Li, 2009

Figs 33–34

Paraborboropactus rhombus Tang and Li 2009c: 712 , figs 28–33, ♀. Material examined. CHINA: Yunnan, Xishuangbanna , Mengla County, Menglun Town , Menglun Nature Reserve , leg. G. Tang and Z.Y. Yao : 3 ♂, 2 ♀, Lvshilin Forest Park, Limestone tropical seasonal rainforest (N21º54.705', E101º16.898', 656 m), 13 November 2009 (Tang-Yao _ No. 5) ; 2 ♂, 1 ♀, the same Park (N21º54.614', E101º16.890', 640 m), 14 November 2009 (Tang-Yao _ No. 7) . 1 ♀, the same Park (N21º54.609', E101º16.871', 633 m), 14 November 2009 (Tang-Yao _ No. 6) ; 1 ♀, the same Park (N21º54.714', E101º16.935', 660 m), 16 November 2009 (Tang-Yao _ No. 11) . 1 ♂, G213 roadside, low evergreen forest (N21º53.794', E101º17.152', 594 m), 27 November 2009 (Tang-Yao_No.29); 1 ♂, Lvshilin Forest Park, Limestone tropical seasonal rain forest (N21º54.614', E101º16.880', 642 m), 4 December 2009 (Tang-Yao _ No. 42) .

Diagnosis. This male can be easily distinguished from other members of this genus by: VTA separated from RTA (connected in others members); the differences between this species and P. canalis sp. nov. are discussed in the diagnosis of P. canalis sp. nov.

Description. Male (described for the first time): Total length 5.20. Prosoma 2.60 long, 2.60 wide; Opisthosoma 2.80 long, 3.00 wide. Prosoma brown, flat. Tubercle of eyes reddish brown. Eye measurements: AME 0.09; ALE 0.20; PME 0.11; PLE 0.18; AME–AME 0.09; AME–ALE 0.12; PME–PME 0.22; PME–PLE 0.24. MOA long 0.36 with front width 0.26 and back width 0.44. Chelicera with 3 pro- and retromarginal teeth. Gnathocoxa, labium dark brown, sternum brown. Legs I, II yellowish brown, legs III, IV yellow with brown annuli; metatarsi I, II and tarsi I–IV with ventral scopulae. Leg measurements: I: 16.10 (5.00, 6.60, 3.20, 1.30); II: 16.20 (5.00, 6.60, 3.20, 1.40); III: 6.00 (2.00, 2.20, 1.10, 0.70); IV: 6.80 (2.20, 2.40, 1.40, 0.80), leg formula: 2143. Opisthosoma nearly rhombic, dorsally with small brown chevron stripes and clustered hairs. Venter yellow.

Palp ( Figs 33 B–D, 34 A–B). VTA blunt digitiform, RTA long lanciform, distally flat spear-shaped; cymbium dorsally with short scopulae in the anterior part; bulb with a large ear-shaped median apophysis, conductor membranous, embolus lamella-shaped.

Female: See Tang and Li, 2009c: 712.

Variation. Total length: ♂ 4.90–5.50 (n=7); ♀ 7.40–8.50 (n=5).

Distribution: China (Yunnan).