Micromisumenops xiushanensis ( Song and Chai, 1990 ) Tang & Li, 2010

Tang, Guo & Li, Shuqiang, 2010, Crab spiders from Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, China (Araneae, Thomisidae) 2703, Zootaxa 2703, pp. 1-105 : 37

Micromisumenops xiushanensis ( Song and Chai, 1990) comb. nov.

Figs 25–27

Misumenops xiushanensis Song and Chai, 1990: 370 , figs 9A−E, ♂.

Types examined. Holotype: ♀, CHINA: Chongqing City , Xiushan County (belonged to Sichuan Province before 1997), 10 June 1989, no other records ( IZCAS _Ar9384).

Paratypes: 2 ♂, 1 ♀, same data as holotype ( IZCAS _Ar9385−9387) .

Other material examined. CHINA: Yunnan, Xishuangbanna, Mengla County, Menglun Town , Menglun Nature Reserve : 1 ♀, Paramichelia baillonii plantation (about 20 years old, N21º54.200', E101º16.923', 608 m), 16−31 May 2007, G. Zheng (trunk-traps RZII-5-10, Zheng_sp33); 3 ♂, 1 ♀, Lvshilin Forest Park, Limestone tropical seasonal rain forest (N21º54.705', E101º16.898', 656 m), 13 November 2009, G. Tang and Z.Y. Yao (Tang- Yao_No.5) .

Diagnosis. See genus diagnosis.

Description. Small-sized thomisids (♂ 2.20–2.30, ♀ 2.75–3.17). Male body yellow, opisthosoma light yellow with a pair of black spots caudally. Prosoma long equals wide. AER excurved while PER recurved, ALE>PLE>AME>PME, AME − AME<AME − ALE, PME − PME<PME − PLE. MOA wider than long, wider in back than front, clypeus slighter shorter than AME − AME. Chelicerae, gnathocoxae, labium yellow, sternum light yellow. Male Palp ( Figs 25 B–D, 27 A–B): VTA digitiform with a small apophysis medially, RTA black, strong sclerotized, transverse spatulate-shaped; tegulum swollen, embolus long. Legs yellow, femora and metatarsi of I, II with 4, 3 pairs of ventral spines, respectively. Leg formula 2143. Opisthosoma dorsally light yellow. Venter yellow. Epigynum ( Figs 26 D–E, 27 C–D) with an anteriorly situated, groove-shaped depression; copulatory opening slit like; copulatory ducts twisted, complicated; spermathecae convoluted.

Variation. Total length: ♂ 2.20–2.30 (n=5), ♀ 2.75–3.17 (n=5). The white spots on dorsum of female opisthosoma vary in pigmentation.

Habitat. Specimens were collected from forest canopy fogging and by beating low bushes and shrubs.

Distribution. China (Chongqing, Yunnan).

Remarks. The epigynum of the holotype was not clearly illustrated by Song and Chai (1990). As the specimens and the genital organs of the types were damaged, we give the color photos of the specimens from Xishuangbanna in this study.