Phrynarachne lancea, Tang & Li, 2010

Tang, Guo & Li, Shuqiang, 2010, Crab spiders from Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, China (Araneae, Thomisidae) 2703, Zootaxa 2703, pp. 1-105 : 53-54

Phrynarachne lancea sp. nov.

Figs 37–38

Type material. Holotype: ♂, CHINA: Yunnan: Xishuangbanna, Mengla County, Menglun Town , Menglun Nature Reserve , Tropical seasonal rainforest (N21º56.206', E101º16.204', 558 m), 1 December 2009, leg. G. Tang and Z.Y. Yao (Tang-Yao_No.36).

Paratype: 1 ♂, CHINA : Yunnan: Xishuangbanna , Mengla County, Menglun Town , Menglun Nature Reserve, Anogeissus acuminate plantation (about 20 years old, N21º53.819', E101º17.075', 609 m), 27 November 2009, leg. G. Tang and Z.Y. Yao (Tang-Yao_No.28) .

Etymology. The specific name comes from the Latin word lancea (spear), referring to the RTA spear-shaped, noun in apposition.

Diagnosis. This new species can be distinguished from other members of this genus by the wide spear-shaped RTA.

Description. Male (holotype measured): Total length 2.80. Prosoma length 1.10, width 1.55; opisthosoma length 1.80, width 1.70. Prosoma dorsally grayish white with blackish brown markings, dorsally also with clavate setae. A large projection present between ALE and PLE. Eye measurements: AME 0.06; ALE 0.10; PME 0.05; PLE 0.08; AME–AME 0.11; AME–ALE 0.07; PME–PME 0.16; PME–PLE 0.15. MOA length 0.23 with front width 0.22 and back width 0.28. Chelicerae, gnathocoxae, labium brown, sternum blackish brown, chelicera with 2 promaginal teeth. Legs grayish black, femora I, II with tubercles; tibiae and metatarsi of I, II with 3 and 2 pairs of ventral spines, respectively. Leg measurements: I: 4.65 (1.65, 1.50, 0.90, 0.60); II: 4.60 (1.60, 1.50, 0.90, 0.60); III: 2.30 (0.80, 0.80, 0.35, 0.35); IV: 2.20 (0.80, 0.80, 0.30, 0.30). Leg formula: 1234. Opisthosoma dorsally grayish white with small tubercles and clavate setae; venter grayish black.

Palp (37 B–D, 38 A–B). VTA digitiform, RTA wide spear-shaped, tegulum flat, embolus long.

Female: Unknown.

Distribution. China (Yunnan).