Phrynarachne brevis, Tang & Li, 2010

Tang, Guo & Li, Shuqiang, 2010, Crab spiders from Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, China (Araneae, Thomisidae) 2703, Zootaxa 2703, pp. 1-105 : 49-51

Phrynarachne brevis sp. nov.

Figs 35–36

Type material. Holotype: ♂, CHINA: Yunnan: Xishuangbanna, Mengla County, Menglun Town , Menglun Nature Reserve , Bamboo plantation near G213 roadside (N21º53.640', E101º16.940', 580 m), 3 December 2009, G. Tang and Z.Y Yao (Tang-Yao_No.40).

Etymology. The specific name comes from the Latin word brevis (short), referring to the very short VTA, adjective.

Diagnosis. This new species is characterised by the short VTA. This new species could be confused with P. katoi Chikuni, 1955 , but can be separated from the latter by: the ratio of length of VTA / tibia = 1/8 (1/ 3 in P. katoi ); the distal of RTA knife-shaped (needle-shaped in P. katoi ).

Description. Male (holotype measured): Total length 2.40. Prosoma 1.10 long, 1.05 wide; opisthosoma 1.40 long, 1.45 wide. Prosoma dorsally brown with a pair of longitudinal white stripes, dorsally also with some tubercles which each mounted a clavate seta. A large projection present between ALE and PLE. Eye measurements: AME 0.05; ALE 0.09; PME 0.04; PLE 0.08; AME–AME 0.16; AME–ALE 0.08; PME–PME 0.20; PME–PLE 0.14. MOA length 0.23 with front width 0.24 and back width 0.29. Chelicerae, gnathocoxae, labium brown, sternum yellow with black rim; chelicerae with 2 pro- and 1 retromarginal teeth. Legs brown, femora I and II with tubercles; tibiae and metatarsi of I, II with 3, 2 pairs of ventral spines, respectively. Leg measurements: I: 4.00 (1.25, 1.50, 0.70, 0.55); II: 3.95 (1.30, 1.50, 0.60, 0.55); III: 2.05 (0.65, 0.75, 0.30, 0.35); IV: 1.95 (0.60, 0.70, 0.30, 0.35), leg formula: 1234. Opisthosoma dorsally light brown with tubercles and clavate seta; venter yellow with a black ring marking.

Palp ( Figs 35 B–D, 36 A–B). Palp with a tiny VTA and a long sword-shaped RTA; tegulum flat; embolus long. Female: Unknown.

Distribution. China (Yunnan).