Phrynarachne huangshanensis Li, Chen & Song, 1985

Lin, Yejie, Yu, Long, Koomen, Peter, Yan, Xunyou & Li, Shuqiang, 2022, Taxonomic notes on the genus Phrynarachne from China (Araneae, Thomisidae), ZooKeys 1085, pp. 69-99 : 69

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Figs 5 View Figure 5 , 9 View Figure 9 , 10 View Figure 10 , 17A, C View Figure 17 , 18B View Figure 18 , 21 View Figure 21

Phrynarachne huangshanensis Li et al., 1985: 73, figs 1, 2. For the complete list of references see WSC (2021).

Type material.

Holotype: ♀ (IZCAS-Ar41649), China: Anhui: Huangshan City, Huangshan District, Zhaixi Village, 30.0580°N, 118.1664°E, 423 m elev., 14.VI.1982, Youcai Li, Fayang Chen and Daxiang Song leg., examined.

Other material examined.

1♂ (IZCAS-Ar416450), China: Anhui: Huangshan City, Tangkou Town, Houyuan , ravine, 30.0735°N, 118.1522°E, 470 m elev., IX.2018, Long Yu leg. GoogleMaps ; 2♂ (IZCAS-Ar41651, Ar 41652), China: Anhui: Huangshan City, Tangkou town , Fangcunxin Village , ravine, shrub with broad leaves, 30.0457°N, 118.1606°E, 430 ± 8 m elev., 5.IX.2019, Long Yu leg. GoogleMaps ; 3♂ (IZCAS-Ar41653- Ar 41655), China: Anhui: Huangshan City, Tangkou town , Fangcun Village , shrub with broad leaves, 30.0302°N, 118.1822°E, 356 ± 6 m elev., 5.IX.2019, Long Yu leg GoogleMaps ; 5♀ (IZCAS-Ar41656- Ar 41660), China: Anhui: Huangshan City, Tangkou Town , Fangcunxin Village , ravine, 30.0501°N, 118.1854°E, 450 m elev., IX.2018, Long Yu leg. GoogleMaps

Diagnosis.

Males of Phrynarachne huangshanensis can be distinguished from those of P. mammillata by the ratio of the length of the embolus to the length of the embolus base (7:1 in P. huangshanensis vs 10:1 in P. mammillata ), and the ratio of the length of the RTA to the length of the VTA (3:1 in P. huangshanensis vs 2:1 in P. mammillata ). Females can be differentiated by the length to width ratio of the median plate (3:1 in P. huangshanensis vs 5:1 in P. mammillata ), and the V-shaped median plate (vs M-shaped in P. mammillata ).

Description.

Male (Figs 5A View Figure 5 , 9 View Figure 9 , 18B View Figure 18 ): total length 2.45, carapace 1.10 long, 1.14 wide, dark brown with long setae. Opisthosoma brown in middle, with some tubercles, each with a clavate seta. A pair of white lines from PLE to fovea. Eye sizes and interdistances: ALE 0.09, AME 0.06, PLE 0.07, PME 0.04; ALE-AME 0.05, AME-AME 0.11, PLE-PME 0.13, PME-PME 0.15. Chelicerae brown, with two promarginal teeth and one retromarginal tooth; gnathocoxae, labium dark brown, labium 0.20 long, 0.21 wide. Sternum black. Legs black, femora I and II with dense, varying-sized tubercles, tibiae and metatarsi I, II with pairs of ventral spines (I, tibia 6, metatarsus 6; II, tibia 6, metatarsus 6); femora III, IV with white stripe. Leg measurements: I 3.54 (1.13, 1.23, 0.66, 0.52), II 3.50 (1.18, 1.22, 0.60, 0.50), III 1.69 (0.55, 0.56, 0.26, 0.32), IV 2.08 (0.73, 0.72, 0.28, 0.35). Leg formula: 1234. Opisthosoma dorsally dark brown, each side with 17 tubercles, each with a clavate seta, center with a pair of yellow markings.

Male palp (Fig. 9 View Figure 9 ). Tibia brown, VTA club-shaped; RTA long, the length ratio of VTA to RTA is 3:1. Cymbium black. Tegulum flat, disk-shaped, with a tegular ridge. Embolus spiral, thin, the length ratio of the embolus to the embolus base is 7:1.

Female. See Li et al. (1985).

Distribution.

China (Anhui).

Notes.

The male is described for the first time here.