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03D66A6DFFCFFFAAFF41F915FD42F82B.text	03D66A6DFFCFFFAAFF41F915FD42F82B.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Lysiteles davidi	<div><p>Lysiteles davidi sp. nov.</p><p>Figs 1–7</p><p>Type material. Holotype female, CHINA, Yunnan Province, Gongshan County, Dulongjian Township, Longyuan Village, Bailai Group, 1676 m [28.00330ºN, 98.19198ºE], 31 October 2004, Guo Tang (HNU- Tang 040602). Paratype: 1 Ψ, 3 km south of Longyuan Village, 1685 m [28.00532ºN, 98.32145ºE], 2 November 2004, David Kavanaugh (CAS-DHK04068), other data same as holotype.</p><p>Etymology. The specific name honors Dr. David Kavanaugh (CAS), who collected the type specimens, and is a name in genitive case.</p><p>Diagnosis. This species is similar to Lysiteles himalayensis Ono, 1979, but can be separated from the latter by its blackish brown carapace (yellowish brown in L. himalayensis), presence of stripes on opisthosoma dorsum (absent in L. himalayensis), copulatory ducts thick (thin in L. himalayensis) and spermathecae pearshaped (globular in L. himalayensis).</p><p>Description. Female (holotype): Total length 3.20. Prosoma 1.50 long; 1.30 wide; opisthosoma 2.00 long, 1.80 wide. Carapace blackish brown, with several long bent setae. Both anterior and posterior eye rows recurved. Eye tubercles blackish brown with white rim. ALE tubercles largest. Eye sizes and interdistances: ALE 0.20, PLE 0.15, AME 0.08, PME 0.05, AME-AME 0.19, AME-ALE 0.20, PME-PME 0.25, PME-PLE 0.30; MOA long 0.30, front width 0.35, back width 0.38. Clypeus height 0.25. Sternum cordiform, light gray, darker along margins. Chelicerae, labium blackish brown, gnathocoxae yellowish brown. Legs light yellowish brown. Leg measurements: I 3.70 (1.20, 1.30, 0.70, 0.50), II 4.20 (1.40, 1.50, 0.70, 0.60), III 2.70 (1.00, 0.80, 0.40, 0.50), IV 3.00 (1.00, 1.00, 0.50, 0.50); formula 2, 1, 4, 3. Spination: Femora: I prolateral 1-1-1, I, IV dorsal 0-1-0, II dorsal 1-1-0, III dorsal 1-1-1; Patellae: I-IV 1(weak)-1; Tibiae: I-IV dorsal 1-0-1, retrolateral 0-1- 1, I-II prolateral 1-1-1, ventral 2-2-0, III-IV prolateral 1-1, III ventral 2, IV 1; metatarsi I-IV pro-, and retrolateral 1-1, ventral 2-2, III-IV ventral 2. Opisthosoma subcircular, dorsum yellow, the anterior lightly yellowish brown with yellowish brown claviform stripes on the margin and black claviform stripes on the side. The median with scattered small black and white spots. Venter yellow with small white spots, mesally with a longitudinal black stripe.</p><p>Epigyne-vulva (Figs 4–7). light brown, sclerotized plate large, copulatory openings anterolateral. Spermathecae pear-shaped, copulatory ducts thick and short, curved, S-shaped ventrally.</p><p>Male: unknown.</p><p>Distribution. China (Yunnan Province).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D66A6DFFCFFFAAFF41F915FD42F82B	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Tang, Guo;Yin, Chang-Ming;Peng, Xian-Jin;Ubick, Darrell;Griswold, Charles	Tang, Guo, Yin, Chang-Ming, Peng, Xian-Jin, Ubick, Darrell, Griswold, Charles (2007): Five crab spiders of the Genus Lysiteles from Yunnan Province, China (Araneae: Thomisidae). Zootaxa 1480: 57-68, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.176872
03D66A6DFFCDFFADFF41FF30FD42FB28.text	03D66A6DFFCDFFADFF41FF30FD42FB28.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Lysiteles conicus	<div><p>Lysiteles conicus sp. nov.</p><p>Figs 8–27</p><p>Type material: Holotype male, CHINA, Yunnan Province, Tengchong County, Tengyue Township, Laifengshan, 1780 m [25.01053°N, 98.28367°E], 31 May 2006, Chang-Min Yin, Jia-Fang Hu, Xiao-Hua Yang (HNU- YHY1602). Paratypes: 13 ɗ, 3 Ψ, same data as holotype (HNU: 7 ɗ, 2 Ψ; CAS: 7 ɗ, 1 Ψ). CHINA, Yunnun Province, Tengchong County: 1 ɗ, Qushi Township, Daba village, 2170m [25.171409°N, 98.421013°E], 14 May 2006 (HNU-YHY0101); 1 Ψ, Jietou Township, Shabadi Village, 1923 m [25.24086°N, 98.42355°E], 15 May 2006 (CAS-YHY0205); 3 ɗ, Jietou Township, Xinzhuang Village, 1950 m [25.26508°N, 98.42347°E], 23 May 2006, (HNU-YHY1101); 2 Ψ, Xinhua Township, Longjing Village, Shanqing, 1880 m [25.48243°N, 98.31454°E], 27 May 2006 (HNU-YHY1305); 4 ɗ, 1 Ψ, Tengyue Township, Baofeng Temple, 1790 m [25.03101°N, 98.25073°E], 31 May 2006 (CAS-YHY1502); 1 Ψ, Shangying Township, Dahaoping Village, 2040 m [25.58297°N, 98.43461°E], 4 June 2006 (CAS-YHY2602); 1 Ψ, Xinhua Township, Longjing Village, 1940 m [24.48203°N, 98.23390°E], 5 June 2006 (CAS-YHY2901); 2 ɗ, 1 Ψ, Puchuan Township, Miguo Village, 1920 m [24.48288°N, 98.32031°E], 5 June 2006, (HNU-YHY3002); 1 ɗ, 3 Ψ, Manbang Township, Hongdoushu Village, 1790 m [24.55051°N, 98.35455°E], 6 June 2006, (CAS-YHY3304). All of the abovementioned specimens were collected by Chang-Min Yin, Jia-Fang Hu and Xiao-Hua Yang. Gongshan County: Dulongjiang Township, Longyuan Village, Bailai Group, 1676 m [28.00330ºN, 98.19198ºE], Oct. 31, 2004, Guo Tang (HNU-Tang 040604). Baoshan City: 1 ɗ, Mangkuan Township, Baihualing, 1515 m [25.30890ºN, 98.79536ºE], 2 June 2005, Heng-Mei Yan and Ke-Ji Guo (CAS-GKJ3703).</p><p>Etymology. The specific name is from the Latin “ conicus ”, and refers to the large conical ATA on the bulb of male palp.</p><p>Diagnosis. The new species is very similar to another new species: Lysiteles dentatus sp. nov. in the body shape and spots on dorsum, but differs in: prosoma lacking stripe (with a pair of grayish brown stripes in L. dentatus); copulatory ducts short, forming single coil (long and twisted, forming two coils in L. dentatus); bulb flat with a large conical ATA (with a small, denticle-shaped ATA in L. dentatus); embolus stout (long and helical in L. dentatus); RTA shorter than in L. dentatus .</p><p>Description. Male (holotype): Total length 3.10, Prosoma 1.50 long, 1.30 wide; opisthosoma 1.70 long, 1.20 wide. Carapace yellow with several long bent setae. Both anterior and posterior eye rows strongly recurved. Lateral eyes with large tubercles. Eye sizes and interdistances: ALE 0.15, PLE 0.10, AME 0.06, PME 0.05; AME-AME 0.15, AME-ALE 0.14, PME-PME 0.20, PME-PLE 0.20, MOA long 0.30 with front width 0.30 and back width 0.32, Clypeus height 0.18. Sternum cordiform, light yellow, with short hairs. Chelicerae, gnathocoxae yellow. Labium yellowish brown. Legs yellow, I, II robust and long. Legs yellow, with many spines. Leg measurements: I 6.10 (2.00, 2.10, 1.30, 0.70), II 6.40 (2.00, 2.30, 1.40, 0.70), III 3.70 (1.10, 1.40, 0.70, 0.50), IV 4.00 (1.20, 1.50, 0.80, 0.50); formula 2, 1, 4, 3. Spination: Femora: I prolateral 0-1-1-1, I- IV dorsal 1-1-1-1; Patellae: I-IV 1(weak)-1, prolateral 0-1-0, retrolateral 0-1-0; Tibiae: I-II pro- and retrolateral 1-1-1, dorsal 1-0-1, ventral 2-0-2, III-IV pro-, dor- and retrolateral 1-1, ventral 2-2; metatarsi I-II pro-, dor- and retrolateral 1-1-1, ventral 2-0-2, III-IV pro- and retrolateral 1-1, ventral 2-2; Dorsum lightly yellow with 2 pairs of muscular depressions; anteriorly scattered with small black spots, each with a long black hair; posteriorly with 3 pairs of black bands, with a pair of small black stripes on the rear bilaterally and black lines on the side, the venter with a grayish black U-shaped mark anterior of spinnerets.</p><p>Palp (Figs. 13–21, 26–27): VTA digitiform, curving ectally and dorsally; ITA large, RTA slim falciform with a small lobe on the basae. Bulb flat with a large conical ATA; sperm duct distinct, embolus stout and bent, beak-shaped.</p><p>Female (one of the paratypes, HNU-YHY1602): Total length 3.00. Prosoma 1.50 long, 1.30 wide; opisthosoma 1.70 long, 1.40 wide. Body color same with male. Eye sizes and interdistances: ALE 0.15, PLE 0.10, AME 0.08, PME 0.05, AME-AME 0.18, AME-ALE 0.15, PME-PME 0.25, PME-PLE 0.26; MOA length 0.30, front width 0.31, hind width 0.35. Clypeus height 0.15. Leg measurements: I 4.50 (1.50, 1.50, 1.00, 0.50), II 4.60 (1.40, 1.60, 1.00, 0.60), III 3.10 (1.00, 1.00, 0.60, 0.50), IV 3.20 (1.00, 1.10, 0.70, 0.40); formula 2, 1, 4, 3. Spination: Femora: I prolateral 0-1-1-1, I, IV dorsal 0-1-0-1, II-III dorsal 1-1-0-1; II Patellae: I-IV 1(weak)-1, prolateral 0-1-0, retrolateral 0-1-0; Tibiae: I-II pro- and retrolateral 1-1-1, dorsal 1-0-1, ventral 2-2-0, III-IV pro-, dor- and retrolateral 1-1, ventral 1-0; metatarsi I-II pro-, dor- and retrolateral 1-1-1, ventral 2-2-0, III-IV pro- and retrolateral 1-1, ventral 1-1. Opisthosoma narrower than in male, anteriorly with scattered small black spots, each with a long black hair; posteriorly with 3 pairs of black bands, with a pair of small black stripes on the rear bilaterally and black lines on the side. Venter light yellow, with a rectangular large gray stripe with 2 pairs of small white spots anterior of spinnerets.</p><p>Epigyne-vulva (Figs. 10–12, 24–25). Epigyne brown, sclerotized plate slightly concave medially. Copulatory openings lateral; copulatory ducts curved, arc-shaped; spermathecae large, globular.</p><p>Variation. Total length: female 2.70–3.40 (n = 15), male 2.60–3.20 (n = 23). Carapace pale yellow to yellow. The spots on dorsum vary in size and color, from gray to black; dorsal bands fused in some females.</p><p>Distribution. China (Yunnan Province).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D66A6DFFCDFFADFF41FF30FD42FB28	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Tang, Guo;Yin, Chang-Ming;Peng, Xian-Jin;Ubick, Darrell;Griswold, Charles	Tang, Guo, Yin, Chang-Ming, Peng, Xian-Jin, Ubick, Darrell, Griswold, Charles (2007): Five crab spiders of the Genus Lysiteles from Yunnan Province, China (Araneae: Thomisidae). Zootaxa 1480: 57-68, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.176872
03D66A6DFFCBFFAFFF41FAE0FD42FE05.text	03D66A6DFFCBFFAFFF41FAE0FD42FE05.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Lysiteles dentatus	<div><p>Lysiteles dentatus sp. nov.</p><p>Figs 28–40</p><p>Type material. Holotype male, CHINA, Yunnan Province, Tengchong County, Tengyue Township, Laifengshan, 1780 m [25.01053°N, 98.28367°E], 31 May 2006, Chang-Min Yin, Jia-Fang Hu and Xiao-Hua Yang (HNU-YHY1601). Paratypes: 14 ɗ, 5 Ψ, same data as holotype, (HNU: 7 ɗ, 3 Ψ; CAS: 7 ɗ, 2 Ψ). CHINA, Yunnan Province, Tengchong County: 1 ɗ, Xinhua Township, Longjing Village, Shanqing, 1880 m [24.48243°N, 98.31454°E], 27 May 2006 (HNU-YHY1306); 1 ɗ, Xinhua Township, Longjing Village, 1940 m [24.48203°N, 98.23390°E], 5 June 2006 (CAS-YHY2902); 2 ɗ, 2 Ψ, Puchuan Township, Miguo Village, 1920 m [24.48288°N, 98.32031°E], 5 June 2006 (HNU-YHY3001: 1 ɗ, 1 Ψ; CAS-YHY3001: 1 ɗ, 1 Ψ). All of the above-mentioned specimens were collected by Chang-Min Yin, Jia-Fang Hu and Xiao-Hua Yang. Gongshan County: 1 Ψ, New Road, Heiwadi, 1850 m [27.47101ºN, 98.35533ºE], 13–16 Nov. 2004, Guo Tang (HNU-Tang0412).</p><p>Etymology. The specific name is from the Latin “ dentatus ”, and refers to the small denticle-shaped ATA on the bulb of male palp.</p><p>Diagnosis. The new species is very similar to Lysiteles conicus sp. nov. in general appearance. The differences between the two species are discussed in the description of L. conicus .</p><p>Description. Male (holotype): Total length 3.20. Prosoma 1.50 long, 1.30 wide; opisthosoma 1.80 long, 1.20 wide. Carapace yellow, darken on the margin, with long bent setae and a pair of grayish brown paramedian stripes. Eye area light brown. Both anterior and posterior eye rows strongly recurved. Lateral eyes with large tubercles. Eye sizes and interdistances: ALE 0.15, PLE 0.10, AME 0.09, PME 0.05; AME-AME 0.12, AME-ALE 0.11, PME-PME 0.20, PME-PLE 0.25, MOA long 0.35 with front width 0.30 and back width 0.32, Clypeus height 0.18. Legs yellow with many spines. Leg measurements: I 6.00 (1.80, 2.00, 1.30, 0.90), II 6.40 (2.00, 2.00, 1.50, 0.90), III 3.70 (1.10, 1.20, 0.80, 0.60), IV 4.10 (1.30, 1.30, 0.90, 0.60); formula 2, 1, 4, 3. Spination: Femora: I prolateral 0-1-1-1, I-IV dorsal 1-1-1-1; Patellae: I-IV 1(weak)-1, prolateral 0-1-0, retrolateral 0-1-0; Tibiae: I-II pro- and retrolateral 1-1-1, dorsal 1-0-1, ventral 2-0-2, III-IV pro-, dor- and retrolateral 1-1, ventral 2-2; metatarsi I-II pro-, dor- and retrolateral 1-1-1, ventral 2-2-2, III-IV pro- and retrolateral 1-1, ventral 2-2. Opisthosoma slim, dorsum yellow with small white dots and black markings, with 2 light brown muscular depressions; anteriorly with scattered black dots, each with a long black hair; dorsally with three sets of posterior bands; ventrally with grayish black rectangular mark anterior of spinnerets.</p><p>Palp (Figs. 30–34, 39–40): VTA digitiform, setose, curved mesally; ITA and RTA fused basally, ITA strongly sclerotized, with sharp point, RTA translucent, long falciform. Bulb with a small tooth-shaped ATA mesally, embolus filiform and twisted helically.</p><p>Female (one of the paratypes, HNU-YHY1601): Total length 3.40. Prosoma 1.30 long, 1.30 wide; opisthosoma 2.20 long, 1.40 wide. Body color same with male. ALE 0.12, PLE 0.10, AME 0.08, PME 0.05, AME-AME 0.16, AME-ALE 0.15, PME-PME 0.25, PME-PLE 0.26; MOA long 0.35, front width 0.32, back width 0.35. Clypeus height 0.20. Sternum cordiform, lightly yellow, with short hairs. Chelicerae, gnathocoxae, labium and leg yellow. Distal parts of both tibia I and II brown. Legs with many spines. Leg measurements: I 4.40 (1.50, 1.50, 0.90, 0.50), II 4.70 (1.50, 1.60, 1.00, 0.60) III 3.40 (1.00, 1.30, 0.60, 0.50), IV 3.50 (1.20, 1.20, 0.60, 0.50); formula 2, 1, 4, 3. Spination: Femora: I prolateral 0-1-1-1, I, IV dorsal 0-1-0-1, II dorsal 1-1-0-1, III dorsal 1-1-1-1; II Patellae: I-IV 1(weak)-1, prolateral 0-1-0, retrolateral 0-1-0; Tibiae: I-II pro- and retrolateral 1-1-1, dorsal 1-0-1, ventral 2-0-2, III-IV pro-, dor- and retrolateral 1-1, ventral 2-2; metatarsi I-II pro-, dor- and retrolateral 1-1-1, ventral 2-2-2, III-IV pro- and retrolateral 1-1, ventral 2-2. Opisthosoma wider than in male, others similar with male. The venter light yellow, with a rectangular gray marking, with 2 pairs of white spots anterior of spinnerets.</p><p>Epigyne-vulva (Figs. 37–38): Epigyne brown, sclerotized plate convex medially. Copulatory openings posteriolateral; copulatory ducts twisted and visible in ventral view before maceration, slender and curled into two loops. Spermathecae ovoid.</p><p>Variation. Total length: female 3.00–3.60 (n = 8), male 2.80–3.30 (n = 19). Some specimens lacking paramedian stripes on carapace. The spots on posterior dorsum vary in size.</p><p>Distribution. China (Yunnan Province).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D66A6DFFCBFFAFFF41FAE0FD42FE05	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Tang, Guo;Yin, Chang-Ming;Peng, Xian-Jin;Ubick, Darrell;Griswold, Charles	Tang, Guo, Yin, Chang-Ming, Peng, Xian-Jin, Ubick, Darrell, Griswold, Charles (2007): Five crab spiders of the Genus Lysiteles from Yunnan Province, China (Araneae: Thomisidae). Zootaxa 1480: 57-68, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.176872
03D66A6DFFC9FFA1FF41F8A2FCDEFEE8.text	03D66A6DFFC9FFA1FF41F8A2FCDEFEE8.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Lysiteles ambrosii Ono 2001	<div><p>Lysiteles ambrosii Ono, 2001</p><p>Figs 41–48</p><p>Lysiteles ambrosii Ono, 2001: 217, f. 28–33, types not examined.</p><p>Material examined. CHINA, Yunnan Province, Gongshan County: 1 Ψ, Dulongjiang Township, Longyuan Village, Bailai Group, 1676 m [28.00330ºN, 98.19198ºE], 31 Oct.–3 Nov. 2004 Guo Tang (HNU- Tang0406); 1 Ψ, Heiwadi, New Road, 1850 m [27.47101ºN, 98.35533ºE], 13-16 Nov. 2004, Guo Tang (CAS- Tang0412). Tengchong Country: 1 ɗ, 2 Ψ Wuhe Township, Tongjiazhuang Village, Longchuanjiang River, 1210 m [24.89284ºN, 98.67439ºE], 24 May 2005, Heng-Mei Yan and Ke-Ji Guo (HNU-GKJ02006); 1 Ψ, Mangkuan Township, Baihualing, 1515 m [25.30890ºN, 98.79536ºE], 2 June 2005, Heng-Mei Yan and Ke-Ji Guo (CAS-GKJ03702).</p><p>Description. Male (HNU-GKJ02006): Total length 3.10. Prosoma 1.50 long, 1.25 wide; opisthosoma 1.60 long, 1.05 wide. Carapace yellow with long setae and a pair of paramedian blackish brown stripes. Eye area yellowish brown, both anterior and posterior eye rows strongly recurved. Eye sizes and interdistances: ALE 0.12, PLE 0.10, AME 0.08, PME 0.06, AME-AME 0.12, AME-ALE 0.12, PME-PME 0.20, PME-PLE 0.25; MOA length 0.25, front width 0.30, hind width 0.32. Sternum light yellow. Chelicerae, gnathocoxae, labium and legs yellow. Femora with long spines. Tibiae and metatarsi I and II with 2 pairs of weak ventral spines. Legs light yellowish brown, distal parts of tibiae and metatarsus darker. Leg measurements: I 6.80 (1.80, 2.50, 1.50, 1.00), II 7.00 (2.00, 2.40, 1.60, 1.00), III 3.95 (1.25, 1.30, 0.80, 0.60), IV 4.00 (1.30, 1.40, 0.70, 0.60); formula 2, 1, 4, 3. Opisthosoma dorsum with narrow paramedian stripes, posteriorly broken into spots; ventrally light yellow; spinnerets brown.</p><p>Palp (Figs 47-48): VTA rounded, with row of 5 short thick bristles; RTA sclerotized and bifurcate; ITA absent. Bulb flat; embolus basally thick, apically twisted; ATA absent.</p><p>Female (HNU-GKJ02006): Total length 2.70. Prosoma 1.20 long, 1.20 wide; opisthosoma 1.70 long, 1.40 wide. Spots same with those of male. Eye sizes and interdistances: ALE 0.08, PLE 0.05, AME 0.05, PME 0.04, AME-AME 0.15, AME-ALE 0.14, PME-PME 0.20, PME-PLE 0.20; MOA long 0.30, front width 0.30, hind width 0.32. Leg measurements: I 4.15 (1.30, 1.45, 0.80, 0.60), II 4.60 (1.40, 1.60, 1.00, 0.60), III 2.70 (0.90, 0.90, 0.50, 0.40), IV 2.80 (1.00, 0.90, 0.50, 0.40); formula 2, 1, 4, 3. Spots of dorsum dark than in male, 2 pairs of muscular depressions visible; laterally with black lines.</p><p>Epigyne-vulva (Figs. 45–46): Epigyne light brown, sclerotized plate absent, copulatory openings small, anterolateral, copulatory ducts short, spermathecae reniform.</p><p>Variation. Total length: female: 2.20–3.20 (n = 5). The spots on dorsum vary from grayish black to black. Distribution. Bhutan, China (Yunnan Province).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D66A6DFFC9FFA1FF41F8A2FCDEFEE8	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Tang, Guo;Yin, Chang-Ming;Peng, Xian-Jin;Ubick, Darrell;Griswold, Charles	Tang, Guo, Yin, Chang-Ming, Peng, Xian-Jin, Ubick, Darrell, Griswold, Charles (2007): Five crab spiders of the Genus Lysiteles from Yunnan Province, China (Araneae: Thomisidae). Zootaxa 1480: 57-68, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.176872
03D66A6DFFC7FFA1FF41FE20FCDEF846.text	03D66A6DFFC7FFA1FF41FE20FCDEF846.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Lysiteles bhutanus Ono 2001	<div><p>Lysiteles bhutanus Ono, 2001</p><p>Figs 49–58</p><p>Lysiteles bhutanus Ono, 2001: 222, f. 44–51, types not examined.</p><p>Material examined. CHINA, Yunnan Province, Gongshan County: 2 ɗ, 1 Ψ, No. 12 Bridge Camp area, 2775 m [27.71503ºN, 98.50224ºE], 15–19 July 2000 (HNU-00QD59: 1 ɗ, 1 Ψ; CAS-00QD59: 1 ɗ); 1 ɗ, 1 Ψ, Qiqi, Gongshan County, 2000 m [N27.71542º, E98.56529º], 9–14 July 2000 (CAS-00QF76, CAS-00QF79). All of the above-mentioned specimens were collected by Heng-Mei Yan, David Kananaugh, Charles Griswold, Darrell Ubick, Hong-Bin Liang and Da-Zhi Dong; 3 Ψ, Dulongjiang Township, Dizhengdang Village, 1841 m [28.0443ºN, 98.19322ºE], 27–30 October 2004, Guo Tang (CAS-Tang0405); 3 ɗ, 4 Ψ, Heiwadi, 1850 m [27.47101ºN, 98.35533ºE], 13–16 November 2004, Guo Tang (CAS-Tang0412). Tengchong County: 1 Ψ, Longwen Bridge of Longchuan River, 1306 m [25.01408ºN, 98.40583ºE], 20 October 2003, Guo Tang (HNU- Tang 03102002); 1 Ψ, Baoshan City, Nankang (National 320 Road), Yakou, 2186 m [24.43717ºN, 98.46054ºE], 31 October 2003, Guo Tang (HNU-Tang03103102).</p><p>Description. Male (HNU-00QD59): Total length 2.70. Prosoma 1.25 long, 1.00 wide; opisthosoma 1.50 long, 1.00 wide. Carapace light yellow, with long sparse setae. Both anterior and posterior eye rows recurved. Lateral eyes with tubercles large, contiguous. Eye sizes and interdistances: ALE 0.16, PLE 0.10, AME 0.08, PME 0.05, AME-AME 0.15, AME-ALE 0.13, PME-PME 0.20, PME-PLE 0.24; MOA long 0.20, front width 0.28, back width 0.30. Chelicerae light brown. Gnathocoxae, labium, sternum. Legs light yellow, femora with 4 thick spines. Tibiae of I, II, III, IV and metatarsi of I, II with 2 pairs of weak ventral spines. Metatarsi I, IV with 1 weak ventral spine. Leg measurements: I 4.80 (1.50, 1.60, 1.00, 0.70), II 5.20 (1.70, 1.65, 1.10, 0.75), III 3.20 (1.00, 1.20, 0.50, 0.50), IV 3.50 (1.10, 1.30, 0.60, 0.50); formula 2, 1, 4, 3. Opisthosoma dorsally light brown, with paramedian dark stripes broken into 4 pairs of spots, anterior largest; laterally with many small white spots scattered; ventrally light yellow with a U-shaped gray mark posteriorly; spinnerets grayish brown.</p><p>Palp (Figs. 57–58): VTA and RTA short, VTA digitiform, RTA blunt beak-shaped. Bulb flat, embolus short, spiniform.</p><p>Female (HNU-00QD59): Total length 2.60. Prosoma 1.10 long, 1.10 wide; opisthosoma 1.60 long, 1.10 wide. Carapace yellow. Eye sizes and interdistances: ALE 0.12, PLE 0.08, AME 0.06, PME 0.05, AME-AME 0.15, AME-ALE 0.13, PME-PME 0.20, PME-PLE 0.13; MOA length 0.30, front width 0.30, hind width 0.32. Clypeus height 0.25. Spination same as in male. Leg measurements: I 3.70 (1.20, 1.20, 0.70, 0.60), II 4.25 (1.25, 1.50, 0.80, 0.70), III 2.80 (0.90, 0.90, 0.60, 0.40), IV 2.90 (0.90, 0.90, 0.60, 0.50); formula 2, 1, 4, 3. Spots on dorsum similar with those of male.</p><p>Epigyne-vulva (Figs. 55-56): Epigyne brown, with a tongue-shaped sclerotized plate, enclosing 2 copulatory ducts medially; spermathecae globular.</p><p>Variation. Total length: female, 2.60–2.90 (n = 11); male: 2.70–3.20 (n = 6). Dorsal markings on opisthosoma vary from light to dark gray. Only few specimens have the U-shaped brown markings on carapace, the shape of the RTA also various.</p><p>Distribution. Bhutan, China (Yunnan Province).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D66A6DFFC7FFA1FF41FE20FCDEF846	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Tang, Guo;Yin, Chang-Ming;Peng, Xian-Jin;Ubick, Darrell;Griswold, Charles	Tang, Guo, Yin, Chang-Ming, Peng, Xian-Jin, Ubick, Darrell, Griswold, Charles (2007): Five crab spiders of the Genus Lysiteles from Yunnan Province, China (Araneae: Thomisidae). Zootaxa 1480: 57-68, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.176872
