Lysiteles minusculus Song & Chai, 1990

Lysiteles minusculus Song & Chai, 1990 View in CoL

Figs 28–30

Type material: Holotype: ♂, China: Hubei: Xuan’en Co., 25 May 1989 (IZCAS-ar9399, examined).

Other material examined. China: Hainan: 19 ♂, Qiongzhong Co., Limushan Mountains ( N19º10.540', E109º44.572', alt. 630 m), 1–5 April 2009 ( IZCAS, Tang _ No 006–050) GoogleMaps ; 13 ♂, 7 ♀, Wuzhishan Mountains ( N18º54.451', E109º40.669', alt. 724 m), 6–11 April 2009 ( IZCAS, Tang _ No. 060–149) GoogleMaps ; 1 ♀, Lingshui Co., Diaoluoshan Mountains , road fork ( N18º41. 445', E109º52.410' alt. 620 m), 18 April 2009 ( IZCAS, Tang _ No. 230) GoogleMaps ; 4 ♂, 3 ♀, Changjiang Co., Bawangling Mountains ( N19º8.129', E109º19.199', alt. 967 m), 23–24 April 2009 ( IZCAS, Tang _ No. 279, 304) (all material leg. G. Tang) GoogleMaps .

Diagnosis. This species is similar to the species: L. punctiger Ono, 2001 and L. uniprocessus Tang et al., 2008 in the general appearance, but can be separated by the details in the structures of epigynal organs.

Description. Female ( described for the first time): Total length 3.25. Prosoma 1.15 long, 1.00 wide; Opisthosoma 1.30 long, 1.10 wide. Prosoma light yellow. Eye measurements: AME 0.06; ALE 0.10; PME 0.04; PLE 0.08; AME–AME 0.14; AME–ALE 0.28; PME–PME 0.28; PME–PLE 0.28. MOA length 0.26 with front width 0.26 and back width 0.34. Chelicera, gnathecoxa, labium and sternum yellow. Legs yellow with sparse spines. Leg formula: II, I, IV, III; leg measurements: I: 3.00 (0.90, 1.00, 0.60, 0.50); II: 3.10 (1.00, 1.10, 0.60, 0.50); III: 2.25 (0.70, 0.90, 0.35, 0.30); IV: 2.55 (0.90, 0.95, 0.40, 0.30). Opisthosomal dorsum with 2 longitudinal grayish black stripes, venter yellow.

Epigynum ( Figs 29 B–C, 30 C–D). Epigynum with a pair of copulatory openings bilaterally; copulatory ducts short, invisible from dorsal view; spermathecae globular.

Male: see Song & Chai (1990): 368–369.

Palp ( Figs. 28 B–D, 30 B–D): Palp with VTA wide, RTA sickle shaped, combined with RTA proximally; bulb flat; embolus curved, arc-shaped.

Distribution. China ( Hubei, Hainan).

Variations. Total length: male, 2.00–2.60 (n=37); female, 2.10–2.70 (n=11). Male opisthosomal dorsum grayish brown in most of the examined specimens.