Epidius bazarus
Creators: name: Tang, Guo
name: Li, Shuqiang
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Thomisidae
Epidius
Epidius bazarus

description: <i>Epidius bazarus</i> (Tikader, 1970) Figs 1–3 <i>Platythomisus bazarus</i> Tikader, 1970: 48, figs 27a–c, &amp;female;. <i>Epidius bazarus</i>. Tang <i>et al</i>. 2009: 42, figs 2A−F, &amp;female;. Material examined. <b>CHINA: <i>Yunnan</i>,</b> Xishuangbanna, Mengla County, Menglun Town, Menglun Nature Reserve, leg. G. Zheng: 1 &amp;male;, 1 &amp;female;, Secondary tropical montane evergreen broad-leaved forest (N21º57.809'; E101º12.173', 888 m), 4 August 2007 (Zheng _sp901); 1 &amp;female;, Secondary tropical montane evergreen broad-leaved forest (N21º57.809'; E101º12.173', 888 m), 4 August 2007 (Zheng _sp862); 3 &amp;male;, Secondary tropical montane evergreen broad-leaved forest (N21º54.813'; E101º12.634', 876 m), 5 August 2007 (Zheng _sp1283); 1 &amp;male;, Secondary tropical montane evergreen broad-leaved forest (N21º54.767'; E101º11.431', 880 m), 6 August 2007 (Zheng _sp1115); 1 &amp;male;, Secondary tropical montane evergreen broad-leaved forest (N21º57.784'; E101º11.947', 895 m), 6 August 2007 (Zheng _sp1177); 1 &amp;male;, <i>Paramichelia baillonii</i> plantation (N21º54.772'; E101º16.043', 556 m), 18 August 2007 (Zheng _sp331); leg. G. Tang and Z.Y. Yao: 1 &amp;female;, Lvshilin Forest Park, Limestone tropical seasonal rain forest (N21º54.705', E101º16.898', 656 m), 13 November 2009 (Tang-Yao _ No. 4). <b>Diagnosis.</b> The species can be easily distinguished from other members of this genus by the large body size (5.70–7.70 in males and 7.36−8.80 in females) and by the medially shrunken cymbium. <b>Description. Male</b> (described for the first time, Zheng_sp901 measured). Total length 6.50, prosoma 2.90 long, 2.70 wide; opisthosoma 3.60 long, 2.20 wide. Dorsal shield of prosoma light brown. Cervical grooves, radial grooves and fovea indistinct. Eye area compact; eye tubercles grayish black; eye measurements: ALE 0.18, PLE 0.16, AME 0.07, PME 0.12; AME-AME 0.10, AME-ALE 0.08, PME-PME 0.20, PME-PLE 0.16, MOA length 0.42 with front width 0.22 and back width 0.42. Leg measurements: I 20.30 (5.80, 7.80, 5.00, 1.70), II 19.90 (5.70, 7.60, 5.00, 1.60), III 9.40 (3.00, 3.50, 2.20, 0.70), IV 10.20 (3.20, 3.80, 2.40, 0.80), leg formula 1243. Legs with short spines at femora, other characters same as in female. <i>Palp</i> (Figs 2 A–E, 3 A–B). Femur and tibia slender; tibia with a row of four thick long ventral spines distally; VTA sharp, membranous; cymbium shrunken medially; bulb with large conductor; median apophysis and embolus pointed. <b>Female.</b> See Tang <i>et al</i>. 2009: 42–43. <b>Variation.</b> Total length: &amp;male; 5.70–7.70 (n=7); &amp;female; 7.36–8.80 (n=3). <b>Distribution.</b> China (Yunnan), India.
description: Published as part of <i>Tang, Guo &amp; Li, Shuqiang, 2010, Crab spiders from Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, China (Araneae, Thomisidae) 2703, pp. 1-105 in Zootaxa 2703</i> on pages 8-9
description: {"references": ["Tikader, B. K. (1970) Spider fauna of Sikkim. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 64, 1 - 83."]}