Spilosynema mancum Tang &amp; Li 2010, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Tang, Guo
name: Li, Shuqiang
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Thomisidae
Spilosynema
Spilosynema mancum

description: <i>Spilosynema mancum</i> sp. nov. Figs 55–57 Type material. <b>Holotype:</b> 1 &amp;male;, <b>CHINA: <i>Yunnan:</i></b> Xishuangbanna, Mengla County, Menglun Town, Menglun Nature Reserve, Lvshilin Forest Park, Limestone tropical seasonal rain forest (N21º54.705', E101º16.898', 656 m), 13 November 2009, leg. G. Tang and Z.Y. Yao (Tang-Yao_No.4). <b>Paratypes: CHINA: <i>Yunnan:</i></b> Xishuangbanna, Mengla County, Menglun Town, Menglun Nature Reserve, leg. G. Tang and Z.Y. Yao: 1 &amp;female;, same data as holotype; 2 &amp;female;, Lvshilin Forest Park, Limestone tropical seasonal rain forest (N21º54.710', E101º16.941', 652 m), 16 November 2009 (Tang-Yao _ No. 10); 1 &amp;female;, G213 roadside, Bamboo plantations (N21º54.380', E101º16.815', 620 m), 21 November 2009 (Tang-Yao _ No. 17); 1 &amp;female;, G213 roadside, Bamboo plantation (N21º54.386', E101º16.803', 627 m), 22 November 2009 (Tang-Yao _ No. 18); 1 &amp;male;, G213 roadside, Bamboo plantation (N21º54.380', E101º16.815', 627 m), 22 November 2009 (Tang-Yao _ No. 19); 1 &amp;female;, Garbage dump, Secondary tropical forest (N21º54.380', E101º16.815', 627 m), 23 November 2009 (Tang-Yao _ No. 20); 2 &amp;male;, 8 &amp;female;, same data as Tang-Yao _ No. 20 (Tang-Yao _ No. 21). <b>Etymology.</b> The specific name comes from the Latin word <i>mancum</i> (lacking or defective), referring to the palp without RTA, adjective. <b>Diagnosis.</b> This species can be easily distinguished from other members of this genus by: palp without RTA and epigynum with a large excurved sclerotized plate. <b>Description. Male</b> (holotype measured): Total length 3.50. Prosoma 1.50 long, 1.50 wide; opisthosoma 2.00 long, 1.80 wide. Dorsal shield of prosoma light yellow with a pair of gray stripes, sides gray. Eye measurements: AME 0.05, ALE 0.10, PME 0.04, PLE 0.08, AME <b>−</b> AME 0.18, AME <b>−</b> ALE 0.18, PME <b>−</b> PME 0.20, PME <b>−</b> PLE 0.28. MOA 0.34 long, front width 0.26, back width 0.30. Chelicerae yellow, gnathocoxae, labium and sternum light yellow. Legs yellow with many spines. Leg measurements: I: 7.70 (2.20, 2.70, 1.80, 1.00); II: 7.90 (2.30, 2.80, 1.80, 1.00); III: 4.00 (1.30, 1.50, 0.70, 0.50); IV: 4.40 (1.50, 1.50, 0.80, 0.60), leg formula 2143. Opisthosoma dorsally grayish yellow with black stripes and white spots. Venter light gray. <i>Palp</i> (Figs 55 B–D, 57 A–B). Palp only with VTA, VTA wide basally and beak-shaped distally; tutacular apophysis hook-shaped, curved distally; embolus filiform. <b>Female</b> (one of the paratypes measured): Total length 3.10. Prosoma 1.40 long, 1.40 wide; opisthosoma 1.80 long, 1.50 wide. Dorsal shield of prosoma light brown, with a pair of gray stripes, sides gray. Eye measurements: AME 0.07, ALE 0.12, PME 0.05, PLE 0.10, AME <b>−</b> AME 0.16, AME <b>−</b> ALE 0.17, PME <b>−</b> PME 0.20, PME <b>−</b> PLE 0.30. MOA 0.36 long, front width 0.28, back width 0.30. Chelicerae, gnathocoxae, labium and sternum yellow. Legs I, II light brown, legs III, IV yellow. Leg measurements: I: 6.50 (2.00, 2.40, 1.40, 0.70); II: 6.30 (2.00, 2.20, 1.40, 0.70); III: 3.40 (1.10, 1.20, 0.60, 0.50); IV: 3.80 (1.30, 1.30, 0.70, 0.50), leg formula 1243. Opisthosoma dorsally yellow with grayish markings and white spots. Venter yellow with black markings posteriorly. <i>Epigynum</i> (Figs 56 B–C, 57 C–D). Epigynum with a large, excurved sclerotized plate; copulatory openings visible; copulatory ducts long and twisted; spermathecae oval. <b>Variation.</b> Total length: &amp;male; 2.90–3.50 (n=6); &amp;female; 3.10–4.50 (n=20). <b>Distribution.</b> China (Yunnan).
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 74-76