Lysiteles niger Ono 1979
Creators: name: Tang, Guo
name: Yin, Chang-Ming
name: Peng, Xian-Jin
name: Ubick, Darrell
name: Griswold, Charles
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Thomisidae
Lysiteles
Lysiteles niger

description: Lysiteles niger Ono, 1979
Figs 13 a–k, 23
Lysiteles niger Ono, 1979: 102, figs 25–28; Ono, 2001: 219, figs 34–35. (types not examined)
Material examined. CHINA: Yunnan Province: Gongshan County: 1 Ψ, Danzhuhe drainage [N27.63060º, E98.62074º], 2700 m, 30 June to 5 July 2000, David Kavanaugh and Charles Griswold (HNU-00DanZhu01); 1 Ψ, Cikai Township, 41 km of New Road, Dabadi [N27.79655º, E98.50562º], 3000 m, 27 September to 6 October 2002, David Kavanaugh and Paul Marek (HNU-02 PEM 2201); 1 Ψ, Dulongjiang Township, Dizhengdang Village [N28.0443º, E98.19322º], 1841 m, 27–30 October 2004, Guo Tang (HNU- Tang 040507); 1 Ψ, Bingzhongluo Township, Chukuai [N27.97670º, E098.47810º], 3750 m, 22 August 2006, Peng Hu (HNU-Hu 060822); 1 Ψ, Dulongjiang Township, Maku [N27.68545º, E098.30419º], 1814 m, 28 August 2006, Peng Hu (HNU-Hu 060828). Tengchong County: 1 Ψ, Qushi Township, Daba Village [N25.171409°, E098.421013°], 2170 m, 14 May 2006, Chang-Min Yin, Jia-Fang Hu and Xiao-Hua Yang (HNU-YHY0105); 3 Ψ, Mingguang Township, Zizhi Village [N25.48351°, E098.37149°], 2880 m; 19 May 2006, Chang-Min Yin, Jia-Fang Hu and Xiao-Hua Yang (HNU-YHY0604); 1 Ψ, Mingguang Township, Zizhi Village, Cizhuhe [N25.45598°, E098.370226°], 2120 m, 21 May 2006, Chang-Min Yin, Jia-Fang Hu and Xiao-Hua Yang (HNU-YHY0905); 1 Ψ, Mingguang Township, Zizhi Village [N25.46580°, E098.36588°], 2200 m, 21 May 2006, Xiao-Hua Yang (HNU-YHY1002); 1 Ψ, Mingguang Township, Zizhi Village [N25.80894°, E098.62080°], 2890 m, 23 May 2006, Xian-Jin Peng, Xin-Ping Wang and Peng Hu (HNU- PWH 06052305); 2 ɗ, 3 Ψ, Jietou Township, Datang Village, Daheling, Ganjiao [N25.74556°, E098.69630°], 2030 m, 15 May 2006, Xian-Jin Peng, Xin-Ping Wang and Peng Hu (HNU-PWH 06051509); 5 ɗ, 18 Ψ, same locality and collectors as the former [N25.75720°, E098.69459°], 2078 m, 16 May 2006 (PWH 06051608: 4 ɗ, 18 Ψ, CAS; 1 ɗ, HNU); 1 ɗ, 5 Ψ, same locality and collectors as the former [N25.42018°, E098.40946°], 1878 m, 19 May 2006 (HNU-PWH 06051913); 1 Ψ, same locality and collectors as the former [N25.42018°, E098.40946°], 1878 m, 20 May 2006 (HNU-PWH 06052003). Longling County: 2 Ψ, Longjiang Township, Xiaoheishan Nature Reserve [N24.82888°, E098.76001°], 2020 m, 26 May 2005, Charles Griswold and David Kavanaugh (CAS-CGY12404).
Diagnosis. This species is similar to L. maius Ono, 1979 (Figs 12 a–l), the differences are discussed in the diagnosis of L. maius.
Description. Male: Total length 2.40. Prosoma 1.20 long, 1.00 wide; opisthosoma 1.30 long, 1.00 wide. Dorsal shield of prosoma blackish brown with an anchor-shaped black marking. Eyes with white rim. ALE>PLE>AME>PME. Chelicerae, labium, gnathocoxae blackish brown. Sternum black. Legs yellow with black annuli, and with weak spines. Femora with 3 prolateral spines, femora I–IV with 4 dorsal spines, tibiae and metatarsi I, II both with 2 pairs of ventral spines. Leg measurements: I: 4.40 (1.40, 1.30, 0.90, 0.80), II: 4.80 (1.50, 1.40, 1.00, 0.90), III: 3.20 (1.00, 1.00, 0.70, 0.50), IV: 3.50 (1.10, 1.00, 0.80, 0.60), formula: 2, 1, 4, 3. Opisthosoma ellipsoid, widest medially; dorsum brown, with many small black markings; laterally with some white spots; venter grayish black.
Palp (Figs 13 e–g, j). VTA stout and apically curved dorsally, RTA strongly sclerotized, spatula-shaped; bulb flat, sperm duct thick; embolus twisted and apically pointed.
Female: Total length 3.00. Prosoma 1.30 long, 1.20 wide; opisthosoma 1.70 long, 1.40 wide. Dorsal shield of prosoma blackish brown with a median black line. Leg measurements: I: 3.00 (1.00, 0.80, 0.70, 0.50), II: 3.30 (1.10, 0.90, 0.80, 0.50), III: 2.30 (0.70, 0.60, 0.60, 0.40), IV: 2.60 (0.80, 0.70, 0.60, 0.50), formula: 2, 1, 4, 3. Opisthosoma ovoid, widest medially, dorsum uniformly dark or with paramedian dark blotches; laterally with white spots; venter with black and white markings.
Epigyne-vulva (Figs 13 h–i, l–k). Epigyne surrounded by black markings, sclerotized plate small; copulatory openings lateral; copulatory ducts short; spermathecae pyriform.
Variation. Total length: males 2.20–2.60 (n = 12); females 2.80–3.20 (n = 59). This species has variable opisthosoma markings (Figs 13 a–d), however, the shape and structure of the genital organs are diagnostic.
Distribution. Nepal, Bhutan; China (new to China, recorded from three counties: Tengchong, Gongshan and Longling of Yunnan Province).
description: Published as part of Tang, Guo, Yin, Chang-Ming, Peng, Xian-Jin, Ubick, Darrell & Griswold, Charles, 2008, The crab spiders of the genus Lysiteles from Yunnan Province, China (Araneae: Thomisidae), pp. 1-41 in Zootaxa 1742 on pages 26-28, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.181540