Takachihoa tumida 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
Takachihoa
Takachihoa tumida

description: <i>Takachihoa tumida</i> sp. nov. Figs 66–68 Type material. <b>Holotype:</b> &amp;male;, <b>CHINA: <i>Yunnan</i></b> , Xishuangbanna, Mengla County, Menglun Nature Reserve, Lvshilin Forest Park, Limestone tropical seasonal rain forest (N21º54.609´, E101º17.090´, 643 m), 17 November 2009, G. Tang and Z.Y. Yao (Tang-Yao_No.13). <b>Paratypes:</b> 1 &amp;male;, 1&amp;female;, same data as holotype; 1 &amp;female;, same locality, Secondary seasonal moist forest (N21º54.718´, E101º16.940´, 645 m), 16 <b>−</b> 24 October 2006, G. Zheng (pitfall trap, JSI-5-6). <b>Etymology.</b> The specific name comes from the Latin word <i>tumidus</i> (swollen), referring to the large distal VTA, adjective. <b>Diagnosis.</b> This new species can be distinguished from other members of this genus by the large body size and the shape of VTA. <b>Description. Male</b> (holotype measured): Total length 3.20. Prosoma 1.60 long, 1.65 wide; opisthosoma 2.00 long, 1.50 wide. Dorsal shield of prosoma light grayish brown with reddish brown stripes. Eye measurements: AME 0.07, ALE 0.13, PME 0.06, PLE 0.10, AME <b>−</b> AME 0.20, AME <b>−</b> ALE 0.12, PME <b>−</b> PME 0.18, PME <b>−</b> PLE 0.30. MOA 0.24 long, front width 0.32, back width 0.30. Chelicerae, gnathocoxae, and labium grayish brown, sternum yellow. Legs I, II blackish brown; III, IV yellow with reddish brown spots. Leg measurements: I: 6.75 (2.10, 2.50, 1.40, 0.75); II: 6.90 (2.15, 2.60, 1.40, 0.75); III: 3.75 (1.20, 1.40, 0.65, 0.50); IV: 3.80 (1.20, 1.40, 0.70, 0.50), leg formula: 2143. Femora I−IV with 5 dorsal spines; femur I with 2 prolateral spines; tibia and metatarsus I−II with 3 pairs of ventral spines. Opisthosoma dorsally with setae and grayish black markings; venter yellowish white. <i>Palp</i> (Figs 66 B–D, 68 A–B). VTA large, RTA distally with two denticles and one blunt apophysis; embolus slender. <b>Female</b> (one of the paratypes measured): Total length 4.10. Dorsal shield of prosoma yellow with blackish brown markings. Prosoma 1.70 long, 1.80 wide. Opisthosoma 2.50 long, 2.10 wide. Body pigmentation lighter than in male. Eye measurements: AME 0.07; ALE 0.13; PME 0.06; PLE 0.11; AME–AME 0.24; AME–ALE 0.16; PME–PME 0.22; PME–PLE 0.36. MOA length 0.30 with front width 0.36 and back width 0.34. Leg measurements: I: 5.75 (1.90, 2.20, 1.10, 0.55); II: 5.90 (2.00, 2.20, 1.10, 0.60); III: 3.45 (1.10, 1.30, 0.60, 0.45); IV: 3.65 (1.20, 1.30, 0.65, 0.50), leg formula: 2143. Opisthosoma dorsally grayish black with red spots; venter grayish yellow with white spots. <i>Epigynum</i> (Figs 67 C–F, 68 C–D). Epigynum with a central sclerotized plate, which covers a small hood; copulatory ducts long, wide and flat; spermathecae small, twisted. <b>Variation.</b> Total length: &amp;male; 3.20–3.30 (n=2); &amp;female; 4.10–4.80 (n=2). <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 page 91