Smodiscinodes schwendingeri Benjamin 2002
Creators: name: Tang, Guo
name: Li, Shuqiang
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Thomisidae
Smodiscinodes
Smodiscinodes schwendingeri

description: <i>Smodiscinodes schwendingeri</i> Benjamin, 2002 Figs 42–45 <i>Smodiscinodes schwendingeri</i> Benjamin 2002: 4, figs 1–4, &amp;male;. Material examined. <b>CHINA: <i>Yunnan:</i></b> Xishuangbanna, Mengla County, Menglun Town, Menglun Nature Reserve, leg. G. Tang and Z.Y. Yao: 1 &amp;male;, 2 juvenile &amp;female;, Bamboo plantations near G213 roadside (N21º54.380', E101º16.815', 620 m), 21 November 2009 (Tang-Yao_No.17); 2 &amp;female;, same locality as Tang-Yao_No.17, 22 November 2009 (627 m, Tang-Yao_No.19). <b>Diagnosis.</b> The female is very similar to <i>S. kovaci</i> Ono, 1993, but can be separated from the latter by: large anteriorly situated hood, closed to copulatory openings (small hood, far from copulatory openings in <i>S. kovaci</i>). The differences between this species and <i>S. yaoi</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> are discussed in the diagnosis of <i>S. yaoi</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> <b>Description. Female</b> (Tang-Yao_No.19, described for the first time): Total length 6.30. Prosoma 1.45 long, 1.40 wide; opisthosoma 4.70 long, 2.30 wide. Dorsal shield of prosoma dark brown, prosoma dorsally with a small crest. The crest with 4 projections, the 2 posterior ones bifurcate, distally each with a thick spine. Eye tubercles large; a large angle-shaped projection presents between ALE and PLE; clypeus with a white marking. Eye measurements: AME 0.10; ALE 0.22; PME 0.10; PLE 0.20; AME–AME 0.20; AME–ALE 0.15; PME–PME 0.40; PME–PLE 0.34. MOA length 0.58 with front width 0.38 and back width 0.61. Chelicerae, gnathocoxae, labium and sternum dark brown; chelicerae with one large and one small promarginal teeth. Legs slender, femora I–IV with grayish brown stripes laterally, femora II–IV each with 1 dorsal spine. Leg measurements: I: 6.40 (2.30, 2.30, 1.30, 0.50); II: 7.00 (2.50, 2.50, 1.50, 0.50); III: 5.90 (2.10, 2.00, 1.30, 0.50); IV: 6.90 (2.40, 2.30, 1.70, 0.50), leg formula: 2413. Opisthosoma dorsally blackish brown with grayish white markings; the later grayish white, venter brown. <i>Epigynum</i> (Figs 44 E–F, 45 D–E). Epigynum with an anteriorly situated hood, with nearby copulatory openings; copulatory ducts short; spermathecae with an anterior, large chamber and a posterior, small transparent chamber. <b>Male:</b> Total length 3.10. Prosoma 1.25 long, 1.15 wide; opisthosoma 1.85 long, 0.95 wide. Dorsal shield of prosoma dark brown with a grayish yellow crest. The ratio of length of crest / prosoma larger than in female. Eye measurements: AME 0.08; ALE 0.18; PME 0.07; PLE 0.16; AME–AME 0.14; AME–ALE 0.14; PME–PME 0.32; PME–PLE 0.28. MOA length 0.48 with front width 0.28 and back width 0.47. Chelicerae, gnathocoxae, labium dark brown, sternum yellowish brown with blackish brown rim; chelicerae with one large and one small promarginal teeth. Legs slender, light yellow with short hairs, femora I–IV with grayish brown stripes laterally, femur III with 1 dorsal spine. Leg measurements: I: 4.65 (1.60, 1.65, 0.90, 0.50); II: 5.05 (1.75, 1.80, 1.00, 0.50); III: 4.15 (1.40, 1.40, 0.95, 0.40); IV: 4.67 (1.55, 1.60, 1.10, 0.42), leg formula: 2413. Opisthosoma dorsally grayish black with some white markings; venter blackish brown. <i>Palp</i> (Figs 43 A–D, 45 A–C). Palp dark brown, cymbium with a large tutaculum and a dorsal outgrowth (DO); VTA large digitiform, RTA bifurcate, with a large dorsal ramus, RTA covered by tutaculum in ventral view; tegulum flat, embolus small spiniform. <b>Variation:</b> Total length: &amp;female; 5.40–6.30 (n=2). <b>Distribution.</b> China (Yunnan), Thailand. <b>Habitat.</b> Our specimens were collected from dense bamboo forest, green forests and bushes. <b>Remarks.</b> The distance of the type locality of <i>S. schwendingeri</i> (Chiang Mai Province, Thailand) to Xishuangbanna is 425 km.
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 58-59
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