Taxon classification Animalia Araneae Linyphiidae

Glomerosus lateralis sp. n. Figs 39, 40, 41

Types.

Holotype ♂: CHINA, Yunnan: Menglun Town: Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, 21°55.035'N, 101°16.500'E, elevation ca 558 m, 10.-20.07.2007, primary tropical seasonal rain forest, hand-collecting.

Etymology.

The species name is taken from the Latin word ‘lateralis’, meaning 'of the side, lateral’, in reference to the position of the coiled embolus; adjective.

Diagnosis.

See diagnosis of the genus.

Description.

Male (holotype). Total length: 2.23. Carapace 1.13 long, 0.67 wide, reddish brown. Sternum 0.47 long, 0.39 wide. Clypeus 0.20 high. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.06, ALE 0.09, PME 0.08, PLE 0.08, AME-AME/AME 0.17, PME-PME/PME 0.38, AME-ALE/ALE 0.11, PME-PLE/PLE 0.50, coxae IV separated by 0.86 time their width. Length of legs: I 4.97 (1.30, 0.25, 1.36, 1.28, 0.78), II 4.45 (1.17, 0.25, 1.16, 1.09, 0.70), III 2.63 (0.75, 0.20, 0.65, 0.60, 0.45), IV 3.35 (0.88, 0.19, 0.88, 0.85, 0.55). Leg formula: I-II-IV-III. Abdomen yellow, with about four pairs of dark green markings of different sizes on the dorsum, a small patch of the same color at the posterior tip of abdomen. Palp: see description of the genus.

Female. Unknown.

Distribution.

Known only from type locality.