Zametopina Simon, 1909

Benjamin, Suresh P., Dhiya’ulhaq, Naufal Urfi, Deeleman-Reinhold, Christa, Buchori, Damayanti, Hidayat, Purnama, Scheu, Stefan & Drescher, Jochen, 2025, Taxonomic notes on the crab-spider genera Nyctimus Thorell, 1877 and Zametopina Simon, 1909 (Araneae, Thomisidae) with descriptions of six new species from Southeast Asia, ZooKeys 1255, pp. 95-125 : 95-125

Zametopina Simon, 1909

Type species.

Zametopina calceata Simon, 1909 .

Diagnosis.

Zametopina is similar to Nyctimus in habitus, differing in the presence of a unique denticulate process next to the embolus on the male palp (DP in Fig. 18 B ). No other oriental thomisid genus possesses this structure. For a detailed diagnosis see Tang et al. (2010).

Species composition.

Zametopina calceata Simon, 1909 and Zametopina wanliae Lin & Li, 2023 .

Figures

Figure 18. Zametopina wanliae Lin & Li, 2023, male (MCZ 6652). A. Habitus, dorsal view; B. Left palp, ventral view; C. Left palpal tibia, retrolateral view. Abbreviations: DP = denticulate process; E = embolus; RTA = retrolateral tibial apophysis; TH = tegular hood; VTA = ventral tibial apophysis. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A); 0.2 mm (B, C).