Angaeus lenticulosus Simon, 1903

Benjamin, Suresh P., 2013, On the crab spider genus Angaeus Thorell, 1881 and its junior synonym Paraborboropactus Tang and Li, 2009 (Araneae: Thomisidae), Zootaxa 3635 (1), pp. 71-80 : 72-73

Angaeus lenticulosus Simon, 1903

Figs 1 B–E

Angaeus lenticulosus Simon, 1903: 729 .

Paraborboropactus oblatus Tang and Li, 2010a: 53, figs 40A–C, 41A–B. New synonymy.

Type material: Syntype of Angaeus lenticulosus : female from VIETNAM: Annam: Phuc-Son, H.Fruhstorfer, no more data given (MNHN 22125/1573), examined, Figs 1 B–E. Holotype of Paraborboropactus oblatus : female from CHINA: Hainan: Wuzhishan Mountains, Shuiman Township, riverside (N18º53.024', E109º39.804', alt. 638 m), 11 April 2009, G. Tang (IZCAS, not examined).

Synonymy. The female holotype Paraborboropactus oblatus is well illustrated and is here compared with the female syntype of Angaeus lenticulosus . I can find no characters that would suggest that the specimens from China illustrated by Tang and Li (2010a) constitute a species different from A. lenticulosus .

Diagnosis. Females of A. lenticulosus can be distinguished from other species of Angaeus by the presence of H, EC and an EF that considerably widens over the copulatory openings ( Fig 1 C). Males remain unknown.

Description. This species is well described by Tang & Li (2010a).

Distribution. China, Vietnam.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Angaeus comatulus. A juvenile syntype (MNHN 22168 / 1573), habitus (dorsal). B – E Angaeus lenticulosus female syntype (MNHN 22125 / 1573). B prosoma (dorsal); C epigynum (ventral); D opisthosoma (dorsal); E chelicerae (ventral). Angaeus pudicus. F male holotype (MCSN), habitus (dorsal).