Lycopus tabulatus, Tang & Li, 2010

Tang, Guo & Li, Shuqiang, 2010, Crab spiders from Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, China (Araneae, Thomisidae) 2703, Zootaxa 2703, pp. 1-105 : 28

Lycopus tabulatus sp. nov.

Figs 16–17

Type material. Holotype: ♂, CHINA: Yunnan: Xishuangbanna, Mengla County, Menglun Town , Menglun Nature Reserve , Bamboo plantations near G213 roadside (N21º54.380', E101º16.815', 627 m), 22 November 2009, G. Tang and Z. Y. Yao (Tang-Yao_No.19).

Etymology. The specific epithet is taken from the Latin word tabulatus (boarded, paneled), referring to the shape of long RTA, adjective.

Diagnosis. This new species can be distinguished from L. primus and L. longissimus by the different shapes of VTA and RTA.

Description. Male (holotype measured): Total length 3.60. Prosoma 1.60 long, 1.35 wide; opisthosoma 2.10 long, 1.00 wide. Prosoma greenish yellow without markings. Eye tubercles grayish black. Eye measurements: AME 0.07; ALE 0.10; PME 0.05; PLE 0.08; AME–AME 0.12; AME–ALE 0.14; PME–PME 0.18; PME–PLE 0.30. MOA length 0.26 with front width 0.24 and back width 0.28. Chelicerae, gnathocoxae, labium and sternum yellow. Legs yellowish brown, metatarsi and the distal of tibiae of I, II reddish brown. Leg measurements: I: 6.45 (1.85, 2.30, 1.50, 0.80); II: 6.50 (1.90,.2.30, 1.50, 0.80); III: 3.25 (1.00, 1.20, 0.60, 0.45); IV: 3.60 (1.20, 1.20, 0.70, 0.50), leg formula: 2143. Opisthosoma dorsally yellow, venter yellow.

Palp ( Figs 16 B–D, 17 A–B). VTA sharp distally; RTA long, distally wide; tegulum swollen slightly; embolus slender.

Distribution. China (Yunnan).