Phrynarachne mammillata Song, 1990

Lin, Yejie, Yu, Long, Koomen, Peter, Yan, Xunyou & Li, Shuqiang, 2022, Taxonomic notes on the genus Phrynarachne from China (Araneae, Thomisidae), ZooKeys 1085, pp. 69-99 : 69

Phrynarachne mammillata Song, 1990

Figs 12 , 13 , 17B, D , 19B , 21

Phrynarachne mammillata Song in Song & Cha i, 1990: 364, fig. 1A-D.For the complete list of references see WSC (2021).

Type material.

Holotype: ♀ (IZCAS-Ar9358), China: Guizhou: Tongren City, Jiangkou County, Fanjing Mountain, 10.VII.1988, examined.

Other material examined.

2♀ (IZCAS-Ar41669, Ar41670), China, Yunnan: Xishuangbanna, Jinghong City , Mengla County, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanic Garden , Rainforest Valley , 21.927745°N, 101.262194°E, 552 m elev., 2014/VII, Yu Long leg. ; 1♂ (IZCAS-Ar41671), Xishuangbanna, Jinghong City, Guanping Town , Shiwudui , 22.2280°N, 100.8894°E, 888 m elev., 20.VII.2012, Qingyuan Zhao and Zhigang Chen leg.

Diagnosis.

See diagnosis of Phrynarachne huangshanensis .

Description.

Male (Figs 12 , 19B ): total length 1.82, carapace 0.90 long, 0.97 wide, dark brown, cephalic region yellow-brown. Eye sizes and interdistances: ALE 0.09, AME 0.06, PLE 0.07, PME 0.06; ALE-AME 0.05, AME-AME 0.07, PLE-PME 0.12, PME-PME 0.12. Chelicerae brown, with two promarginal teeth and one retromarginal tooth; gnathocoxae, labium dark brown, labium 0.15 long, 0.19 wide. Sternum brown. Legs black, femora I and II with dense, varying-sized tubercles; tibiae and metatarsi I, II with pairs of ventral spines (I, tibia 6, metatarsus 6; II, tibia 6, metatarsus 6), femora III, IV with broad white pattern. Leg measurements: I 2.51 (0.83, 0.83, 0.51, 0.34), II 2.51 (0. 81, 0.86, 0.46, 0.38), III 1.47 (0.47, 0.48, 0.26, 0.26), IV 1.36 (0.48, 0.42, 0.24, 0.22). Leg formula: 1 = 234. Opisthosoma dark brown with yellow-brown spots, each side with 18 tubercles, yellow-brown tubercles, each with a clavate seta.

Male palp (Fig. 12 ). Tibia brown, VTA club-shaped; RTA long, the length ratio of VTA to RTA is 2:1. Cymbium yellow to brown. Tegulum flat, disk-shaped, with a tegular ridge. Embolus spiraled, thin, the length ratio of embolus to embolus base is 10:1.

Female. See Song and Chai (1990).

Distribution.

China (Guizhou, Yunnan).

Notes.

The male is reported here for the first time.

Figures

Figure 12. Phrynarachne mammillata, male left palp A ventral B retrolateral.

Figure 13. Phrynarachne mammillata Song, 1990, female A epigyne, ventral B vulva, dorsal.

Figure 17. Phrynarachne spp., holotype females A, C habitus (A) and original labels (C handwriting by Daxiang Song) of P. huangshanensis B, D habitus (B) and original label (D handwriting by Daxiang Song) of P. mammillata.

Figure 19. Phrynarachne spp., habitus dorsal A P. lancea, female B P. mammillata, male C P. xuxiake sp. nov., holotype female D P. yunhui sp. nov., holotype female.

Figure 21. Distribution records of Phrynarachne species in China 1 P. brevis 2 P. ceylonica 3 P. dreepy sp. nov. 4 P. huangshanensis 5 P. katoi 6 P. lancea 7 P. mammillata 8 P. xuxiake sp. nov. 9 P. yunhui sp. nov. 10 P. zhengzhongi sp. nov.