Phylogenetics and comparative morphology of crab spiders (Araneae: Dionycha, Thomisidae)
Author
SURESH P. BENJAMIN
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Zootaxa
2011
2011-10-28
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10.5281/zenodo.1049440
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Epidius binotatus
Simon, 1897
Figs 33
A–C, 34A–D, 38E, F
Epidius binotatus
Simon, 1897b
: 491
.
Lessert 1930
: 666
, fig 36;
Lessert 1943
: 335
, fig 38.
Type
material:
Syntypes
of
Epidius binotatus
:
1 male
1 female
1 juvenile
from
SIERRA LEONE
: ‘Freetown’ (
MNHN
13670/1574), no more data given, examined (
Figs 33
A, 34A, B).
Other material examined
.
CÔTE D’IVOIRE
:
1 female
, Appouesso, FC Bossematié, rain forest, station 1,
13 September 1995
, R. Jocqué (
MRAC
202642).
DR CONGO
:
3 females
, Sankuru, Komi, no more data given (
MHNG
).
1 male
1 female
, Poko, no more data given (
MHNG
).
GABON
.
1 male
, Route Noayon, Sofor,
11 March 1986
, A.Pauly (
MRAC
172.760).
Diagnosis.
Males can be separated by the hook-shaped E and MA. Both the E and MA are short necked with a rather blunt end (
Figs 33
A–C). Further, the E is much shorter than that of Asian species. Females can be separated by the CO, which face each other, and also by the C-shaped epigyne (
Figs 34
A–D, 38E, F).