Revision of the Afrotropical crab-spider genus Parabomis Kulczyński, 1901 (Araneae: Thomisidae) Author Dippenaar-Schoeman, Anna S. 0000-0003-1532-1379 ARC-Plant Health and Protection, Private Bag X 134, Queenswood 0121, South Africa & Department of Zoology, Centre for Invasion Biology, University of Venda, Thohoyandou 0950, South Africa DippenaarA @ arc. agric. za; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 1532 - 1379 Author Foord, Stefan H. 0000-0002-9195-2562 stefan. foord @ univen. ac. za; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 9195 - 2562 stefan.foord@univen.ac.za text Zootaxa 2020 2020-12-30 4899 1 161 174 journal article 8697 10.11646/zootaxa.4899.1.8 90855d8d-93eb-4a4f-a4cf-3c36fdf9c2a5 1175-5326 4400882 A0C2249D-1099-4F9E-80F2-04A3770E8744 Parabomis levanderi Kulczyński, 1901 Figures 9 Parabomis levanderii Kulczyński, 1901: 3 , 30, figs 25–27 ( Holotype ³: ERITREA : Ghinda , 15°27’N , 39°05’E , leg. K.M. Levander , FMNH—examined). Diagnosis. Males resemble those of P. martini in colour and the shield-like abdomen, but in P. levanderi the dorsum has two longitudinal series of black spots dorsally in depressions, which are absent in P. levanderi . Parabomis levanderi is the only male where the palp has the RTA two-pronged, with the one lobe longer and slightly hooked ( Fig. 9 ). Description. Holotype male . Measurements: TL 1.9; CL 1.1; CW 1.1. Legs: I 2.17 (0.65, 0.35, 0.47, 0.36, 0.34); II 2.14 (0.65, 0.34, 0.46, 0.36, 0.33); III (missing); IV 1.64 (0.52, 0.29, 0.34, 0.23, 0.26). Carapace chestnut brown, with dark patches laterally; posterior declivity yellow; clypeus mottled, with paler longitudinal infusions; carapace as wide as long, with deep posterior declivity; edge of declivity bearing numerous small tubercles; integument with scattered tubercles, each bearing club-shaped seta. Mouthparts and chelicerae paler than carapace. Sternum dark reddish brown, with narrow white margin, integument granulose. Legs: coxae dark; trochanters yellow; anterior femora black; patella yellow; anterior tibiae dark reddish brown; tarsi dark red; each segment distinctly rimmed with white. Abdomen: dorsum white, with shield-like dark area. Male palp with small fused VTA, RTA two-pronged ( Fig. 9 ). FIGURES 4–9. Parabomis elsae sp. nov. (4–8) and Parabomis levanderi Kulczyński, 1901 (9). 4 Male habitus, dorsal view; 5 Female habitus, dorsal view; 6, 9 Left male palp, ventral view; 7 Epigyne, ventral view; 8 Epigyne, dorsal view. Scales: 1 mm. Female . Unknown. Distribution. Known only from the type locality ( Fig. 32 ).