Parabomis levanderi Kulczynski 1901
- Dataset
- Revision of the Afrotropical crab-spider genus Parabomis Kulczyński, 1901 (Araneae: Thomisidae)
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Arachnida
- order
- Araneae
- family
- Thomisidae
- genus
- Parabomis
- species
- Parabomis levanderi
description
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). Female. Unknown.
description
Figures 9
diagnosis
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).
distribution
Distribution. Known only from the type locality (Fig. 32).
Name
- Synonyms
- Parabomis levanderii Kulczynski 1901
- Homonyms
- Parabomis levanderi Kulczynski 1901