Phylogeny and species diversity of the thomisid spiders in warm temperate forests of East Asia

1.研究人员曾前往日本本州西南部、四国、九州和琉球群岛进行考察，并收集了大量的蜘蛛。对国立科学博物馆收藏的科标本进行了形态学和分类学研究。这些材料不仅来自日本，而且主要来自东亚国家、尼泊尔、泰国、马来西亚、新加坡、菲律宾、越南、台湾等，主要是在文部省国际科学研究计划的野外研究补助金资助的考察中获得的。在此基础上，对东亚地区的索米蛛科蜘蛛的生殖发育和物种多样性提供了新的信息，并发表了6篇论文。结果总结在下面几行中。首次描述了迄今未知的横斑花蟹蛛雄性[参考文献（1）]。报道了采自新加坡的一新种--桑梅氏菌（Sanmenia kohi）。Sanmenia仅分布于亚洲东南部，是讨论thomisid蜘蛛生殖的重要类群[参考文献（2）]。本文讨论了日本本州岛北方福岛县的蜘蛛区系[参考文献（3）]。在日本发现了一种韩国蜘蛛-农氏尖腹蛛[参考文献（4）]。对该属的形态进行了详细的研究和解释。在日本共发现7个种，分属于3个不同的种组。本文记述了采自琉球西表岛的该属两新种，分别命名为Tmarus komi和T. shimojanai。前一种是特有的，属于未知的种组，起源于东南亚，而后一种属于Tmarus stellio的种组，与在奄美大岛描述的T.makiharai有亲缘关系[参考文献（5）和（6）]。

1. Research trips to southwestern Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu and the Ryukyu Islands, Japan, were conducted, and a good collection of the spiders was made.2. Specimens of the family Thomisidae deposited in the National Science Museum were morphologically and taxonomically studied. These materials were obtained not only from Japan but from East Asian countries, Nepal, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines, Vietnam, Taiwan, and others, mainly at the expeditions supported by the Grants-in-Aid for Field Research of the Monbusho International Scientific Research Program. On the basis of the results of the study, some new informations were given about the phylogeny and species diversity of the thomisid spiders in East Asia, and six papers were published. The results are summarized in the following lines.3. The male of Xysticus transversomaculatus hitherto unknown was described for the first time [reference (1)]. A new species, Sanmenia kohi was described from Singapore. Occurring only in southeastern Asia, Sanmenia is a significant group to discuss the phylogeny of thomisid spiders [reference (2)]. The spider fauna of Fukushima Prefecture, northern Honshu, Japan, was discussed [reference (3)]. The occurrence of a Korean spider, Oxyptila nongae was recognized in Japan [reference (4)].4. The genus Tmarus was morphologically studied and explained in detail. Seven spesies belonging to three different species groups were recognized in Japan. Two new species of the genus were described from Iriomotejima Island, the Ryukyus, under the names, Tmarus komi and T.shimojanai. The former species is peculiar and belong to an unknown species group, which originated from southeastern Asia, while the latter species belong to the species group of Tmarus stellio and is related to T.makiharai described from Amami-oshima Island [reference (5) and (6)].