Leclercera jianzuiyu sp. nov. Figs 11, 12, 55E, 58

Types.

Holotype: ♂ (IZCAS), Thailand, Prachuap Kiri Khan Province, Hua Hin District, Nong Phlap Subdistrict, Laplae Cave and Kailone Cave, 12°36.2550'N, 99°43.3410'E, elevation ca 175 m, 30.X.2014, H. Zhao, Y. Li and Z. Chen leg. Paratype: 1♀ (IZCAS), same data as holotype.

Etymology.

The species name is a noun in apposition derived from the Chinese pinyin “jiānzuĭyú” (bird wrasse - a type of fish) and refers to the entire structure of bulb which resembles the mouth of a bird wrasse.

Diagnosis.

Diagnostic features of males and females are discussed in the diagnosis of L. xiangbabang sp. nov.

Description.

Male (Holotype). Total length 2.88; carapace 0.63 long, 0.78 wide; abdomen 2.25 long, 0.63 wide. Carapace round and pale yellow, with three longitudinal dark brown bands, median band two times wider than lateral bands (Fig. 11C). Chelicerae brown (Fig. 55E). Clypeus dark brown medially, pale yellow laterally. Endites pale yellow. Labium brown, circular dark brown spot basally. Sternum pale yellow, anterior with dark brown patches laterally, posterior with dark brown band medially. Abdomen elongated, edges of anterior and posterior dark brown, with complex scattered dark brown pattern, antero-ventrally pale yellow with transverse brown band medially, black patches from edges of anterior to posterior. Legs uniformly brown; measurements: I 13.06 (3.75, 0.31, 4.00, 3.60, 1.40), II 8.63 (2.50, 0.25, 2.60, 2.34, 0.94), III missing, IV 9.20 (2.80, 0.20, 2.66, 2.60, 0.94). Palp (Fig. 12A-D): femur slender, five times longer than patella; patella not swollen; tibia swollen, 1.5 times shorter and two times wider than femur, with retrolateral apophysis anteriorly bearing a spine almost as long as tegulum; cymbium dark brown, 3.5 times shorter than femur; bulb thinly spatulate, pale brown, with embolus arising distally; embolus elongated with slightly bent, blunt tip, half the width of tegulum (Fig. 12B).

Female (Paratype). General features and coloration similar to those of male (Fig. 11E, F). Measurements: total length 2.00; carapace 0.60 long, 0.70 wide; abdomen 1.40 long, 1.25 wide. Leg measurements: I-II missing, III 4.45 (1.25, 0.20, 1.30, 1.20, 0.50), IV 7.20 (2.19, 0.25, 2.13, 1.88, 0.75). Epigastric area (Fig. 11B): a pair of dark brown horizontal patches laterally. Endogyne (Fig. 11A): a pair of circular spermathecae with thin strips laterally, wavy patterns in spermathecae, lateral stripes two times longer than circular spermathecae.

Distribution.

Known only from the type locality (Fig. 58).