Leclercera shanzi sp. nov. Figs 22, 23, 55H, 58

Types.

Holotype: ♂ (IZCAS), China, Yunnan Province, Wenshan State, Pingbian County, outside of Dawei Mountain Provincial Nature Reserves, 22°54.6450'N, 103°41.7810'E, elevation ca 2070 m, 21.V.2015, 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 “shànzĭ” (fan) and refers to the resemblance of the external genitalia to a hand fan.

Diagnosis.

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

Description.

Male (Holotype). Total length 2.63; carapace 1.00 long, 1.13 wide; abdomen 1.63 long, 0.80 wide. Carapace round and brown, with three dark brown longitudinal bands, median band five times wider than lateral band (Fig. 22C). Chelicerae brown (Fig. 55H). Clypeus with dark brown band medially. Endites dark brown delimiting light brown circular area basally. Labium dark brown. Sternum dark brown. Abdomen elongated, dorsum medially with dark brown lateral patches with parallel lines delimiting an inverted “Y” -shape (Fig. 22C), antero-ventrally with a pair of dark brown kidney-shaped lateral spots, followed by a fan-shaped dark brown region, with an indistinct dark brown pattern posteriorly. Legs uniformly brown; measurements: I 14.78 (4.25, 0.40, 4.50, 4.00. 1.63), II 13.17 (3.85, 0.40, 4.17, 3.25, 1.50), III 8.94 (2.75, 0.31, 2.60, 2.03, 1.25), IV missing. Palp (Fig. 23A-D): femur slender, three times longer than patella; patella not swollen; tibia swollen, 1.5 times shorter and wider than femur, with two retrolateral apophyses anteriorly, apophyses darken distally (Fig. 23C); cymbium three times shorter than femur; bulb brown, pyriform, with conductor, embolus, and laminar apophysis arising distally; conductor twisted distally, with blunt tip, slightly shorter than, and basally merged with, embolus; embolus stalk almost as long as tegulum, embolus finely pointed; laminar apophysis black, adjacent to embolus, basally merged with and slightly wider than embolus (Fig. 23B).

Female (Paratype). General features and coloration similar to those of male (Fig. 22D, E). Measurements: total length 2.60; carapace 0.80 long, 1.00 wide; abdomen 1.80 long, 1.25 wide. Leg measurements: I 13.15 (3.50, 0.40, 4.00, 3.50, 1.75), II 11.06 (3.21, 0.40, 3.25, 2.80, 1.40), III 7.85 (2.34, 0.31, 2.20, 1.80, 1.20), IV 10.91 (3.20, 0.31, 3.20, 2.80, 1.40). Epigastric area (Fig. 22B): purplish and brownish pattern resembling the shape of a hand fan. Endogyne (Fig. 22A): pair of spermathecae resembling an isosceles triangle but without flattened base, base convex, both ends rounded.

Distribution.

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