Leclercera xiaodai sp. nov. Figs 29, 55A, 58

Types.

Holotype: ♀ (IZCAS), China, Tibet Autonomous Region, Nyingchi, Bomê County, around Zhamo Town, 29°50.8590'N, 95°45.8610'E, elevation ca 2800 m, 17.VII.2013, Y. Lin leg.

Etymology.

The species name is a noun in apposition derived from the Chinese pinyin “xiǎodài” (small pouch) and refers to the distinct, pouch-like structure of the external genitalia (Fig. 29B).

Diagnosis.

Females of L. duandai sp. nov. can be distinguished from other congeners by the unique, pouch-like external genitalia (Fig. 29B) and a pair of fusiform spermathecae with two pairs of apophyses extending both anteriorly and posteriorly (Fig. 29A) (vs. an absence of pouch-like external genitalia in congeners).

Description.

Female. Total length 2.44; carapace 0.88 long, 0.90 wide; abdomen 1.56 long, 1.25 wide. Carapace round and brown, with three longitudinal dark brown bands, median band three times wider than lateral bands (Fig. 29C). Chelicerae brown (Fig. 55A). Clypeus light brown. Endites, labium, and sternum dark brown. Abdomen elongated, dorsum with indistinct dark brown spots (Fig. 29C), antero-ventrally with a pair of rounded dark brown patches laterally, followed by cone-shaped external genitalia resembling a small pouch, posterior dark brown (Fig. 29D). Legs uniformly brown; measurements: I 7.09 (2.03, 0.31, 2.19, 1.56, 1.00), II missing, III 4.53 (1.25, 0.31, 1.25, 1.09, 0.63), IV 6.64 (1.80, 0.31, 2.03, 1.56, 0.94). Epigastric area (Fig. 29B): inverted triangular pouch. Endogyne (Fig. 29A): pair of connected, fusiform spermathecae with anterior and posterior extensions.

Male. Unknown.

Distribution.

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