Leclercera lizi sp. nov. Figs 27, 28, 56G, 58

Types.

Holotype: ♂ (IZCAS), China, Tibet Autonomous Region, Xigaze, Dinggye County, Changga Village, 27°51.6290'N, 87°25.4802'E, elevation ca 2239 m, 7.VIII.2017, X. Zhang, Z. Bai leg.

Etymology.

The species name is a noun in apposition derived from the Chinese pinyin “lízĭ” (pear) and refers to the structure of the bulb resembling a pear (Fig. 28B).

Diagnosis.

Males of L. lizi sp. nov. can be distinguished from congeners by the abundance of apophyses and spines on the palp (Fig. 28C, D): cymbium with two retrolateral apophyses posteriorly, seven retrolateral apophyses on the swollen tibia with an anterior dorsal apophysis bearing two spines; embolus almost as long as the tegulum (Fig. 28B) (vs. the absence of congeners with such a profusion of apophyses and spines).

Description.

Male (Holotype). Total length 2.13; carapace 0.88 long, 0.90 wide; abdomen 1.25 long, 0.90 wide. Carapace round and brown, with three dark brown longitudinal bands, median band three times wider than lateral bands (Fig. 27A). Chelicerae brown (Fig. 56G). Clypeus light brown, with a trace of dark brown medially. Endites dark brown, light brown basally. Labium and sternum dark brown. Abdomen elongated, antero-dorsally with three pairs of dark brown spots laterally, posterior with dark brown stripes medially, antero-ventrally with black, elliptical patch delimiting kidney-shaped, light brown patch laterally, posterior with indistinct dark brown pattern. Legs uniformly brown; measurements: I-II missing, III 4.19 (1.25, 0.31, 0.94, 0.94, 0.75), IV 6.00 (1.60, 0.40, 1.60, 1.40, 1.00). Palp (Fig. 28A-D): femur slender, three times longer than patella; patella not swollen; tibia swollen, 1.2 times shorter and twice wider than femur, with seven anterior retrolateral apophyses bearing spines, anterior-most with longest apophysis and widest spine, antero-dorsally with dark brown apophysis bearing two spines resembling a fork; cymbium dark brown anteriorly, with two retrolateral apophyses posteriorly; bulb brown, pyriform with embolus arising distally, embolus thin and black, rather spiralled, almost equal in length to tegulum (Fig. 28B).

Female. Unknown.

Distribution.

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