Leclercera ekteenensis sp. nov. Figs 31, 32, 56B, 58

Types.

Holotype: ♂ (IZCAS), Nepal, Mechi District, Ekteen Village, 27°13.1333'N, 87°50.7833'E, elevation ca 2088 m, 27.XI.2016, Q. Zhao leg.

Etymology.

The species name is an adjective referring to the type locality.

Diagnosis.

Males of L. ekteenensis sp. nov. can be distinguished from congeners by the presence of a conductor with two distinct branches (Fig. 32B) (vs. the absence of a two-branched conductor in congeners), the embolus arising from medial tegulum (vs. embolus arising distally in congeners), the presence of a distinct darkened apophysis anteriorly on the tibia (Fig. 32D) (vs. the absence of a darkened tibial apophysis in congeners).

Description.

Male (Holotype). Total length 3.09; carapace 0.90 long, 1.00 wide; abdomen 2.19 long, 0.94 wide. Carapace round and brown, with three dark brown longitudinal bands, median band five times wider than the lateral bands (Fig. 31A). Chelicerae brown (Fig. 56B). Clypeus light brown, with dark brown band medially. Endites dark brown, light brown basally. Labium dark brown. Sternum with dark brown stripes laterally, delimiting light brown anterior and median region. Abdomen elongated, antero-dorsally with three pairs of dark brown spots laterally, light brown medially, posterior with dark brown stripes medially, antero-ventrally with dark brown elliptical patch, posterior with indistinct dark and light brown spots, posterior edge with a pair of dark brown fusiform patches laterally. Legs uniformly brown; measurements: I 12.76 (3.40, 0.31, 3.60, 3.53, 1.92), II 8.71 (2.40, 0.31, 2.40, 2.40, 1.20), III 6.39 (1.88, 0.25, 1.75, 1.63, 0.88), IV 9.82 (2.80, 0.31, 2.80, 2.66, 1.25). Palp (Fig. 32A-D): femur slender, four times longer than patella; patella not swollen; tibia swollen, 1.5 times shorter and wider than femur, antero-dorsally with a black apophysis, almost as long as tegulum; cymbium with dark brown spots, two times shorter than femur; bulb light brown, pyriform, with conductor arising distally, embolus arising medially; conductor dark and thin with two branches, one shorter than the other, short branch bends towards long branch; embolus arising from median tegulum, attached to short branch of conductor, almost as long as long branch of the conductor (Fig. 32B).

Female. Unknown.

Distribution.

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