Leptonetela zhai, Wang & Li, 2011

Wang, Chunxia & Li, Shuqiang, 2011, 2841, Zootaxa 2841, pp. 1-90 : 17-18

Leptonetela zhai sp. nov.

Figs 69–71, 72

Type material. Holotype: male ( IZCAS), Rudong Cave [25°34´N, 110°37´E], Dongtian Village , Xing’an County, Guilin City, Guangxi, China, 9 June 2010, Z. Zha leg.

Etymology. The specific name is in honor of the collector Z. Zha (Zuwei Zha, Guizhou Normal University, Guizhou); noun.

Diagnosis. This new species is similar to L. thracia Gasparo, 2005 , but can be distinguished by the presence of six eyes ( Fig. 69A); nine promarginal cheliceral teeth and seven small retromarginal teeth ( Fig. 71B); five spines on the retrolateral surface of palpal tibia, with the basal one strong, conspicuous ( Figs 69D, 70B); the palm-shaped median apophysis; and the presence of six teeth on the distal part of median apophysis in the male ( Figs 69B, 71A).

Description. Male (holotype): total length 2.25 ( Fig. 69A). Prosoma 1.15 long, 1.00 wide. Opisthosoma 0.85 long, 0.75 wide. Sternum 0.75 long, 0.67 wide. Prosoma dark yellow, with a pair of setae retrolateral of PLE. Median groove needle-shaped, brown. Cervical grooves and radial furrow distinct, pale brown. Eyes six, eye measurements: ALE 0.05, PLE 0.05, PME 0.04; ALE-PME 0.10, PLE-PLE 0.05, PLE-PME 0.05; AER 0.10, PER 0.15. Clypeus 0.12 high, slightly sloped anteriorly. Chelicera ( Fig. 71B) dark yellow, with nine promarginal teeth and seven small retromarginal teeth. Endites and labium dark yellow. Sternum and legs yellowish. Leg measurements: I 8.11 (2.25, 0.37, 2.37, 1.87, 1.25); II 6.71 (1.90, 0.37, 1.87, 1.45, 1.12); III 5.44 (1.62, 0.25, 1.37, 1.25, 0.95); IV 7.60 (2.10, 0.37, 2.13, 1.75, 1.25). Leg formula: I-IV-II-III. Tibia I III IV with two long spines dorsally (position 0.3 and 0.6). Tibia II with two long spines dorsally (0.3 and 0.8). Tibia IV with one long spine ventrally (0.8). Male palp ( Figs 69C–D, 70A–B): tibia with four trichobothria dorsally, three long setae prolaterally and five spines retrolaterally, with the basal one strong, conspicuous; tarsus with a long, curved spine at the base of the small earlobe-shaped process. Tip of the bulb ( Figs 69B, 71A): median apophysis palm-shaped, with six teeth distally, conductor lamellar, embolus spoon-shaped.

Distribution. China (Guangxi) ( Fig. 72).