Leptonetela mita, Wang & Li, 2011

Wang, Chunxia & Li, Shuqiang, 2011, 2841, Zootaxa 2841, pp. 1-90 : 11-12

Leptonetela mita sp. nov.

Figs 32–35, 72

Type material. Holotype: male ( IZCAS), Hama Cave , Haichong Village, Fenghuang County [28°19´N, 109°44´E], Jishou, Hunan, China, 4 May 2009, H. Chen leg. Paratypes: 3 females, same data as holotype .

Etymology. The specific name is from Latin word, “mita”, meaning “mitten”, and refers to the mitten-shaped median apophysis in the male; adjective.

Diagnosis. This new species is similar to L. parlonga sp. nov., but can be distinguished by the presence of ten promarginal cheliceral teeth, diminishing from distal to basal, the distal four wider spread and five small retromarginal teeth ( Fig. 35C); seven spines on the retrolateral surface of palpal tibia ( Figs 32D, 34B); the mitten-shaped median apophysis in the male ( Figs 32B, 35D); and the absence of slender hairs on the anterior margin of atrium in the female ( Figs 33C, 35B).

Description. Male (holotype): total length 3.15 ( Fig. 32A). Prosoma 1.50 long, 1.10 wide. Opisthosoma 1.72 long, 1.00 wide. Sternum 0.75 long, 0.87 wide. Prosoma dark yellow, with a pair of setae lateral of PLE. Median groove needle-shaped, brown. Cervical grooves and radial furrow distinct, pale brown. Eyes six, eye measurements: ALE 0.10, PLE 0.10, PME 0.07; ALE-PME 0.10, PLE-PLE 0.05, PLE-PME 0.05; AER 0.20, PER 0.25. Clypeus 0.12 high, slightly sloped anteriorly. Chelicera ( Fig. 35C) brown, with ten promarginal cheliceral teeth, diminishing from distal to basal, the distal four wider spread and five small retromarginal teeth. Endites and labium brown. Sternum and legs yellow. Leg measurements: I 12.25 (3.50, 0.75, 3.75, 3.00, 1.50); II 9.15 (2.70, 0.75, 2.30, 2.00, 1.40); III 7.90 (2.25, 0.50, 2.10, 1.80, 1.25); IV 9.75 (2.75, 0.75, 2.40, 2.25, 1.60). Leg formula: I-IV-II-III. Femur I IV with two long spines dorsally (position 0.3 and 0.6). Male palp ( Figs 32C–D, 34A–B): tibia with four trichobothria dorsally, four long setae prolaterally and seven spines retrolaterally; middle part of tarsus with an earlobe-shaped process, which decorated with a short spine; tarsus with three long spines distally. Tip of the bulb ( Figs 32B, 35D): median apophysis mitten-shaped, conductor lamellar, embolus triangular.

Female (one of the paratypes): similar to male in coloration and general features, but with a smaller body size and shorter legs ( Figs 33A–B). Total length 2.50. Prosoma 1.00 long, 0.87 wide. Opisthosoma 1.50 long, 1.12 wide. Sternum 0.70 long, 0.62 wide. Clypeus 0.10 high. Eye measurements: ALE 0.08, PLE 0.06, PME 0.06; ALE- PME 0.08, PLE-PLE 0.08, PLE-PME 0.05; AER 0.16, PER 0.20. Leg measurements: I 9.35 (2.50, 0.50, 2.75, 2.10, 1.50); II 7.10 (1.90, 0.50, 2.00, 1.50, 1.20); III 5.65 (1.75, 0.25, 1.50, 1.25, 0.90); IV 7.75 (2.20, 0.30, 2.25, 1.75,

1.25). Internal genitalia ( Figs 33C, 35B) with a pair of spermathecae and sperm ducts, atrium fusiformed. Variation. Total length: females 2.60–2.80 (n = 3). Distribution. China (Hunan) ( Fig. 72).