Zhuanlema peteri Zhao & Li sp. nov. Figures 28, 29, 33

Type material.

Holotype: ♂ (SMF): Laos, Luang Prabang Province, NE Luang Prabang, Nam Ou, Nong Khiao, Tham Pathok, 20.5514N, 102.6321E, elevation ca. 373 m, 13.III.2007, P. Jäger leg. Paratypes: 1♂ and 2♀ (SMF), same data as holotype.

Other material examined.

1♀ (molecular voucher, IZCAS), same data as holotype.

Etymology.

The species is named in honor of Peter Jäger (Frankfurt am Main, Germany), a prolific spider taxonomist.

Diagnosis.

See genus diagnosis.

Description.

Male (holotype): Total length unknown. Carapace 0.49 long, 0.41 wide. Abdomen lost. Carapace brown (Fig. 28A). Six eyes ringed with black (Fig. 28A). Chelicerae, legs, labium, and endites brown. Sternum light brown with sparse setae. Glands belt-shaped, leg measurements: I 2.44 (0.71, 0.14, 0.73, 0.46, 0.40); II 2.23 (0.67, 0.14, 0.61, 0.43, 0.38); III 1.65 (0.49, 0.14, 0.43, 0.31, 0.28); IV 2.20 (0.65, 0.15, 0.61, 0.44, 0.35).

Palp: tibia 2.15 times longer than patella, cymbium 2.80 times longer than tibia, two times longer than femur. Cymbium bent, cymbial apophysis tiny, about 1/4 of cymbial base width (Fig. 28C); bulb shaped as in Fig. 28C, D with very long and twisted embolus, bent at right-angle dorsally on bulb (arrow 1 in Fig. 28D). Embolus with a right-angled bend (arrow 2 in Fig. 28D), its tip twisted and sclerotized slightly (Fig. 28C, D), spiral ridge originates from base of embolus (Fig. 28B).

Female: Total length 1.18. Carapace 0.49 long, 0.43 wide. Abdomen 0.63 long, 0.56 wide. Coloration as in male (Fig. 29B, C). Leg measurements: I 2.57 (0.77, 0.15, 0.77, 0.48, 0.40); II 2.34 (0.71, 0.14, 0.67, 0.44, 0.38); III 1.72 (0.54, 0.12, 0.45, 0.33, 0.28); IV 2.32 (0.71, 0.13, 0.66, 0.47, 0.35). Abdomen dark brown. Endogyne as in Fig. 29A, receptacle with sclerotized tube inside, comma-shaped, swollen distally, distal part of receptacle two times wider than neck.

Distribution.

Laos (Luang Prabang, site 20 in Fig. 33), known only from the type locality.