Leclercera tudao, Chang & Li, 2020

Chang, Wan-Jin & Li, Shuqiang, 2020, Thirty-one new species of the spider genus Leclercera from Southeast Asia (Araneae, Psilodercidae), ZooKeys 913, pp. 1-87 : 1

publication ID	https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.913.48650
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scientific name	Leclercera tudao
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Leclercera tudao View in CoL sp. nov. Figs 49 View Figure 49 , 50 View Figure 50 , 57E View Figure 57 , 58 View Figure 58

Types.

Holotype: ♂ (IZCAS), China, Tibet Autonomous Region, Xigaze, Nyalam County, Zham Town, road to Guomen, 27°28.7100'N, 85°58.6920'E, elevation ca 2333 m, 10.VII.2019, X. Zhang, Z. Bai and J. Liu leg. Paratype: 1♀ (IZCAS), same data as holotype.

Etymology.

The species name is a noun in apposition derived from the Chinese pinyin “túdāo” (cleaver) and refers to the structure of the laminar apophysis and embolus together resembling a pair of cleavers (Fig. 50A View Figure 50 ).

Diagnosis.

Diagnostic features of the males are discussed in the diagnosis of L. renqinensis sp. nov.

Description.

Male (Holotype). Total length 3.13; carapace 1.00 long, 1.10 wide; abdomen 2.13 long, 0.90 wide. Carapace round and pale brown, with three longitudinal dark brown bands, median band five times wider than lateral bands (Fig. 49C View Figure 49 ). Chelicerae brown (Fig. 57E View Figure 57 ). Clypeus pale brown, dark brown medially. Endites dark brown, light brown basally. Labium and sternum dark brown. Abdomen elongated, dorsum with pairs of dark brown spots, posterior with dark brown horizontal stripes, ventrum with dark brown band marginally, antero-ventrally with elliptical dark brown patch, posterior with a pair of distinct rectangular dark brown spots. Legs uniformly brown; measurements: I 20.35 (5.45, 2.00, 5.13, 5.77, 2.00), II 12.95 (3.75, 0.40, 3.60, 3.80, 1.40), III 13.35 (3.75, 0.40, 3.80, 4.00, 1.40), IV 8.74 (2.50, 0.31, 2.34, 2.50, 1.09). Palp (Fig. 50A-D View Figure 50 ): femur slender, five times longer than patella; patella not swollen; tibia swollen, 1.2 times shorter and 2 times wider than femur, with a distinct spine and three retrolateral apophyses bearing spines anteriorly, spines about three times longer than apophysis (Fig. 50C View Figure 50 ); cymbium three times shorter than femur; bulb brown, globose, with embolus, laminar apophysis, and conductor arising distally; embolus thin and black, adjacent and basally attached to laminar apophysis; laminar apophysis about 8 times wider than embolus, with flat tip, adjacent to conductor but not attached; conductor with rounded tip, similar to laminar apophysis but two times shorter (Fig. 50B View Figure 50 ).

Female (Paratype). General features and coloration similar to those of male (Fig. 49D, E View Figure 49 ). Measurements: total length 3.00; carapace 1.00 long, 1.09 wide; abdomen 2.00 long, 1.25 wide. Leg measurements: I - (4.81, 0.40, 4.75, 4.50, -), II - (3.50, 0.40, 3.60, 3.40, -), III 8.60 (2.40, 0.40, 2.40, 2.20, 1.20), IV - (3.85, 0.40, 3.75, 3.50, -). Epigastric area (Fig. 49B View Figure 49 ): dark brown patch with yellowish and pale brownish slit. Endogyne (Fig. 49A View Figure 49 ): a pair of stalked spermathecae, stalks curving downwards, almost forming a pair of perpendicular stalks with rounded tips.

Distribution.

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