Leclercera jianzuiyu, 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 jianzuiyu
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Leclercera jianzuiyu View in CoL sp. nov. Figs 11 View Figure 11 , 12 View Figure 12 , 55E View Figure 55 , 58 View Figure 58

Types.

Holotype: ♂ (IZCAS), Thailand, Prachuap Kiri Khan Province, Hua Hin District, Nong Phlap Subdistrict, Laplae Cave and Kailone Cave, 12°36.2550'N, 99°43.3410'E, elevation ca 175 m, 30.X.2014, H. Zhao, Y. Li and Z. Chen leg. Paratype: 1♀ (IZCAS), same data as holotype.

Etymology.

The species name is a noun in apposition derived from the Chinese pinyin “jiānzuĭyú” (bird wrasse - a type of fish) and refers to the entire structure of bulb which resembles the mouth of a bird wrasse.

Diagnosis.

Diagnostic features of males and females are discussed in the diagnosis of L. xiangbabang sp. nov.

Description.

Male (Holotype). Total length 2.88; carapace 0.63 long, 0.78 wide; abdomen 2.25 long, 0.63 wide. Carapace round and pale yellow, with three longitudinal dark brown bands, median band two times wider than lateral bands (Fig. 11C View Figure 11 ). Chelicerae brown (Fig. 55E View Figure 55 ). Clypeus dark brown medially, pale yellow laterally. Endites pale yellow. Labium brown, circular dark brown spot basally. Sternum pale yellow, anterior with dark brown patches laterally, posterior with dark brown band medially. Abdomen elongated, edges of anterior and posterior dark brown, with complex scattered dark brown pattern, antero-ventrally pale yellow with transverse brown band medially, black patches from edges of anterior to posterior. Legs uniformly brown; measurements: I 13.06 (3.75, 0.31, 4.00, 3.60, 1.40), II 8.63 (2.50, 0.25, 2.60, 2.34, 0.94), III missing, IV 9.20 (2.80, 0.20, 2.66, 2.60, 0.94). Palp (Fig. 12A-D View Figure 12 ): femur slender, five times longer than patella; patella not swollen; tibia swollen, 1.5 times shorter and two times wider than femur, with retrolateral apophysis anteriorly bearing a spine almost as long as tegulum; cymbium dark brown, 3.5 times shorter than femur; bulb thinly spatulate, pale brown, with embolus arising distally; embolus elongated with slightly bent, blunt tip, half the width of tegulum (Fig. 12B View Figure 12 ).

Female (Paratype). General features and coloration similar to those of male (Fig. 11E, F View Figure 11 ). Measurements: total length 2.00; carapace 0.60 long, 0.70 wide; abdomen 1.40 long, 1.25 wide. Leg measurements: I-II missing, III 4.45 (1.25, 0.20, 1.30, 1.20, 0.50), IV 7.20 (2.19, 0.25, 2.13, 1.88, 0.75). Epigastric area (Fig. 11B View Figure 11 ): a pair of dark brown horizontal patches laterally. Endogyne (Fig. 11A View Figure 11 ): a pair of circular spermathecae with thin strips laterally, wavy patterns in spermathecae, lateral stripes two times longer than circular spermathecae.

Distribution.

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