Longileptoneta huboliao Yao & Liu, 2024

Liu, Bin-Lu, Yao, Yan-bin, Jiang, Zi-Min, Xiao, Yong-hong & Liu, Ke-Ke, 2024, Midget cave spiders (Araneae, Leptonetidae) from Jiangxi and Fujian Province, China, ZooKeys 1189, pp. 287-325 : 287

publication ID	https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1189.111041
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scientific name	Longileptoneta huboliao Yao & Liu
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Longileptoneta huboliao Yao & Liu sp. nov.

Figs 11 View Figure 11 , 12 View Figure 12 , 13 View Figure 13 , 28B Vernacular name: 虎伯寮长弱蛛 View Figure 28

Material examined.

Holotype: ♂, China: Fujian Province, Zhangzhou City, Nanjing County, Huboliao Nature Reserve , Huboliao area , 24°31'2.88"N, 117°14'53.47"E, 08.XI.2023, Y. Yao, J. Gong, R. Zhao & M. Wu leg. (Lep-15) GoogleMaps . Paratype: 1 ♀, the same data as the holotype (Lep-15) GoogleMaps ; 1 ♂, 24°31'20.98"N, 117°17'32.01"E, 09.XI.2023, Y. Yao, J. Gong, R. Zhao & M. Wu leg. (Lep-15).

Diagnosis.

The male of this species is similar to that of Longileptoneta shenxian Wang & Li, 2020 (in Wang et al. 2020: 698, fig. 12A-D) in having the bulb with an extruded coniform anterior part and three rows of spines, but can be distinguished from it by the carapace with six eyes (vs absent), the tibia with one long columnar apophysis armed with a long spine (vs one short columnar apophysis, armed with one long, curved spine) and the long needle-like prolateral sclerite (vs thick) (Figs 11 View Figure 11 , 12 View Figure 12 ). The female can be easily separated from L. shenxian ( Wang et al. 2020: 698, fig. 13C) by the bell-shaped atrium, but can be separated by the carapace with six eyes (vs absent) and the distal spermathecal stalk lacking a coil (vs present) (Fig. 13 View Figure 13 ).

Description.

Male (holotype). Habitus as in Fig. 11A, B View Figure 11 . Total length 2.11. Carapace 0.96 long, 0.82 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: ALE 0.08, PME 0.07, PLE 0.07; ALE-PME 0.12, PLE-PLE 0.11, PLE-PME 0.05; AER 0.15, PER 0.19. Clypeus 0.18 high. Chelicerae (Fig. 11B View Figure 11 ) with nine promarginal and eight retromarginal teeth. Endites with several long setae laterally. Labium sub-rectangular, anteriorly with more than two pairs of strong setae. Sternum (Fig. 11B View Figure 11 ) shield-shaped, slightly longer than wide, with several long setae on the surface, posterior end blunt. Leg measurements: I 8.04 (1.93, 0.31, 2.55, 2.18, 1.07); II 5.58 (1.54, 0.28, 1.62, 1.34, 0.80); III 4.20 (1.00, 0.27, 1.29, 1.09, 0.55); IV 6.23 (1.76, 0.29, 2.05, 1.57, 0.56). Pedicel 0.11. Abdomen 1.03 long, 0.67 wide.

Coloration (Fig. 11A, B View Figure 11 ). Carapace reddish to black-brown, with radial dark brown stripes along submargin. Chelicerae and endites reddish to dark brown. Labium brown. Sternum brown, mottled. Legs reddish to black-brown, mottled. Abdomen medial part reddish, other parts dark brown, mottled; venter dark brown, mottled.

Palp (Figs 11C-E View Figure 11 , 12 View Figure 12 ). Femur with three rows of short strong spines ventrally, dorsally, and prolaterally; patella lacking spine; tibia with one long columnar apophysis, armed with a long straight spine. Tip of bulb: prolateral lobe willow leaf-shaped; prolateral sclerite long, needle-like; conductor membranous, with serrate tip. Embolus with blunt tip, shorter than prolateral sclerite.

Female (paratype). Habitus as in Fig. 13A, B View Figure 13 . Total length 1.77. Carapace 0.89 long, 0.76 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: ALE 0.08, PME 0.07, PLE 0.07; ALE-PME 0.12, PLE-PLE 0.1, PLE-PME 0.05; AER 0.15, PER 0.18. Clypeus 0.14 high. Chelicerae (Fig. 13B View Figure 13 ) with nine promarginal and eight retromarginal teeth. Endites with several long spines anterolaterally. Sternum (Fig. 13B View Figure 13 ) shield-shaped, nearly as long as wide, with dense scale-like surface, lateral margin thickened, posterior end blunt. Leg measurements: I 6.25 (1.90, 0.23, 1.97, 1.53, 0.62); II 5.19 (1.44, 0.26, 1.52, 1.22, 0.75); III 4.18 (1.13, 0.28, 1.24, 0.89, 0.64); IV 6.38 (1.66, 0.28, 2.07, 1.58, 0.79). Pedicel 0.04. Abdomen 0.84 long, 0.59 wide.

Vulva (Fig. 13C View Figure 13 ). Internal genitalia with semicircle atrium, oval spermathecae, and convoluted spermathecal stalk including three coils.

Note.

The right spermathecal stalk and spermathecae were extruded deformation after covering cover slip when we took a photo under microscope.

Distribution.

Known only from the type locality in Fujian Province, China (Fig. 29 View Figure 29 ).

Etymology.

The name is taken from the type locality, noun in apposition.