Leclercera duibaensis, 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 duibaensis
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Leclercera duibaensis View in CoL sp. nov. Figs 51 View Figure 51 , 52 View Figure 52 , 57F View Figure 57 , 58 View Figure 58

Types.

Holotype: ♂ (IZCAS), China, Tibet Autonomous Region, Shannan, Duopozhang Village, Duiba Village, 29°22.2840'N, 91°41.8320'E, elevation ca 4095 m, 14.VIII.2019, X. Zhang, Z. Bai and J. Liu leg.

Etymology.

The species name is an adjective referring to the type locality.

Diagnosis.

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

Description.

Male (Holotype). Total length 3.60; carapace 1.41 long, 1.40 wide; abdomen 2.19 long, 1.00 wide. Carapace round and brown, with dark brown traces medially (Fig. 51A View Figure 51 ). Chelicerae brown (Fig. 57F View Figure 57 ). Clypeus brown. Endites dark brown, light brown basally. Labium dark brown. Sternum dark brown, with light brown “T” -shaped trace anteriorly. Abdomen elongated, antero-dorsally with pairs of dark brown spots laterally, posterior with dark brown horizontal stripes medially, antero-ventrally with pairs of brown, kidney-shaped spots laterally, medially with elliptical patch, posterior with indistinct dark brown vertical patterns. Legs uniformly brown; measurements: I 10.85 (3.85, 0.50, 3.75, 1.75, 1.00), II 10.25 (3.00, 0.50, 3.00, 2.50, 1.25), III 7.39 (2.19, 0.40, 2.00, 1.80, 1.00), IV 12.20 (3.50, 0.50, 4.00, 2.80, 1.40). Palp (Fig. 52A-D View Figure 52 ): femur slender, three times longer than patella; patella not swollen; tibia swollen, 1.5 times shorter and two times wider than femur, with a retrolateral apophysis bearing a spine anteriorly, spine and apophysis similar in length (Fig. 52D View Figure 52 ); cymbium two times shorter than femur, with retrolateral apophysis bearing four spines posteriorly, spines and apophysis similar in length (Fig. 52D View Figure 52 ); bulb brown, ovoid with embolus and laminar apophysis arising distally, presence of a bulge marginally; embolus fine and black, slightly shorter than laminar apophysis; laminar apophysis slightly twisted, forming a “U” -shaped branch, with one branch two times longer than other branch, four times wider than, and not attached to, embolus (Fig. 52B View Figure 52 ).