Longileptoneta letuensis 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 letuensis Yao & Liu
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Longileptoneta letuensis Yao & Liu sp. nov.

Figs 17 View Figure 17 , 18 View Figure 18 , 28D Vernacular name: 乐土长弱蛛 View Figure 28

Material examined.

Holotype: ♂, China: Fujian Province, Zhangzhou City, Nanjing County, Huboliao Nature Reserve , Letu Rainforest area , 24°54'11.82"N, 117°13'15.3"E, 11.XI.2023, Y. Yao, J. Gong, R. Zhao & M. Wu leg. (Lep-16). GoogleMaps

Diagnosis.

The male of this species can be easily distinguished from other members of this genus by the very large curved tibial apophysis armed with a short spine-like tip (Fig. 17E View Figure 17 ).

Description.

Male (holotype). Habitus as in Fig. 17A, B View Figure 17 . Total length 1.78. Carapace 1.04 long, 0.64 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: ALE 0.04, PME 0.04, PLE 0.04; ALE-PME 0.07, PLE-PLE 0.07, PLE-PME 0.03; AER 0.09, PER 0.12. Clypeus 0.06 high. Chelicerae (Fig. 17B View Figure 17 ) with eight promarginal and six retromarginal teeth. Endites with several long spines laterally. Sternum (Fig. 17B View Figure 17 ) shield-shaped, nearly as long as wide, with abundant long setae on surface, posterior end blunt. Leg measurements: I 4.75 (1.34, 0.24, 1.46, 1.14, 0.57); II 3.60 (0.95, 0.24, 1.10, 0.86, 0.45); III 2.80 (0.85, 0.22, 0.79, 0.58, 0.36); IV 4.3 (1.19, 0.24, 1.28, 1.02, 0.57). Pedicel 0.08. Abdomen 0.67 long, 0.66 wide.

Coloration (Fig. 17A, B View Figure 17 ). Carapace yellowish, with radial yellow stripes submarginally. Chelicerae, endites and labium yellow. Sternum yellowish, mottled. Legs yellowish. Abdomen dorsally yellowish, with three pairs of indistinct reddish spots; venter mottled.

Palp (Figs 17C-E View Figure 17 , 18 View Figure 18 ). Femur with two rows of short strong spines ventrally and prolaterally; patella without spine; tibia with a very long curved apophysis, distally armed with a short straight spine, longer than tibia. Cymbium with a distinct constriction medially. Tip of bulb: one long flagelliform prolateral sclerite; prolateral lobe oval; conductor membranous, medially with a groove. Embolus indistinct.

Female. Unknown.

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.