Eleleis leleupi, Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4799.1.1 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5920096 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EE8789-3B7F-A150-6AEC-FE60ADF1FB87 |
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Eleleis leleupi |
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sp. nov. |
Eleleis leleupi View in CoL sp. nov.
Figs 12E View FIGURE 12 , 13A, B View FIGURE 13 , 22 View FIGURE 22 D–F
Type material. Male holotype from South Africa, Cape Province, Clanwilliam, Cederberg , 32°21’S 019°10’E, July 1962, N. Leleup leg., deposited in MRAC 131978 View Materials GoogleMaps .
Etymology. The specific name is a patronym in honor of N. Leleup, collector of the holotype.
Diagnosis. Males of Eleleis leleupi sp. nov. are distinguished from those of the other species of the genus by having a median apophysis and conductor twisted around each other, at 12 o’clock position, and by the embolus arising at 5 o’clock position ( Figs 22 View FIGURE 22 D–F). Females are unknown.
Description. Male. Total length: 1.84. Carapace 0.64 long, 0.53 wide; Abdomen 1.15 long, 0.74 wide; Sternum 0.51 long, 0.45 wide; Spinnerets ALS 0.11 long, 0.87 wide. Eye diameters: AME 0.04, ALE 0.05, PME 0.06, PLE 0.05; interdistances: AME–AME 0.02, PME–PME 0.02. Chelicerae 0.21 long. Leg measurements: I: 1.87 (0.57, 0.31, 0.35, 0.31, 0.33); II: 1.59 (0.48, 0.25, 0.30, 0.27, 0.29); III: 1.43 (0.41, 0.22, 0.24, 0.29, 0.27); IV: 1.96 (0.54, 0.30, 0.40, 0.38, 0.34). Palp: RTA short and sinuous in retrolateral view; tegular excavation prolateral; conductor with sinuous tip ( Figs 22 View FIGURE 22 D–F).
Female. Unknown.
Distribution. South Africa, only known from the type locality ( Fig. 24 View FIGURE 24 ).
No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.
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