Eleleis leleupi, Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020

Rodrigues, Bruno V. B. & Rheims, Cristina A., 2020, An overview of the African genera of Prodidominae spiders: descriptions and remarks (Araneae: Gnaphosidae), Zootaxa 4799 (1), pp. 1-80 : 33

Eleleis leleupi sp. nov.

Figs 12E , 13A, B , 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 .

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 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 D–F).

Female. Unknown.

Distribution. South Africa, only known from the type locality ( Fig. 24 ).

Figures

FIGURE 12. Habitus, dorsal view: (A) Eleleis limpopo sp. nov., male; (B) E. okavango sp. nov., male; (C) E. etosha sp. nov., male; (D) E. himba sp. nov., male; (E) E. leleupi sp. nov., male; (F) E. haddadi sp. nov., female; (G) E. luderitz sp. nov., female; (H) E. solitaria sp. nov., female.

FIGURE 13. Eleleis leleupi sp. nov., male: (A) habitus, lateral view; (B) eyes, dorsal view. E. luderitz sp. nov., female: (C) sternum and endites; (D) spinnerets, ventral view.

FIGURE 22. Eleleis himba sp. nov., male palp: (A) prolateral view; (B) ventral view; (C) retrolateral view. E. leleupi sp. nov., male palp: (D) prolateral view; (E) ventral view; (F) retrolateral view. C—conductor; E—embolus; MA—median apophysis; RTA—retrolateral tibial apophysis. Scale bars: 0.25 mm.

FIGURE 24. Known distribution records of species of Eleleis crinita, E. limpopo sp. nov., E. leleupi sp. nov., E. okavango sp. nov. and E. haddadi sp. nov. from Africa.