Leclercera selasihensis, 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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persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/67E75A89-0332-460F-8968-FC6D89E72FA8
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scientific name	Leclercera selasihensis
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Leclercera selasihensis sp. nov. Figs 36 View Figure 36 , 37 View Figure 37 , 56I View Figure 56 , 58 View Figure 58

Types.

Holotype: ♂ (IZCAS), Indonesia, Sumatra, West Sumatra Province, Solok Bukit Selasih Village, 0°46.0400'S, 100°43.1750'E, elevation ca 426 m, 28.V.2014, Z. Yao leg. Paratype: 1♀ (IZCAS), same data as holotype.

Etymology.

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

Diagnosis.

Diagnostic features of males and females are discussed in the diagnosis of L. mianqiu sp. nov.

Description.

Male (Holotype). Total length 1.80; carapace 0.70 long, 0.75 wide; abdomen 1.10 long, 0.63 wide. Carapace round and pale brown, with three longitudinal dark brown bands, median band six times wider than lateral band (Fig. 36C View Figure 36 ). Chelicerae dark brown (Fig. 56I View Figure 56 ). Clypeus pale brown, dark brown band medially. Endites dark brown, light brown basally. Labium dark brown. Sternum dark brown, with lateral pale brown spots. Abdomen elongated, dorsum with complex dark brown spots, antero-ventrally with “V” -shaped dark brown patch and brown ovoid patch, posterior with brown spots forming a ring shape. Legs uniformly brown; measurements: I missing, II 8.43 (2.50, 0.31, 2.34, 2.50, 0.78), III 6.52 (1.88, 0.25, 1.88, 1.88, 0.63), IV 9.56 (2.75, 0.25, 2.81, 2.97, 0.78). Palp (Fig. 37A-D View Figure 37 ): femur slender, four times longer than patella, anterior with one strong seta prolaterally; patella not swollen, dark purplish; tibia swollen, 1.2 times shorter and two times wider than femur, dark purplish proximally and distally; cymbium two times shorter than femur, dark purplish distally, basally swollen with slightly curved postero-retrolateral apophysis that is almost perpendicular to cymbium (Fig. 37D View Figure 37 ); bulb light brown, pyriform, with embolus and conductor arising distally; embolus thin and dark, arises medially from tegulum, half the length of, and adjacent to, conductor; conductor arises laterally from tegulum, two times shorter than tegulum, attached with tiny triangular protrusion (Fig. 37B View Figure 37 ).

Female (Paratype). General features and coloration similar to those of male (Fig. 36D, E View Figure 36 ). Measurements: total length 1.80; carapace 0.60 long, 0.70 wide; abdomen 1.20 long, 0.86 wide. Leg measurements: I missing, II 6.76 (1.80, 0.25, 1.88, 2.03, 0.80), III 5.10 (1.50, 0.20, 1.30, 1.50, 0.60), IV 7.60 (2.03, 0.20, 2.25, 2.34, 0.78). Epigastric area (Fig. 36B View Figure 36 ): an elliptical dark brown patch. Endogyne (Fig. 36A View Figure 36 ): a pair of bean-shaped spermathecae with a strong depression and rounded ends, spiralled duct system medially.

Distribution.

Known only from the type locality (Fig. 58 View Figure 58 ).