Leclercera suwanensis, 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 suwanensis
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Leclercera suwanensis sp. nov. Figs 18 View Figure 18 , 19 View Figure 19 , 55J View Figure 55 , 58 View Figure 58

Types.

Holotype: ♂ (IZCAS), Thailand, Phangnga Province, Takuathung District, Suwankuha Cave, 8°25.7695'N, 98°28.2693'E, elevation ca 19 m, 9.X.2015, Q. Zhao, G. Zhou and Z. Chen 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. banensis sp. nov.

Description.

Male (Holotype). Total length 2.45; carapace 0.70 long, 0.86 wide; abdomen 1.75 long, 0.78 wide. Carapace round and pale brown, with three longitudinal bands, median band 2 times wider than the lateral bands (Fig. 18C View Figure 18 ). Chelicerae pale brown (Fig. 55J View Figure 55 ). Clypeus slanting, dark brown medially, light brown laterally. Endites dark brown, light brown basally. Labium dark brown. Sternum dark brown, delimiting a light brown strip medially. Abdomen elongated, dorsum with pairs of dark brown spots, ventrum with pair of oval brown patches laterally followed by inverted ‘U’ -shaped brown band, posterior with a pair of dark brown patches. Legs uniformly brown; measurements: I 11.17 (3.21, 0.31, 3.40, 3.25, 1.00), II 8.27 (2.40, 0.25, 2.50, 2.34, 0.78), III 5.72 (1.72, 0.31, 1.50, 1.56, 0.63), IV 8.41 (2.50, 0.31, 2.40, 2.40, 0.80). Palp (Fig. 19A-D View Figure 19 ): femur slender, five times longer than patella; patella not swollen; tibia half the length of femur, swollen and pentagonal in lateral view, with a retrolateral apophysis bearing a distal spine which is as long as the apophysis itself and a strong seta near the base of the retrolateral apophysis (Fig. 19D View Figure 19 ); cymbium half the width and length of the femur; bulb pale brown, bulging, ovoid, conductor and embolus separated, with conductor and embolus arising distally; conductor elongated and slightly hooked at the tip, as long as embolus; embolus elongated, basally swollen and progressively darkening and thinning to a pointed tip (Fig. 19B View Figure 19 ).

Female (Paratype). General features and coloration similar to those of male (Fig. 18D, E View Figure 18 ). Measurements: total length 1.70; carapace 0.50 long, 0.60 wide; abdomen 1.20 long, 1.00 wide. Leg measurements: I missing, II 6.65 (1.92, 0.20, 2.03, 1.72, 0.78), III 4.70 (1.40, 0.25, 1.25, 1.20, 0.60), IV 6.63 (2.00, 0.25, 1.88, 1.75, 0.75). Epigastric area (Fig. 18B View Figure 18 ): brown patch resembles an inverted ‘U’ shape. Endogyne (Fig. 18A View Figure 18 ): a pair of spermathecae curling towards each other, with pointed tips and rounded posterior extensions laterally.

Distribution.

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