Leclercera lizi, 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 lizi
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Leclercera lizi sp. nov. Figs 27 View Figure 27 , 28 View Figure 28 , 56G View Figure 56 , 58 View Figure 58

Types.

Holotype: ♂ (IZCAS), China, Tibet Autonomous Region, Xigaze, Dinggye County, Changga Village, 27°51.6290'N, 87°25.4802'E, elevation ca 2239 m, 7.VIII.2017, X. Zhang, Z. Bai leg.

Etymology.

The species name is a noun in apposition derived from the Chinese pinyin “lízĭ” (pear) and refers to the structure of the bulb resembling a pear (Fig. 28B View Figure 28 ).

Diagnosis.

Males of L. lizi sp. nov. can be distinguished from congeners by the abundance of apophyses and spines on the palp (Fig. 28C, D View Figure 28 ): cymbium with two retrolateral apophyses posteriorly, seven retrolateral apophyses on the swollen tibia with an anterior dorsal apophysis bearing two spines; embolus almost as long as the tegulum (Fig. 28B View Figure 28 ) (vs. the absence of congeners with such a profusion of apophyses and spines).

Description.

Male (Holotype). Total length 2.13; carapace 0.88 long, 0.90 wide; abdomen 1.25 long, 0.90 wide. Carapace round and brown, with three dark brown longitudinal bands, median band three times wider than lateral bands (Fig. 27A View Figure 27 ). Chelicerae brown (Fig. 56G View Figure 56 ). Clypeus light brown, with a trace of dark brown medially. Endites dark brown, light brown basally. Labium and sternum dark brown. Abdomen elongated, antero-dorsally with three pairs of dark brown spots laterally, posterior with dark brown stripes medially, antero-ventrally with black, elliptical patch delimiting kidney-shaped, light brown patch laterally, posterior with indistinct dark brown pattern. Legs uniformly brown; measurements: I-II missing, III 4.19 (1.25, 0.31, 0.94, 0.94, 0.75), IV 6.00 (1.60, 0.40, 1.60, 1.40, 1.00). Palp (Fig. 28A-D View Figure 28 ): femur slender, three times longer than patella; patella not swollen; tibia swollen, 1.2 times shorter and twice wider than femur, with seven anterior retrolateral apophyses bearing spines, anterior-most with longest apophysis and widest spine, antero-dorsally with dark brown apophysis bearing two spines resembling a fork; cymbium dark brown anteriorly, with two retrolateral apophyses posteriorly; bulb brown, pyriform with embolus arising distally, embolus thin and black, rather spiralled, almost equal in length to tegulum (Fig. 28B View Figure 28 ).

Female. Unknown.

Distribution.

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