Leclercera hponensis, 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

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scientific name	Leclercera hponensis
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Leclercera hponensis sp. nov. Figs 25 View Figure 25 , 26 View Figure 26 , 56F View Figure 56 , 58 View Figure 58

Types.

Holotype: ♂ (IZCAS), Myanmar, Kachin State, Putao Town, Hponkanrazi Wildlife Sanctuary Roadside between Camp 2 to Camp 3, 27°37.1500'N, 96°58.9170'E, elevation ca 2806 m, 16.XII.2016, J. Wu leg. Paratype: 1♀ (IZCAS), same data as holotype.

Etymology.

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

Diagnosis.

Males of L. hponensis sp. nov. can be distinguished from congeners by the presence of a three-branched, laminar apophysis on the distal end of the bulb (Fig. 26B View Figure 26 ) (vs. the absence of a three-branched laminar apophysis in congeners), a spheroid bulb (vs. the bulb of congeners have other shapes), tibia with a retrolateral apophysis bearing a spine that is three times shorter than the apophysis, the entire apophysis, including the spine, is two times longer than the tegulum (Fig. 26D View Figure 26 ) (vs. the absence of such a combination of a tibia apophysis and spine in congeners); the female can be differentiated from congeners by the pair of stalked spermathecae with a triangular distal part (Fig. 25A View Figure 25 ).

Description.

Male (Holotype). Total length 2.30; carapace 0.80 long, 0.88 wide; abdomen 1.50 long, 0.75 wide. Carapace round and brown, with dark brown longitudinal median band (Fig. 25C View Figure 25 ). Chelicerae brown (Fig. 56F View Figure 56 ). Clypeus light brown. Endites dark brown, light brown basally. Labium dark brown. Sternum light brown. Abdomen elongated, antero-dorsally with dark brown spots, posterior with dark brown stripes medially, antero-ventrally with dark brown elliptical patch, posterior with indistinct dark brown pattern. Legs uniformly brown; measurements: I 8.97 (2.53, 0.31, 2.81, 2.19, 1.13), II 7.10 (1.94, 0.31, 2.19, 1.72, 0.94), III 5.25 (1.44, 0.31, 1.47, 1.25, 0.78), IV 7.97 (2.06, 0.31, 2.13, 2.38, 1.09). Palp (Fig. 26A-D View Figure 26 ): femur slender, four times longer than patella; patella not swollen; tibia 1.5 times shorter than femur, with retrolateral apophysis anteriorly bearing a spine, two times longer than tegulum, spine three times shorter than apophysis (Fig. 26D View Figure 26 ); cymbium three times shorter than femur; bulb brown, spheroid, with embolus and laminar apophysis arising distally; three-branched, laminar apophyses almost equal in length but shorter than embolus; embolus laminar, longer than all other laminar apophyses of its own (Fig. 26B View Figure 26 ).

Female (Paratype). General features and coloration similar to those of male (Fig. 25D, E View Figure 25 ). Measurements: total length 2.40; carapace 0.84 long, 0.94 wide; abdomen 1.56 long, 1.19 wide. Leg measurements: I 7.75 (2.06, 0.31, 2.44, 1.88, 1.06), II 6.47 (1.72, 0.31, 1.94, 1.56, 0.94), III 4.53 (1.25, 0.31, 1.13, 1.09, 0.75), IV 6.44 (1.72, 0.31, 1.88, 1.56, 0.97). Epigastric area (Fig. 25B View Figure 25 ): dark brown patch delimiting a horizontal light brown slit. Endogyne (Fig. 25A View Figure 25 ): a pair of stalked spermathecae with anterior stalks and posteriorly a triangular distal part.

Distribution.

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