Leclercera aniensis, 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 aniensis
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Leclercera aniensis sp. nov. Figs 41 View Figure 41 , 42 View Figure 42 , 57A View Figure 57 , 58 View Figure 58

Types.

Holotype: ♂ (IZCAS), China, Tibet Autonomous Region, Nyingchi, Medog County, Medog Town, Beibung Village, road from Jiefang Bridge to Ani Bridge, 30°11.2620'N, 94°19.4180'E, elevation ca 3087 m, 18.VII.2019, X. Zhang, Z. Bai and J. Liu 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. jiazhongensis sp. nov.

Description.

Male (Holotype). Total length 4.38; carapace 1.38 long, 1.50 wide; abdomen 3.00 long, 1.09 wide. Carapace round and brown, with three dark brown longitudinal bands, median band and lateral bands similar in width (Fig. 41C View Figure 41 ). Chelicerae brown (Fig. 57A View Figure 57 ). Clypeus dark brown, darkens anteriorly. Endites dark brown, light brown basally. Labium and sternum dark brown. Abdomen elongated, dorsum with three pairs of dark brown spots laterally, posterior with dark brown horizontal stripes, antero-ventrally with a pair of dark brown square spots laterally, followed by elliptical yellowish spot, posterior with indistinct purplish veined spots. Legs uniformly brown; measurements: I 18.91 (5.45, 0.64, 5.77, 5.13, 1.92), II 16.21 (4.49, 0.50, 4.81, 4.49, 1.92), III 11.50 (3.50, 0.40, 3.20, 3.00, 1.40), IV missing. Palp (Fig. 42A-D View Figure 42 ): femur slender, five times longer than patella; patella not swollen; tibia swollen, resembles isosceles triangle, with two retrolateral apophyses anteriorly and medially (Fig. 42D View Figure 42 ), anterior apophysis branched and two times wider than the median apophysis, one branch bearing a tiny crooked spine, another branch with a divided protrusion; median apophysis bearing spine three times shorter than apophysis; cymbium three times shorter than femur; bulb brown, pyriform, with embolus, laminar apophysis, and conductor arising distally; embolus black and slender, longest between laminar apophyses and conductor; three laminar apophyses (middle apophysis three times wider than the other two) adjacent to embolus; conductor slightly similar in width to, shorter than, and basally connected to embolus (Fig. 42B View Figure 42 ).

Female (Paratype). General features and coloration similar to those of male (Fig. 41D, E View Figure 41 ). Measurements: total length 3.44; carapace 0.94 long, 1.25 wide; abdomen 2.50 long, 1.80 wide. Leg measurements: I 11.73 (3.21, 0.40, 3.50, 3.21, 1.41), II 8.44 (2.40, 0.40, 2.25, 2.19, 1.20), III missing, IV 11.70 (3.40, 0.40, 3.40, 3.00, 1.50). Epigastric area (Fig. 41B View Figure 41 ): semi-circular patch, outer region pale purple and inner region brownish, with a pair of dark brown dots. Endogyne (Fig. 41A View Figure 41 ): pair of slightly twisted, upturned, stalked spermathecae with isosceles triangle-shaped receptacles, upturned spermathecae with blunt tips.

Distribution.

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