Leclercera duandai, 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

publication LSID

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persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0106710C-BC7E-4174-8DBB-ADE9FF54715B

taxon LSID

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scientific name

Leclercera duandai
status

sp. nov.

Leclercera duandai sp. nov. Figs 24 View Figure 24 , 55K View Figure 55 , 58 View Figure 58

Types.

Holotype: ♀ (IZCAS), China, Tibet Autonomous Region, Nyingchi, Medog County, Beibung Village, around Jiagagou Bridge, 29°15.0670'N, 95°11.7170'E, elevation ca 805 m, 18.VI.2016, J. Wu leg.

Etymology.

The species name is a noun in apposition derived from the Chinese pinyin “duàndài” (ribbon) and refers to the structure of the spermathecae resembling a ribbon knot (Fig. 24A View Figure 24 ).

Diagnosis.

Females of L. duandai sp. nov. can be distinguished from other congeners by the unique orange coloration of the external genitalia and the spermathecae (Fig. 24A, B View Figure 24 ) which resemble a pair of orange-coloured ribbon knots (vs. absence of orange coloration on the external genitalia or spermathecae in congeners).

Description.

Female. Total length 2.88; carapace 0.96 long, 1.00 wide; abdomen 1.92 long, 0.80 wide. Carapace round and brown, with three longitudinal dark brown bands, median band 8 times wider than the lateral bands (Fig. 24C View Figure 24 ). Chelicerae brown (Fig. 55K View Figure 55 ). Clypeus light brown. Endites light brown, dark brown marginally. Labium dark brown. Sternum light brown, with longitudinal dark brown spots laterally. Abdomen elongated, dorsum with dark brown spots, with posterior dark brown stripes medially (Fig. 24C View Figure 24 ), antero-ventrally with ovoid, orangish external genitalia, with scattered dark brown spots posteriorly (Fig. 24D View Figure 24 ). Leg measurements: I-IV missing. Epigastric area (Fig. 24B View Figure 24 ): an elliptical, orangish patch. Endogyne (Fig. 24A View Figure 24 ): a pair of spermathecae resembling a ribbon knot, posterior receptacles with a pair of ovoid bodies with two-branched, upturned ends.

Male. Unknown.

Distribution.

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

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Psilodercidae

Genus

Leclercera