Leclercera dumuzhou, 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 dumuzhou
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Leclercera dumuzhou sp. nov. Figs 17 View Figure 17 , 56A View Figure 56 , 58 View Figure 58

Types.

Holotype: ♀ (IZCAS), Thailand, Krabi Province, Muang District, Ban Klom Nong Thale Subdistrict, 8°8.1550'N, 98°48.4300'E, elevation ca 89 m, 26.X.2014, H. Zhao, Y. Li, Z. Chen leg.

Etymology.

The species name is a noun in apposition derived from the Chinese pinyin “dúmùzhōu” (canoe) and refers to the structure of the spermathecae which resembles a canoe.

Diagnosis.

Female of L. dumuzhou sp. nov. resembles the female of L. banensis sp. nov. but can be differentiated by the antero-ventral dark brown band surrounding the external genitalia which does not extend across the entire width of the abdomen (Fig. 17B View Figure 17 ) (vs. the dark brown transverse band fully covering the entire width of the abdomen (Fig. 15B View Figure 15 )), spermathecae slightly curved anteriorly with tip directed laterally (Fig. 17A View Figure 17 ) (vs. spermathecae flattened with tubular extensions laterally (Fig. 15A View Figure 15 )).

Description.

Female. Total length 1.76; carapace 0.63 long, 0.70 wide; abdomen 1.13 long, 0.70 wide. Carapace round and brown, with three longitudinal dark brown bands, median band 3 times wider than lateral bands, anterior with trident of dark brown stripes (Fig. 17C View Figure 17 ). Chelicerae brown (Fig. 56A View Figure 56 ). Clypeus dark brown medially, light brown laterally. Endites dark brown, delimiting circular light brown spots basally. Labium dark brown. Sternum dark brown with median light brown strip. Abdomen elongated, dorsum with a few pairs of dark brown patches (Fig. 17C View Figure 17 ), antero-ventrally with a pair of dark brown circular lines laterally, external genitalia region dark brown with band, posterior with a pair of dark brown patches (Fig. 17D View Figure 17 ). Legs uniformly brown; measurements: I missing, II 5.73 (1.63, 0.20, 1.60, 1.60, 0.70), III 4.10 (1.20, 0.20, 1.00, 1.10, 0.60), IV 6.10 (1.72, 0.25, 1.75, 1.63, 0.75). Epigastric area (Fig. 17B View Figure 17 ): dark brown band delimiting a light brown triangle medially. Endogyne (Fig. 17A View Figure 17 ): spermathecae transverse, slightly curved upwards, with pointed tips.