Eleleis luderitz sp. nov.

Figs 12G, 13C, D, 23 D–F

Type material. Female holotype from Namibia, Diamond Area 1, E of Grosse Bucht, Lüderitz Peninsula, 26°43’S 15°07’E, 10 September 1989, E. Griffin leg., deposited in SMN 41732 .

Etymology. The specific name refers to the type locality, noun in apposition.

Diagnosis. Females of Eleleis luderitz sp. nov. resemble those of E. crinita, E. okavango sp. nov. and E. limpopo sp. nov. by the epigyne with median atrium smaller than the posterior median excavation, but differ by the epigyne with a transverse groove between the small atrium and the larger, pentagonal posterior median excavation (absent in E. okavango sp. nov., E. limpopo sp. nov., and E. crinita) (Fig. 23D). Males are unknown.

Description. Female (holotype). Total length: 2.84. Carapace 0.78 long, 0.69 wide; Abdomen 1.95 long, 1.35 wide; Sternum 0.61 long, 0.55 wide; Spinnerets ALS 0.18 long, 0.14 wide. Eye diameters: AME 0.06, ALE 0.05, PME 0.06, PLE 0.06; interdistances: AME–AME 0.03, PME–PME 0.02. Chelicerae 0.22 long. Leg measurements: I: 2.16 (0.64, 0.35, 0.44, 0.36, 0.37); II: 1.93 (0.44, 0.36, 0.54, 0.30, 0.29); III: 1.65 (0.46, 0.28, 0.25, 0.35, 0.31); IV: 2.36 (0.62, 0.36, 0.56, 0.44, 0.38). Vulva: proximal part of copulatory ducts running anteriorly, parallel to each other; secondary spermathecae arising posteriorly from bulbous part of duct; fertilization ducts arising medially from primary spermathecae (Fig. 23E).

Male. Unknown.

Distribution. Namibia, only known from the type locality (Fig. 25).