Leviea francesae, Maddison, Wayne P. & Szűts, Tamas, 2019

Maddison, Wayne P. & Szűts, Tamas, 2019, Myrmarachnine jumping spiders of the new subtribe Levieina from Papua New Guinea (Araneae, Salticidae, Myrmarachnini), ZooKeys 842, pp. 85-112 : 85

Leviea francesae sp. n. Figs 38-41, 90

Type material.

Holotype: male, DNA voucher d254, in UBC–SEM, with data PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Enga Province: Kai-ingri. 5.574 S 143.048 E. 3315 m a.s.l. 5-8 July 2008. W Maddison leg. WPM#08-004. Paratype: one male, in UBC–SEM, with data Papua New Guinea: Enga Province: Kumul Lodge @ foot of Mt Hagen, 05.47.548 S 143.58.761 E. 2700 m. 5.xii.2006. Balke & Kimbel leg. (PNG124).

Etymology.

Named in honour of Frances Levi.

Diagnosis.

Larger and more slender than L. herberti , with more (5 pairs) ventral macrosetae on the first tibia. In these features it resembles L. lornae . Differs from both L. herberti and L. lornae in details of the palp: dorsal branch of RTA swollen basally; bulb oval rather than circular, less rotated than L. herberti .

Description.

Male (holotype). Carapace length 2.08; abdomen length 2.38. Carapace (Fig. 41): Like that of L. lornae . Chelicera: Ectal spur on paturon small. Five retromarginal teeth. Palp (Figs 38, 39): Bulb compressed slightly laterally to be oval rather than circular. Embolus thick, circling 1.7 times around. First leg tibia with five pairs of ventral spines. Colour in alcohol (Fig. 41): much like that of L. herberti .

Female. Unknown.