Leptonetela pungitia Wang &amp; Li 2011, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Wang, Chunxia
name: Li, Shuqiang
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Leptonetidae
Leptonetela
Leptonetela pungitia

description: <i>Leptonetela pungitia</i> sp. nov. Figs 40–43, 72 Type material. <b>Holotype:</b> male (IZCAS), Disturbed Forest, Tam Dao National Park [21°21´N, 105°32´E], Vinh Phuc, Vietnam, 1–30 October 2007, D.S. Pham leg. <b>Paratypes:</b> 60 males and 30 females, same data as holotype. <b>Etymology.</b> The specific name is from Latin word, “pungo”, meaning “prick”, and refers to the four thorny spines on distal part of male palpal tarsus; adjective. <b>Diagnosis.</b> This new species is similar to <i>L. quinquespinata</i> (Chen &amp; Zhu, 2008), but can be distinguished by the presence of six eyes (Figs 40A, 41A); ten promarginal cheliceral teeth (Fig. 43A); five spines on the retrolateral surface of palpal tibia (Figs 40D, 42B); and the horn-shaped median apophysis in the male (Figs 40B, 42B). <b>Description. Male (holotype):</b> total length 1.78 (Fig. 40A). Prosoma 1.24 long, 0.78 wide. Opisthosoma 0.99 long, 0.53 wide. Prosoma brown, with a pair of setae retrolateral of PLE. Median groove needle-shaped, dark. Cervical grooves and radial furrows distinct, pale brown. Clypeus 0.10 high. Eyes six, eye measurements: ALE 0.10, PLE 0.06, PME 0.03; ALE-PME 0.12, PLE-PLE 0.13, PLE-PME 0.03; AER 0.21, PER 0.26. Chelicera (Fig. 43A) pale brown, with ten promarginal teeth and five small retromarginal teeth. Endites and labium, brown. Sternum (Fig. 43B) and legs pale brown. Leg measurements: I 4.56 (1.21, 0.26, 1.22, 1.09, 0.78); II 3.53 (1.04, 0.25, 0.88, 0.74, 0.62); III 2.94 (0.83, 0.24, 0.68, 0.73, 0.46); IV 4.41 (0.92, 1.02, 1.21, 0.72, 0.54). Leg formula: I-IV-II-III. Femur I with one spine dorsally (position 0.1). Tibia I with one slender spine ventrally (0.5). Male palp (Figs 40C– D, 42A–B): tibia with three trichobothria dorsally, one long seta and five spines retrolaterally; tarsus with three thorny spines distally. Tip of the bulb (Fig. 40B): median apophysis horn-shaped, conductor lamellar, embolus triangular. Opisthosoma, whitish gray, decorated with brown-black stripe. <b>Female (one of the paratypes):</b> similar to male in coloration and general features, but with a smaller body size and shorter legs. Total length 1.60 (Figs 41A–B). Prosoma 0.73 long, 0.58 wide. Opisthosoma 0.94 long, 0.76 wide. Clypeus 0.08 high. Eye measurement: ALE 0.07, PLE 0.04, PME 0.03; ALE-PME 0.09, PLE-PLE 0.10, PLE-PME 0.03; AER 0.14, PER 0.18. Leg measurements: I 2.78 (0.74, 0.22, 0.68, 0.58, 0.56); II 2.17 (0.58, 0.24, 0.56, 0.46, 0.33); III 2.07 (0.50, 0.22, 0.45, 0.48, 0.42); IV 2.72 (0.72, 0.20, 0.70, 0.60, 0.50). Internal genitalia (Figs 41C, 43D) with a pair of spermathecae and sperm ducts; atrium fusiformed. <b>Variation.</b> Total length: males 1.78–1.82 (n = 61); females (1.60–1.63) (n = 30). <b>Distribution.</b> Vietnam (Vinh Phuc) (Fig. 72).
description: Published as part of <i>Wang, Chunxia &amp; Li, Shuqiang, 2011, 2841, pp. 1-90 in Zootaxa 2841</i> on page 13
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