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

description: <i>Leptonetela hangzhouensis</i> (Chen <i>et al</i>., 1984) comb. nov. Figs 13–15 <i>Leptoneta hangzhouensis</i> Chen <i>et al</i>. 1984: 8, figs 1–6; Song 1987: 98, fig. 62; Chen &amp; Zhang 1991: 58, figs 49.1–6; Song <i>et al</i>. 1999: 50, figs 20K, U–V Type material examined. <b>Paratypes:</b> 2 males (ZMNH), Qianren Cave and Woyun Cave, Hangzhou [30°16´N, 120°09´E], Zhejiang, China, 24 May 1984, Y. Shen &amp; F. Gao leg. <b>Diagnosis.</b> <i>Leptonetela hangzhouensis</i> is similar to <i>L. microdonta</i> (Xu &amp; Song, 1983), but can be distinguished by the presence of nine promarginal cheliceral teeth, the distal two wider spaced, and six small retromarginal teeth (Fig. 15A); five spines on the retrolateral surface of male palpal tibia, with the second one longest (Figs 13D, 14B); the fork-shaped median apophysis, and the presence of four teeth on median apophysis, with the first and fourth teeth stronger than others in the male (Figs 13B, 15B). <b>Description. Male:</b> total length 2.60 (Fig. 13A). Prosoma 1.12 long, 0.90 wide. Opisthosoma 1.25 long, 1.00 wide. Sternum 0.75 long, 0.50 wide (Fig. 15C). Prosoma dark yellow, somewhat quadrate, and with a pair of setae retrolateral of PLE. Median groove needle-shaped, pale brown. Cervical grooves and radial furrow distinct, pale brown. Eyes six, measurements: ALE 0.08, PLE 0.07, PME 0.05; ALE-PME 0.11, PLE-PLE 0.08, PLE-PME 0.05; AER 0.14, PER 0.20. Clypeus 0.12 high, slightly sloped anteriorly. Chelicera (Fig. 15A) dark yellow, with nine promarginal teeth, the distal two wider spaced and five small retromarginal teeth. Endites and labium dark yellow. Sternum and legs yellowish. Leg measurements: I 10.63 (2.87, 0.37, 3.10, 2.42, 1.87); II 7.89 (2.22, 0.37, 2.10, 1.95, 1.25); III 6.56 (1.90, 0.35, 1.72, 1.58, 1.01); IV 8.52 (2.20, 0.37, 2.50, 2.20, 1.25). Leg formula: I-IV-II-III. Femur I–IV with one short spine ventrally and basally. Tibia I with one short spine dorsally (position 0.5), tibia II III with two short spines dorsally (0.3 and 0.6). Male palp (Figs 13C–D, 14A–B): tibia with four trichobothria dorsally, one long seta and five spines retrolaterally, with the second spine longest; tarsus with three strong spines distally. Tip of the bulb (Figs 13B, 15B): median apophysis fork-shaped, with four teeth distally, the first and fourth teeth stronger than others, conductor lamellar, embolus triangular. <b>Variation.</b> Total length: males 2.60–2.45 (n = 2). <b>Distribution.</b> China (Zhejiang). <b>Remarks.</b> Type specimens were originally deposited in the Department of Biology, Hangzhou Normal College, but transferred to ZMNH in 1998.
description: Published as part of <i>Wang, Chunxia &amp; Li, Shuqiang, 2011, 2841, pp. 1-90 in Zootaxa 2841</i> on pages 7-8
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