Leptonetela anshun Lin &amp; Li 2010, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Lin, Yucheng
name: Li, Shuqiang
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Leptonetidae
Leptonetela
Leptonetela anshun

description: <i>Leptonetela anshun</i> sp. nov. Figs 4–6, 61 <b>Type material:</b> <b>Holotype</b>: male (IZCAS), Xianglushan Cave, Caiguan Town, Anshun City [26°20´N, 105°59´E, Guizhou, China], 29 June 2005, Y.C. Lin &amp; Y.F. Tong leg. <b>Paratypes</b>: 12 males and 27 females, same data as holotype (IZCAS). <b>Other material examined.</b> <b>CHINA: Guizhou:</b> 3 females, Pusa Cave (26°20´N, 105°59´E), Caiguan Town, Anshun City; 5 males and 18 females, Gongjishan Cave (26°19´N, 105°56´E), Jiaozishan Town, Anshun City; 12 males and 18 females, Tangguandapo Cave, Dapo Village, Tangguan Town, Anshun City, 28–30 June 2005; 2 females, Yelanggu Cave (26°02´N, 105°38´E), Shangdong Village, Biandanshan Town, Zhenning County, 5 May 2005, all by Y.C. Lin &amp; Y.F. Tong leg. (IZCAS). <b>Etymology.</b> The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the type locality. <b>Diagnosis.</b> The new species resembles <i>L. andreevi</i> Deltshev (1985), but can be distinguished by the straight tibial spur I of male pedipalpus, the tibial spurs II–V concentrated at distal tibia retrolaterally, the presence of a plumose long spine anear the pedipalpal tarsus end prolaterally, and the female spermathecae far aparted, the atrium with short hairs at anterior margin. <b>Description.</b> Holotype male. Total length 1.98. Prosoma 0.99 long, 0.91 wide. Sternum 0.61 long, 0.58 wide. Opisthosoma 1.05 long, 0.94 wide. Dorsal shield of prosoma yellow, with short setae at anterior margin, two long setae at anterolateral area of PME. Thoracic median groove brown yellow, needle-shaped, with two setae. Cervical groove and radial furrows distinct. Clypeus 0.19 high, slightly sloped anteriorly. Six eyes, subequal in size, white and ovoid. Eye sizes: ALE 0.05, PLE 0.05, PME 0.05; ALE-PME 0.12, PLE-PLE 0.07, PLE-PME 0.04; AER 0.11, PER 0.13. Major axes of PLE convergent behind. PME adjacent, median axes parallel. Chelicerae stubby, yellow, fang furrow with 8 promarginal and 5 retromarginal teeth. Endites yellow, labium pale yellow. Sternum and legs yellow. Leg measurements: I 6.10 (1.69, 0.25, 1.92, 1.47, 0.77); II 4.56 (1.31, 0.25, 1.29, 1.06, 0.65); III 3.85 (1.08, 0.24, 1.00, 0.95, 0.58); IV 5.32 (1.48, 0.25, 1.63, 1.28, 0.68). Leg formula: I-IV-II-III. Femora I–IV with several prolateral long spines respectively. Each tibia bears 3 trichobothria and few spines. A row of hairs at tibia I and II retrolaterally. A finely serrated hairs-comb at the ventral bases of the metatarsi II and III respectively. Opisthosoma pale yellow, ovoid, covered with hairs, surface rugose posteriorly. Pedipalpal femur without large spine, a dorsal spine at patella distally, tibia with 3 trichobothria dorsally and 5 large spurs retrolaterally (tibial spur I strong, bifurcated at tip; the rest concentrated at distal end of tibia), tarsus no contracted at middle, with a small earlobe-shaped process attaching slender hairs, a long spine at tarsus ventrally, 3 large spines and one plumose spine anear tarsal end; bulb ovoid, surface smooth, two piece of rugose membranes at apex of bulb, median apophysis absent. Female. Similar to male in coloration and general features, but body size larger and legs shorter. Total length 2.13. Prosoma 0.91 long, 0.79wide. Sternum 0.64 long, 0.61 wide. Opisthosoma 1.24 long, 1.02 wide. Clypeus 0.16 high. Six eyes white, equal in size. Eye sizes: ALE 0.05, PLE 0.05, PME 0.05; ALE-PME 0.13, PLE-PLE 0.08, PLE-PME 0.06; AER 0.11, PER 0.15. Major axes of PLE convergent behind. Chelicerae pale yellow, fang furrow with 8 promarginal and 5 retrolateral teeth. Endites and labium pale brown. Sternum and legs yellow. Leg measurements: I 5.03 (1.43, 0.25, 1.51, 1.18, 0.66); II 3.93 (1.13, 0.25, 1.09, 0.87, 0.59); III 3.36 (0.97, 0.24, 0.86, 0.78, 0.51); IV 4.69 (1.37, 0.24, 1.40, 1.07, 0.61). Femora I–IV without especial spines. Metatarsal hairs-comb same as in male. Genital area covered with long hairs. Internal genitalia with a pair of contorted spermathecae and sperm ducts, weakly sclerotized. Atrium broad and smooth, tiny hairs along anterior margin. <b>Distribution.</b> Known only from type locality.
description: Published as part of <i>Lin, Yucheng &amp; Li, Shuqiang, 2010, Leptonetid spiders from caves of the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, China (Araneae: Leptonetidae) 2587, pp. 1-93 in Zootaxa 2587 (1)</i> on pages 11-15, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2587.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5346618
description: {"references": ["Deltshev, C. D. (1985) New data concerning cave spiders (Araneae) in Greece with description of a new Leptonetela (Araneae, Leptonetidae). Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, 27, 41 - 45."]}