Leptonetela flabellaris 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 flabellaris

description: <i>Leptonetela flabellaris</i> sp. nov. Figs 5–8, 72 Type material. <b>Holotype:</b> male (IZCAS), Shiyan Cave, Dajing Town [26°34´N, 114°08´E], Jinggangshan, Jiangxi, China, 13 August 2008, Y. Xiao leg. <b>Paratype:</b> 1 female, same data as holotype. <b>Etymology.</b> The specific name is derived from Latin word, “flabellum”, meaning “fan”, and refers to the fanshaped median apophysis in the male; 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 5A, 6A); nine promarginal cheliceral teeth but no retromarginal tooth (Fig. 8F); five spines on the retrolateral surface of palpal tibia, with the basal one straight, thick and blunt (Figs 5D, 7A); and the fan-shaped median apophysis in the male (Figs 5B, 8E). <b>Description. Male (holotype):</b> total length 2.01(Fig. 5A). Prosoma 1.08 long, 0.84 wide. Opisthosoma 1.04 long, 0.85 wide. Prosoma yellowish, with a long seta anterior of ALE, and a pair of setae retrolateral of PLE. Median groove needle-shaped, pale brown. Cervical grooves and radial furrows indistinct. Clypeus 0.21 high, slightly sloped anteriorly. Eyes six, measurements: ALE 0.05, PLE 0.06, PME 0.04; ALE-PME 0.12, PLE-PLE 0.05, PLE-PME 0.08; AER 0.13, PER 0.19. Chelicera (Fig. 8F) pale brown, with nine promarginal teeth but no retromarginal tooth. Endites and labium pale brown. Sternum (Fig. 8A) and legs yellow. Leg measurements: I 9.14 (2.52, 0.38, 2.48, 2.30, 1.46); II 7.46 (2.02, 0.36, 2.08, 1.80, 1.20); III 5.90 (1.60, 0.28, 1.61, 1.54, 0.87); IV 8.38 (2.22, 0.34, 2.44, 2.14, 1.24). Leg formula: I-IV-II-III. Tibia I with one short spine prolaterally (position 0.9) and one short spine dorsally (0.3) (Fig. 8G). Male palp (Figs 5C–D, 7A–B): tibia with five spines retrolaterally, with the basal one thick and blunt. Tip of the bulb (Figs 5B, 8D–E): median apophysis fan-shaped, conductor lamellar, embolus short, pointed. <b>Female (paratype):</b> similar to male in coloration and general features, but with a smaller body size and shorter legs. Total length 1.89 (Figs 6A–B). Prosoma 0.94 long, 0.78 wide. Opisthosoma 1.01 long, 0.79 wide. Clypeus 0.12 high. Eye measurements: ALE 0.05, PLE 0.06, PME 0.04; ALE-PME 0.12, PLE-PLE 0.05, PLE-PME 0.08; AER 0.13, PER 0.19. Leg measurements: I 8.50 (2.24, 0.36, 2.48, 2.00, 1.42); II 6.79 (1.94, 0.30, 1.94, 1.50, 1.11); III 5.77 (1.67, 0.30, 1.54, 1.34, 0.92); IV 7.06 (1.76, 0.26, 2.16, 1.75, 1.13). Internal genitalia (Figs 6C, 8C) with a pair of spermathecae and sperm ducts, atrium fusiformed. <b>Distribution.</b> China (Jiangxi) (Fig. 72).
description: Published as part of <i>Wang, Chunxia &amp; Li, Shuqiang, 2011, 2841, pp. 1-90 in Zootaxa 2841</i> on page 6
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