An overview of the African genera of Prodidominae spiders: descriptions and remarks (Araneae: Gnaphosidae)
Author
Rodrigues, Bruno V. B.
Author
Rheims, Cristina A.
text
Zootaxa
2020
2020-06-16
4799
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4799.1.1
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Eleleis leleupi
sp. nov.
Figs 12E
,
13A, B
,
22
D–F
Type material.
Male
holotype
from
South Africa
,
Cape Province
,
Clanwilliam
,
Cederberg
,
32°21’S
019°10’E
,
July 1962
,
N. Leleup
leg., deposited in
MRAC 131978
.
Etymology
. The specific name is a patronym in honor of N. Leleup, collector of the
holotype
.
Diagnosis.
Males of
Eleleis leleupi
sp. nov.
are distinguished from those of the other species of the genus by having a median apophysis and conductor twisted around each other, at 12 o’clock position, and by the embolus arising at 5 o’clock position (
Figs 22
D–F). Females are unknown.
Description.
Male. Total length: 1.84. Carapace 0.64 long, 0.53 wide; Abdomen 1.15 long, 0.74 wide; Sternum 0.51 long, 0.45 wide; Spinnerets ALS 0.11 long, 0.87 wide. Eye diameters: AME 0.04, ALE 0.05, PME 0.06, PLE 0.05; interdistances: AME–AME 0.02, PME–PME 0.02. Chelicerae 0.21 long. Leg measurements: I: 1.87 (0.57, 0.31, 0.35, 0.31, 0.33); II: 1.59 (0.48, 0.25, 0.30, 0.27, 0.29); III: 1.43 (0.41, 0.22, 0.24, 0.29, 0.27); IV: 1.96 (0.54, 0.30, 0.40, 0.38, 0.34). Palp: RTA short and sinuous in retrolateral view; tegular excavation prolateral; conductor with sinuous tip (
Figs 22
D–F).
Female.
Unknown.
Distribution.
South Africa
, only known from the
type
locality (
Fig. 24
).