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(
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,
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[151,571,1340,1367]" pageId="21" pageNumber="282">Material examined. Type material</emphasis>
:
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(
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.
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/415B)
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,
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(
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2014/415A).
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,334,1449,1475]" pageId="21" pageNumber="282">Etymology.</emphasis>
The specific epithet is a noun in the genitive case in honor of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, first president of the democratic, post-apartheid
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.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,322,1520,1547]" pageId="21" pageNumber="282">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
Males of
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<emphasis box="[431,563,1521,1547]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="282">L. mandelai</emphasis>
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, can be recognized from all species in “Group dregei” by a copulatory bulb with a rounded tegulum, and the embolus with a small apical keel (
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). Females can be differentiated by the shape of their spermathecae, with a slightly curved stalk and circular receptacles (
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), similar to
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="282">L. lawrencei</emphasis>
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<taxonomicNameLabel box="[267,356,1629,1655]" pageId="21" pageNumber="282" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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, but differs in the straight stalk; also can be recognized by the low number of cheliceral denticles (12), similar to
<taxonomicName authorityName="Purcell" authorityYear="1902" box="[325,425,1665,1691]" class="Arachnida" family="Nemesiidae" genus="Lepthercus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="21" pageNumber="282" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dregei">
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.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,345,1700,1727]" pageId="21" pageNumber="282">Description.</emphasis>
Male
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(NCA 2014/415b,
<figureCitation box="[738,819,1701,1727]" captionStart="FIGURE" captionStartId="22.[151,251,1432,1457]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,309,1407]" captionTargetId="figure@22.[151,1436,309,1407]" captionText="FIGURE. 12. Lepthercus mandelai sp. nov. (male holotype, NCA 2014/415B). A habitus, dorsal view; B sternum, ventral view; C chelicerae, prolateral view, arrow indicates the intercheliceral tumesence; D right pedipalp, arrow indicates the small dorsal setae, and a normal anterior part of the retrolateral side of ventral excavation, retrolateral view; E right pedipalp, arrow indicates the abundant proventral rigid setae, prolateral view; FH copulatory bulb, F retrolateral view, G ventral view, H prolateral view, arrow indicates the small apical keel; I, J tibiametatarsus I, arrow indicate the metatarsus base swollen with small dark setae, I ventral view, J prolateral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3765491" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3765491/files/figure.png" pageId="21" pageNumber="282">Fig. 12</figureCitation>
AJ). Total length 11.30.
<emphasis box="[1111,1221,1701,1727]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="282">Carapace</emphasis>
(
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): length 4.96, width 3.83, with lateral marginal bristles, with a little pubescence.
<emphasis box="[955,1134,1737,1763]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="282">Cephalic region</emphasis>
: length 3.12; clypeus short with 6 bristles on the edge, 5 long bristles in front of the OQ.
<emphasis box="[870,940,1774,1799]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="282">Fovea</emphasis>
: width 0.44, short, almost straight (slightly recurved).
<emphasis box="[273,518,1809,1835]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="282">Ocular measurements</emphasis>
: AME 0.13, ALE 0.21, PME 0.13, PLE 0.14, OQ length 0.41, 0.72 width; AME ALE 0.06, PMEPLE 0.03, AMEPME 0.10, ALEPLE 0.13, AMEAME 0.10, OMPOMP 0.31.
<emphasis box="[1254,1377,1845,1871]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="282">Chelicerae</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation captionStart="FIGURE" captionStartId="22.[151,251,1432,1457]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,309,1407]" captionTargetId="figure@22.[151,1436,309,1407]" captionText="FIGURE. 12. Lepthercus mandelai sp. nov. (male holotype, NCA 2014/415B). A habitus, dorsal view; B sternum, ventral view; C chelicerae, prolateral view, arrow indicates the intercheliceral tumesence; D right pedipalp, arrow indicates the small dorsal setae, and a normal anterior part of the retrolateral side of ventral excavation, retrolateral view; E right pedipalp, arrow indicates the abundant proventral rigid setae, prolateral view; FH copulatory bulb, F retrolateral view, G ventral view, H prolateral view, arrow indicates the small apical keel; I, J tibiametatarsus I, arrow indicate the metatarsus base swollen with small dark setae, I ventral view, J prolateral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3765491" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3765491/files/figure.png" pageId="21" pageNumber="282">Fig. 12C</figureCitation>
): length 2.61, width 1.39, with dark dorsal-anterior bristles, intercheliceral tumescence small, well-marked and with setae (
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). Fang groove with 10 promarginal teeth and 30 denticles (1:2B).
<emphasis box="[1130,1216,1917,1943]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="282">Labium</emphasis>
: length 0.38, width 0.79, with 3 small cuspules.
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: length 1.56, width 0.76, with about 74 minuscule cuspules on inner corner, prolateral face slightly curved, soft area small with long uniformly distributed hairs.
<emphasis box="[1127,1220,1989,2015]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="282">Sternum</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation box="[1238,1344,1989,2015]" captionStart="FIGURE" captionStartId="22.[151,251,1432,1457]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,309,1407]" captionTargetId="figure@22.[151,1436,309,1407]" captionText="FIGURE. 12. Lepthercus mandelai sp. nov. (male holotype, NCA 2014/415B). A habitus, dorsal view; B sternum, ventral view; C chelicerae, prolateral view, arrow indicates the intercheliceral tumesence; D right pedipalp, arrow indicates the small dorsal setae, and a normal anterior part of the retrolateral side of ventral excavation, retrolateral view; E right pedipalp, arrow indicates the abundant proventral rigid setae, prolateral view; FH copulatory bulb, F retrolateral view, G ventral view, H prolateral view, arrow indicates the small apical keel; I, J tibiametatarsus I, arrow indicate the metatarsus base swollen with small dark setae, I ventral view, J prolateral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3765491" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3765491/files/figure.png" pageId="21" pageNumber="282">Fig. 12B</figureCitation>
): length 2.47, maximum width 2.14.
<emphasis box="[476,582,153,179]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="283">Abdomen</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation box="[598,705,153,179]" captionStart="FIGURE" captionStartId="22.[151,251,1432,1457]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,309,1407]" captionTargetId="figure@22.[151,1436,309,1407]" captionText="FIGURE. 12. Lepthercus mandelai sp. nov. (male holotype, NCA 2014/415B). A habitus, dorsal view; B sternum, ventral view; C chelicerae, prolateral view, arrow indicates the intercheliceral tumesence; D right pedipalp, arrow indicates the small dorsal setae, and a normal anterior part of the retrolateral side of ventral excavation, retrolateral view; E right pedipalp, arrow indicates the abundant proventral rigid setae, prolateral view; FH copulatory bulb, F retrolateral view, G ventral view, H prolateral view, arrow indicates the small apical keel; I, J tibiametatarsus I, arrow indicate the metatarsus base swollen with small dark setae, I ventral view, J prolateral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3765491" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3765491/files/figure.png" pageId="22" pageNumber="283">Fig. 12A</figureCitation>
): length 4.58, covered with dark hairs and bristles. PMS: length 0.62; PLS: length of basal:medial:apical segments 1.11:0.86:1.14; total length.
<emphasis box="[1058,1339,189,215]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="283">Lengths of legs and palp</emphasis>
: I: 4.53, 2.45, 3.29, 3.62, 2.79, 16.68. II: 4.10, 2.19, 3.14, 3.25, 2.68, 15.36. III: 3.50, 1.76, 2.24, 3.13, 2.16, 12.79. IV: 4.57, 2.60, 3.73, 4.37, 2.25, 17.52. Palp: 2.25, 1.22, 1.54, —, 0.65, 5.85.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[151,293,1432,1457]" pageId="22" pageNumber="283">FIGURE. 12.</emphasis>
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<emphasis box="[298,509,1433,1457]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="283">Lepthercus mandelai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" box="[514,594,1433,1457]" pageId="22" pageNumber="283">
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[514,594,1433,1457]" pageId="22" pageNumber="283" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
(male
<typeStatus box="[662,753,1432,1457]" pageId="22" pageNumber="283">holotype</typeStatus>
, NCA 2014/415B).
<emphasis bold="true" box="[952,970,1432,1457]" pageId="22" pageNumber="283">A</emphasis>
habitus, dorsal view;
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1189,1206,1433,1457]" pageId="22" pageNumber="283">B</emphasis>
sternum, ventral view;
<emphasis bold="true" box="[151,169,1468,1493]" pageId="22" pageNumber="283">C</emphasis>
chelicerae, prolateral view, arrow indicates the intercheliceral tumesence;
<emphasis bold="true" box="[931,949,1469,1493]" pageId="22" pageNumber="283">D</emphasis>
right pedipalp, arrow indicates the small dorsal setae, and a normal anterior part of the retrolateral side of ventral excavation, retrolateral view;
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1107,1124,1505,1529]" pageId="22" pageNumber="283">E</emphasis>
right pedipalp, arrow indicates the abundant proventral rigid setae, prolateral view;
<emphasis bold="true" box="[675,723,1541,1565]" pageId="22" pageNumber="283">FH</emphasis>
copulatory bulb,
<emphasis bold="true" box="[898,913,1541,1565]" pageId="22" pageNumber="283">F</emphasis>
retrolateral view,
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1095,1115,1540,1565]" pageId="22" pageNumber="283">G</emphasis>
ventral view,
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1255,1275,1541,1565]" pageId="22" pageNumber="283">H</emphasis>
prolateral view, arrow indicates the small apical keel;
<emphasis bold="true" box="[536,546,1577,1601]" pageId="22" pageNumber="283">I</emphasis>
,
<emphasis bold="true" box="[559,572,1577,1601]" pageId="22" pageNumber="283">J</emphasis>
tibiametatarsus I, arrow indicate the metatarsus base swollen with small dark setae,
<emphasis bold="true" box="[151,161,1613,1637]" pageId="22" pageNumber="283">I</emphasis>
ventral view,
<emphasis bold="true" box="[304,317,1613,1637]" pageId="22" pageNumber="283">J</emphasis>
prolateral view.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="22.[151,1437,1683,2034]" pageId="22" pageNumber="283">
<emphasis box="[199,327,1683,1709]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="283">Chaetotaxy</emphasis>
: Leg I: femur, 1-1-1-1 d (centrals), 2-2-2 D; patella, 0; tibia, 1-1 P, 2-2-2 V, a long cuticular spur, slightly curved outwards, with an apical long and curved spine (
<figureCitation box="[865,981,1719,1746]" captionStart="FIGURE" captionStartId="22.[151,251,1432,1457]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,309,1407]" captionTargetId="figure@22.[151,1436,309,1407]" captionText="FIGURE. 12. Lepthercus mandelai sp. nov. (male holotype, NCA 2014/415B). A habitus, dorsal view; B sternum, ventral view; C chelicerae, prolateral view, arrow indicates the intercheliceral tumesence; D right pedipalp, arrow indicates the small dorsal setae, and a normal anterior part of the retrolateral side of ventral excavation, retrolateral view; E right pedipalp, arrow indicates the abundant proventral rigid setae, prolateral view; FH copulatory bulb, F retrolateral view, G ventral view, H prolateral view, arrow indicates the small apical keel; I, J tibiametatarsus I, arrow indicate the metatarsus base swollen with small dark setae, I ventral view, J prolateral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3765491" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3765491/files/figure.png" pageId="22" pageNumber="283">Fig. 12I, J</figureCitation>
); metatarsus, 1-1-0-1 R V, 1:3 basal posterior swollen with small dark setae (
<figureCitation box="[563,657,1755,1781]" captionStart="FIGURE" captionStartId="22.[151,251,1432,1457]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,309,1407]" captionTargetId="figure@22.[151,1436,309,1407]" captionText="FIGURE. 12. Lepthercus mandelai sp. nov. (male holotype, NCA 2014/415B). A habitus, dorsal view; B sternum, ventral view; C chelicerae, prolateral view, arrow indicates the intercheliceral tumesence; D right pedipalp, arrow indicates the small dorsal setae, and a normal anterior part of the retrolateral side of ventral excavation, retrolateral view; E right pedipalp, arrow indicates the abundant proventral rigid setae, prolateral view; FH copulatory bulb, F retrolateral view, G ventral view, H prolateral view, arrow indicates the small apical keel; I, J tibiametatarsus I, arrow indicate the metatarsus base swollen with small dark setae, I ventral view, J prolateral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3765491" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3765491/files/figure.png" pageId="22" pageNumber="283">Fig. 12J</figureCitation>
); tarsus, 0. Leg II: femur, 1-1-1-1 d, 1-2-2 D; patella, 1 R; tibia, 1-1 P, 2-2-3 V; metatarsus, 1 P (1:2B), 2-2-0-2 V; tarsus, 0. Leg III: femur, 1-1-1-1 d, 1-2-2-2 D; patella, 1-1-1 P (shorts), 1 R; tibia, 1-1 P, 1-1 D, 1-1 R, 2-2-3 V; metatarsus, 1-1-1 P, 2-2-1-2 D, 2-2-3 V; tarsus, 0. Leg IV: femur, 1-1-1-1 d, 1-2-2 D; patella, 1 R; tibia, 1-1 P (1:2A), 2-2-2 V, 1-1 R; metatarsus, 1-1-1 P, 2-2-1-2 D, 2-2-3 V; tarsus, 0. Palp (
<figureCitation captionStart="FIGURE" captionStartId="22.[151,251,1432,1457]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,309,1407]" captionTargetId="figure@22.[151,1436,309,1407]" captionText="FIGURE. 12. Lepthercus mandelai sp. nov. (male holotype, NCA 2014/415B). A habitus, dorsal view; B sternum, ventral view; C chelicerae, prolateral view, arrow indicates the intercheliceral tumesence; D right pedipalp, arrow indicates the small dorsal setae, and a normal anterior part of the retrolateral side of ventral excavation, retrolateral view; E right pedipalp, arrow indicates the abundant proventral rigid setae, prolateral view; FH copulatory bulb, F retrolateral view, G ventral view, H prolateral view, arrow indicates the small apical keel; I, J tibiametatarsus I, arrow indicate the metatarsus base swollen with small dark setae, I ventral view, J prolateral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3765491" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3765491/files/figure.png" pageId="22" pageNumber="283">Fig. 12D, E</figureCitation>
): femur, 1-1-1-1 d, 1 P A; patella, 0; tibia, 3-1 P, 1 V, (width/length: 0.42); tarsus, 0.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="22.[151,1437,1683,2034]" lastBlockId="23.[151,1437,153,323]" lastPageId="23" lastPageNumber="284" pageId="22" pageNumber="283">
<emphasis box="[199,302,1935,1961]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="283">Scopulae</emphasis>
: Metatarsi: I-II, dense, uniformly distributed throughout the segment, with some long and fine setae; III, sparse (1:3A), divided by narrow band of setae; IV, sparse (1:2A), divided by a wide band of setae. Tarsi: I-II, dense, uniformly distributed throughout the segment; III, dense, uniformly distributed; IV, sparse, uniformly dis- tributed and divided by a narrow band of setae.
<emphasis box="[683,839,153,179]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="284">Trichobothria</emphasis>
: Tibiae: I 10-10; II 9-10; III 8-9; IV 11-11. Metatarsi: I (5)1(1)1(4)1(5)1; II (4)1(2)1(3)1(4)1; III (4)1(2)1(3)1(5)1; IV (4)1(3)1(3)1(6)1. Tarsi: I-IV 14.
<emphasis box="[1247,1429,189,215]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="284">Preening combs</emphasis>
: metatarsus: III, 4 P V.
<emphasis box="[404,589,225,251]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="284">Copulatory bulb</emphasis>
: small, embolus abruptly acuminate with a small apical keel (
<figureCitation box="[1289,1369,225,251]" captionStart="FIGURE" captionStartId="22.[151,251,1432,1457]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,309,1407]" captionTargetId="figure@22.[151,1436,309,1407]" captionText="FIGURE. 12. Lepthercus mandelai sp. nov. (male holotype, NCA 2014/415B). A habitus, dorsal view; B sternum, ventral view; C chelicerae, prolateral view, arrow indicates the intercheliceral tumesence; D right pedipalp, arrow indicates the small dorsal setae, and a normal anterior part of the retrolateral side of ventral excavation, retrolateral view; E right pedipalp, arrow indicates the abundant proventral rigid setae, prolateral view; FH copulatory bulb, F retrolateral view, G ventral view, H prolateral view, arrow indicates the small apical keel; I, J tibiametatarsus I, arrow indicate the metatarsus base swollen with small dark setae, I ventral view, J prolateral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3765491" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3765491/files/figure.png" pageId="23" pageNumber="284">Fig. 12</figureCitation>
FH), spermatic duct slightly curved.
<emphasis box="[501,566,261,287]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="284">Color</emphasis>
: Overall brownreddish, sternum dark. Abdomen brown dark with 3 posterior light bands; spinnerets light yellow.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="23.[151,1436,1749,1810]" pageId="23" pageNumber="284">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[151,296,1749,1774]" pageId="23" pageNumber="284">FIGURE. 13.</emphasis>
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<emphasis box="[303,517,1750,1774]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="284">Lepthercus mandelai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" box="[525,607,1750,1774]" pageId="23" pageNumber="284">
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[525,607,1750,1774]" pageId="23" pageNumber="284" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
(female
<typeStatus box="[700,790,1751,1775]" pageId="23" pageNumber="284">paratype</typeStatus>
, NCA 2014/415A).
<emphasis bold="true" box="[998,1016,1749,1774]" pageId="23" pageNumber="284">A</emphasis>
habitus, dorsal view;
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1245,1262,1750,1774]" pageId="23" pageNumber="284">B</emphasis>
sternum, ventral view;
<emphasis bold="true" box="[214,232,1785,1810]" pageId="23" pageNumber="284">C</emphasis>
chelicerae, prolateral view;
<emphasis bold="true" box="[520,538,1786,1810]" pageId="23" pageNumber="284">D</emphasis>
spermathecae.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph blockId="23.[151,1437,1856,2027]" lastBlockId="24.[151,1437,152,899]" lastPageId="24" lastPageNumber="285" pageId="23" pageNumber="284">
Female
<typeStatus box="[289,385,1857,1883]" pageId="23" pageNumber="284">paratype</typeStatus>
(NCA 2014/415A,
<figureCitation box="[606,684,1856,1883]" captionStart="FIGURE" captionStartId="23.[151,251,1749,1774]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,345,1724]" captionTargetId="figure@23.[151,1436,345,1724]" captionText="FIGURE. 13. Lepthercus mandelai sp. nov. (female paratype, NCA 2014/415A). A habitus, dorsal view; B sternum, ventral view; C chelicerae, prolateral view; D spermathecae." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3765495" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3765495/files/figure.png" pageId="23" pageNumber="284">Fig. 13</figureCitation>
AD). Total length 16.05.
<emphasis box="[982,1092,1857,1883]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="284">Carapace</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation box="[1107,1212,1856,1883]" captionStart="FIGURE" captionStartId="23.[151,251,1749,1774]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,345,1724]" captionTargetId="figure@23.[151,1436,345,1724]" captionText="FIGURE. 13. Lepthercus mandelai sp. nov. (female paratype, NCA 2014/415A). A habitus, dorsal view; B sternum, ventral view; C chelicerae, prolateral view; D spermathecae." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3765495" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3765495/files/figure.png" pageId="23" pageNumber="284">Fig. 13A</figureCitation>
): length 6.36, width 4.68, with small marginal bristles.
<emphasis box="[536,715,1892,1918]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="284">Cephalic region</emphasis>
: length 4.23, clypeus small (almost absent) with 9 marginal bristles; numerous small bristles in front and back of the OQ.
<emphasis box="[809,888,1929,1954]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="284">Fovea:</emphasis>
width 0.70, almost straight (slightly procurved).
<emphasis box="[151,397,1964,1990]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="284">Ocular measurements</emphasis>
: AME 0.15, ALE 0.29, PME 0.18, PLE 0.23, OQ length 0.39, width 0.53; AMEALE 0.09, PMEPLE 0.02, AMEPME 0.12, ALEPLE 0.06, AMEAME 0.12, PMEPME 0.39.
<emphasis box="[1175,1298,2000,2026]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="284">Chelicerae</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation box="[1316,1424,2000,2027]" captionStart="FIGURE" captionStartId="23.[151,251,1749,1774]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,345,1724]" captionTargetId="figure@23.[151,1436,345,1724]" captionText="FIGURE. 13. Lepthercus mandelai sp. nov. (female paratype, NCA 2014/415A). A habitus, dorsal view; B sternum, ventral view; C chelicerae, prolateral view; D spermathecae." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3765495" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3765495/files/figure.png" pageId="23" pageNumber="284">Fig. 13C</figureCitation>
): length 4.16, width 2.58; with dorsal-retrolateral dark bristles. Fang groove with 7 promarginal teeth and 12 mesobasal denticles.
<emphasis box="[331,417,189,215]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="285">Labium</emphasis>
: length 0.59, width 1.31, dorsally slightly concave with 2 cuspules.
<emphasis box="[1188,1288,189,215]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="285">Maxillae</emphasis>
: length 2.35, width 1.05, with +110 cuspules on inner corner, prolateral face curved, soft with long uniformly distributed hairs, serrula present on anterior inner corner (
<figureCitation box="[614,706,261,287]" captionStart="FIGURE" captionStartId="7.[151,251,1647,1672]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,381,1622]" captionTargetId="figure@7.[151,1436,381,1622]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURE. 2. Preening comb. A Lepthercus haddadi sp. nov. (female paratype, NCA 2007/3847). Maxillary cuspules (males). B L. dippenaarae. C L. kwazuluensis. Serrula. D L. mandelai sp. nov. (female, NCA 2014/415A); E L. filmeri sp. nov. (female, NCA 91/1437); F L. haddadi sp. nov. (male, NCA 2007/1486); G L. haddadi sp. nov. (female, NCA 2007/3847); H L. engelbrechti sp. nov. (female, NCA 2018/385); I L. engelbrechti sp. nov. (male, NCA 2018/384); J L. dregei Purcell, 1902 (female, NCA 2012/2333); K L. sofiae sp. nov. (male, NCA 97/395)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3765471" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3765471/files/figure.png" pageId="24" pageNumber="285">Fig. 2D</figureCitation>
).
<emphasis box="[727,820,261,287]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="285">Sternum</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation box="[838,942,261,287]" captionStart="FIGURE" captionStartId="23.[151,251,1749,1774]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,345,1724]" captionTargetId="figure@23.[151,1436,345,1724]" captionText="FIGURE. 13. Lepthercus mandelai sp. nov. (female paratype, NCA 2014/415A). A habitus, dorsal view; B sternum, ventral view; C chelicerae, prolateral view; D spermathecae." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3765495" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3765495/files/figure.png" pageId="24" pageNumber="285">Fig. 13B</figureCitation>
): length 3.16, maximum width 2.81.
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="285">Abdomen</emphasis>
: length 7.62, with small bristles and hair in the dorsum. PMS: length 0.92; PLS: length of basal:medial:apical segments 1.16:0.60:1.45; total length 3.21.
<emphasis box="[638,914,333,359]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="285">Lengths of legs and palp</emphasis>
: I: 4.72, 3.01, 3.14, 2.95, 2.10, 15.92. II: 4.35, 2.74, 2.76, 2.66, 1.99, 14.50. III: 3.59, 2.14, 1.90, 2.48, 1.70, 11.81. IV: 4.38, 2.56, 3.44, 3.54, 1.86, 15.78. Palp: 3.03, 1.94, 1.85, —, 2.09, 8.91.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="24.[151,1437,152,899]" pageId="24" pageNumber="285">
<emphasis box="[199,327,441,467]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="285">Chaetotaxy</emphasis>
: Leg I: femur, 0; patella, 0; tibia, 1-1 R, 1-1-2 V; metatarsus, 1-1-1 V; tarsus, 0. Leg II: femur, 0; patella, 0; tibia, 1-1 P, 1-1-3 V; metatarsus, 1-2-2 V; tarsus, 0. Leg III: femur, 1-1-1 d, 1-2 D (1:2A); patella, 1-1-1-1 P, 1 R; tibia, 1-1 P, 1-1 D, 1 R, 2-2-3 V; metatarsus, 1-1-1 P, 2-2-2 D, 2-2-3 V; tarsus, 0. Leg IV: femur, 0; patella, 0; tibia, 1-1 R, 2-2-2 V; metatarsus, 1-1 P (1:2B), 1-1-1-2 D, 2-2-3 V; tarsus, 0. Palp: femur, 0; patella, 1pb; tibia, 1-2 P, 1-3 V; tarsus, 2 V B.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="24.[151,1437,152,899]" pageId="24" pageNumber="285">
<emphasis box="[199,302,621,647]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="285">Scopulae</emphasis>
: Metatarsi: III, dense, uniformly distributed; III, sparse (1:2A), divided by setae; IV, sparse A. Tarsi: III dense, uniformly distributed; III, dense, uniformly distributed and divided by a narrow band of setae; IV, dense, uniformly distributed and divided by a wide band of setae.
<emphasis box="[815,971,693,719]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="285">Trichobothria</emphasis>
: Tibiae: palp 10-10; I 10-10; II 12-11; III 11-11; IV 13-13. Metatarsi: I (3)1(4)1(6)1; II (5)1(1)1(3)1(6)1; III (5)1(1)1(3)1(6)1; IV (5)1(1)1(3)1(6)1. Tarsi: palp 11; I 16; II 15; III 15; IV 16.
<emphasis box="[478,659,765,791]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="285">Preening combs</emphasis>
: metatarsus: II 2 P V; III 3 P V; IV 4 R V2 P V.
<emphasis box="[1210,1369,765,791]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="285">Spermathecae</emphasis>
: as in
<figureCitation box="[151,255,801,827]" captionStart="FIGURE" captionStartId="23.[151,251,1749,1774]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,345,1724]" captionTargetId="figure@23.[151,1436,345,1724]" captionText="FIGURE. 13. Lepthercus mandelai sp. nov. (female paratype, NCA 2014/415A). A habitus, dorsal view; B sternum, ventral view; C chelicerae, prolateral view; D spermathecae." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3765495" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3765495/files/figure.png" pageId="24" pageNumber="285">Fig. 13D</figureCitation>
.
<emphasis box="[266,331,801,827]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="285">Color</emphasis>
: Overall brownreddish (chelicerae darker), sternum dark. Abdomen brown dark with 3 posterior light bands, spinnerets slightly dark.
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<paragraph blockId="24.[151,1437,152,899]" box="[199,883,872,899]" pageId="24" pageNumber="285">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,353,872,899]" pageId="24" pageNumber="285">Distribution.</emphasis>
<collectingRegion box="[359,617,873,899]" country="South Africa" name="Eastern Cape" pageId="24" pageNumber="285">Eastern Cape Province</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingCountry box="[628,771,873,899]" name="South Africa" pageId="24" pageNumber="285">South Africa</collectingCountry>
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<figureCitation box="[786,870,873,899]" captionStart="FIGURE" captionStartId="38.[151,251,1816,1841]" captionTargetBox="[185,1405,888,1784]" captionTargetId="figure@38.[176,1411,885,1790]" captionTargetPageId="38" captionText="FIGURE. 24. Distribution map of Lepthercus spp: ● Lepthercus confusus sp. nov., ○ Lepthercus dippenaarae sp. nov., Ɨ Lepthercus dregei Purcell, 1902, O Lepthercus engelbrechti sp. nov., A Lepthercus filmeri sp. nov., * Lepthercus haddadi sp. nov., D Lepthercus kwazuluensis sp. nov., ■ Lepthercus lawrencei sp. nov., v Lepthercus mandelai sp. nov., ▼ Lepthercus rattrayi Hewitt, 1917, ▲ Lepthercus sofiae sp. nov. Solid black line indicates the two species overlapped." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3765519" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3765519/files/figure.png" pageId="24" pageNumber="285">Fig. 24</figureCitation>
).
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