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<emphasis bold="true" box="[151,444,1341,1368]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="288">Lepthercus engelbrechti</emphasis>
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(
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,
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,
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[151,557,1484,1511]" pageId="27" pageNumber="288">Material examined. Type material</emphasis>
:
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:
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W of Bonnievale
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,
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,
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<emphasis box="[288,329,1557,1583]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="288">leg.</emphasis>
, (
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/384)
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.
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,
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(
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2018/385).
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,511,1592,1619]" pageId="27" pageNumber="288">Other material examined</emphasis>
:
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:
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,
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(
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,
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<emphasis box="[593,634,1629,1655]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="288">leg.</emphasis>
,
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(
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);
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W of Bonnievale
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; S slope of hill on S side of tar road (
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,
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,
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,
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(
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/383).
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,334,1737,1763]" pageId="27" pageNumber="288">Etymology.</emphasis>
The specific epithet is a patronymic in honor of Dr Ian Engelbrecht who collected the
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specimens and for his contribution to arachnology in
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.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,322,1808,1835]" pageId="27" pageNumber="288">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
Males of
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<emphasis box="[435,604,1809,1835]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="288">L. engelbrechti</emphasis>
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, can be recognized from all other species in “Group haddadi), by the presence of a curved megaspine with the apex flattened laterally (
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); the presence of one prolateral strong and curved spine, near the spur (
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) and by the presence of a shorter copulatory bulb (
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FH). Females can be distinguished from
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, by the shape of their spermathecae with a short stalk (
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).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[151,294,585,610]" pageId="28" pageNumber="289">FIGURE. 16.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authority="Ríos-Tamayo &amp; Lyle, 2020" authorityName="Ríos-Tamayo &amp; Lyle" authorityYear="2020" box="[300,544,585,609]" class="Arachnida" family="Nemesiidae" genus="Lepthercus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="28" pageNumber="289" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="engelbrechti" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[300,544,585,609]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="289">Lepthercus engelbrechti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" box="[550,631,585,609]" pageId="28" pageNumber="289">
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[550,631,585,609]" pageId="28" pageNumber="289" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
,
<emphasis box="[644,712,586,609]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="289">in vivo</emphasis>
.
<emphasis bold="true" box="[725,743,585,610]" pageId="28" pageNumber="289">A</emphasis>
male;
<emphasis bold="true" box="[812,829,585,609]" pageId="28" pageNumber="289">B</emphasis>
female. (photos courtesy Ian Engelbrecht)
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph blockId="28.[1264,1268,585,610]" box="[1264,1268,585,610]" pageId="28" pageNumber="289">.</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="28.[151,1437,1761,2002]" pageId="28" pageNumber="289">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[151,296,1761,1786]" pageId="28" pageNumber="289">FIGURE. 17.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authority="Ríos-Tamayo &amp; Lyle, 2020" authorityName="Ríos-Tamayo &amp; Lyle" authorityYear="2020" box="[304,550,1761,1785]" class="Arachnida" family="Nemesiidae" genus="Lepthercus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="28" pageNumber="289" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="engelbrechti" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[304,550,1761,1785]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="289">Lepthercus engelbrechti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" box="[558,640,1762,1786]" pageId="28" pageNumber="289">
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[558,640,1762,1786]" pageId="28" pageNumber="289" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
(male
<typeStatus box="[714,805,1761,1786]" pageId="28" pageNumber="289">holotype</typeStatus>
, NCA 2018/384).
<emphasis bold="true" box="[996,1014,1761,1786]" pageId="28" pageNumber="289">A</emphasis>
habitus, dorsal view;
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1245,1262,1762,1786]" pageId="28" pageNumber="289">B</emphasis>
sternum, ventral view;
<emphasis bold="true" box="[214,232,1797,1822]" pageId="28" pageNumber="289">C</emphasis>
chelicerae, prolateral view, arrow indicates the intercheliceral tumesence;
<emphasis bold="true" box="[987,1005,1798,1822]" pageId="28" pageNumber="289">D</emphasis>
right pedipalp, arrows indicates the palpal tibia base dorsally very convex and a development of the anterior part of the retrolateral side of ventral excavation;
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1363,1380,1834,1858]" pageId="28" pageNumber="289">E</emphasis>
right pedipalp, arrow indicates the development of the anterior part of the retrolateral side of ventral excavation, prolateral view;
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1388,1437,1870,1894]" pageId="28" pageNumber="289">FH</emphasis>
copulatory bulb,
<emphasis bold="true" box="[323,338,1906,1930]" pageId="28" pageNumber="289">F</emphasis>
retrolateral view,
<emphasis bold="true" box="[522,542,1905,1930]" pageId="28" pageNumber="289">G</emphasis>
ventral view,
<emphasis bold="true" box="[684,704,1906,1930]" pageId="28" pageNumber="289">H</emphasis>
prolateral view;
<emphasis bold="true" box="[875,885,1906,1930]" pageId="28" pageNumber="289">I</emphasis>
tibia-metatarsus I, arrow indicates the curved metatarsus and the apical patch of numerous black blunt spinules, prolateral view;
<emphasis bold="true" box="[904,917,1942,1966]" pageId="28" pageNumber="289">J</emphasis>
tibia I, arrow indicates the strong curved spine near of the base of the megaspine and the prolateral strong spine, ventral view.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph blockId="29.[151,1436,1870,1931]" pageId="29" pageNumber="290">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[151,295,1870,1895]" pageId="29" pageNumber="290">FIGURE. 18.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authority="Ríos-Tamayo &amp; Lyle, 2020" authorityName="Ríos-Tamayo &amp; Lyle" authorityYear="2020" box="[302,546,1871,1895]" class="Arachnida" family="Nemesiidae" genus="Lepthercus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="29" pageNumber="290" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="engelbrechti" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[302,546,1871,1895]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="290">Lepthercus engelbrechti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" box="[553,634,1871,1895]" pageId="29" pageNumber="290">
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[553,634,1871,1895]" pageId="29" pageNumber="290" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
(female
<typeStatus box="[726,816,1871,1895]" pageId="29" pageNumber="290">paratype</typeStatus>
, NCA 2018/385).
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1003,1021,1870,1895]" pageId="29" pageNumber="290">A</emphasis>
habitus, dorsal view;
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1247,1264,1871,1895]" pageId="29" pageNumber="290">B</emphasis>
sternum, ventral view;
<emphasis bold="true" box="[214,232,1906,1931]" pageId="29" pageNumber="290">C</emphasis>
chelicerae, prolateral view;
<emphasis bold="true" box="[520,538,1907,1931]" pageId="29" pageNumber="290">D</emphasis>
spermathecae
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph blockId="29.[151,1436,1870,1931]" box="[686,690,1906,1931]" pageId="29" pageNumber="290">.</paragraph>
<subSubSection pageId="30" pageNumber="291" type="description">
<paragraph blockId="30.[151,1437,152,2017]" pageId="30" pageNumber="291">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,345,152,179]" pageId="30" pageNumber="291">Description.</emphasis>
Male
<typeStatus box="[420,518,153,179]" pageId="30" pageNumber="291">holotype</typeStatus>
(NCA 2018/384,
<figureCitation box="[724,815,153,179]" captionStart="FIGURE" captionStartId="28.[151,251,1761,1786]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,631,1735]" captionTargetId="figure@28.[151,1436,631,1735]" captionTargetPageId="28" captionText="FIGURE. 17. Lepthercus engelbrechti sp. nov. (male holotype, NCA 2018/384). A habitus, dorsal view; B sternum, ventral view; C chelicerae, prolateral view, arrow indicates the intercheliceral tumesence; D right pedipalp, arrows indicates the palpal tibia base dorsally very convex and a development of the anterior part of the retrolateral side of ventral excavation; E right pedipalp, arrow indicates the development of the anterior part of the retrolateral side of ventral excavation, prolateral view; FH copulatory bulb, F retrolateral view, G ventral view, H prolateral view; I tibia-metatarsus I, arrow indicates the curved metatarsus and the apical patch of numerous black blunt spinules, prolateral view; J tibia I, arrow indicates the strong curved spine near of the base of the megaspine and the prolateral strong spine, ventral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3765503" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3765503/files/figure.png" pageId="30" pageNumber="291">Figs. 17</figureCitation>
AJ). Total length 12.38.
<emphasis box="[1110,1220,153,179]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="291">Carapace</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation box="[1238,1345,153,179]" captionStart="FIGURE" captionStartId="28.[151,251,1761,1786]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,631,1735]" captionTargetId="figure@28.[151,1436,631,1735]" captionTargetPageId="28" captionText="FIGURE. 17. Lepthercus engelbrechti sp. nov. (male holotype, NCA 2018/384). A habitus, dorsal view; B sternum, ventral view; C chelicerae, prolateral view, arrow indicates the intercheliceral tumesence; D right pedipalp, arrows indicates the palpal tibia base dorsally very convex and a development of the anterior part of the retrolateral side of ventral excavation; E right pedipalp, arrow indicates the development of the anterior part of the retrolateral side of ventral excavation, prolateral view; FH copulatory bulb, F retrolateral view, G ventral view, H prolateral view; I tibia-metatarsus I, arrow indicates the curved metatarsus and the apical patch of numerous black blunt spinules, prolateral view; J tibia I, arrow indicates the strong curved spine near of the base of the megaspine and the prolateral strong spine, ventral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3765503" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3765503/files/figure.png" pageId="30" pageNumber="291">Fig. 17A</figureCitation>
): length 5.52, width 4.05, with lateral dark marginal bristles, with a little pubescence.
<emphasis box="[1015,1195,188,214]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="291">Cephalic region</emphasis>
: length 3.29; clypeus almost absent, without bristles on the edge, 4 bristles in front of the OQ and 5 between the PME.
<emphasis box="[1285,1355,223,248]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="291">Fovea</emphasis>
: width 0.39, short, slightly recurved.
<emphasis box="[489,735,257,283]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="291">Ocular measurements</emphasis>
: AME 0.14, ALE 0.24, PME 0.18, PLE 0.22, OQ length 0.45, 0.75 width; AMEALE 0.04, PMEPLE 0.00, AMEPME 0.05, ALEPLE 0.03, AMEAME 0.09, OMPOMP 0.29.
<emphasis box="[213,336,326,352]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="291">Chelicerae</emphasis>
: length 2.35, width 1.36, with dark dorsalanterior bristles, intercheliceral tumescence small, wellmarked with setae (
<figureCitation box="[375,479,361,387]" captionStart="FIGURE" captionStartId="28.[151,251,1761,1786]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,631,1735]" captionTargetId="figure@28.[151,1436,631,1735]" captionTargetPageId="28" captionText="FIGURE. 17. Lepthercus engelbrechti sp. nov. (male holotype, NCA 2018/384). A habitus, dorsal view; B sternum, ventral view; C chelicerae, prolateral view, arrow indicates the intercheliceral tumesence; D right pedipalp, arrows indicates the palpal tibia base dorsally very convex and a development of the anterior part of the retrolateral side of ventral excavation; E right pedipalp, arrow indicates the development of the anterior part of the retrolateral side of ventral excavation, prolateral view; FH copulatory bulb, F retrolateral view, G ventral view, H prolateral view; I tibia-metatarsus I, arrow indicates the curved metatarsus and the apical patch of numerous black blunt spinules, prolateral view; J tibia I, arrow indicates the strong curved spine near of the base of the megaspine and the prolateral strong spine, ventral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3765503" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3765503/files/figure.png" pageId="30" pageNumber="291">Fig. 17C</figureCitation>
). Fang groove with 8 promarginal teeth and 18 mesobasal denticles.
<emphasis box="[1264,1350,361,387]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="291">Labium</emphasis>
: length 0.41, width 0.72.
<emphasis box="[353,453,396,422]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="291">Maxillae</emphasis>
: length 1.64, width 0.71, with about 71 short cuspules on inner corner, prolateral face slightly curved, soft area small, with long uniformly distributed hairs, serrula present (
<figureCitation box="[1113,1192,430,456]" 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="30" pageNumber="291">Fig. 2I</figureCitation>
).
<emphasis box="[1212,1305,431,457]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="291">Sternum</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation box="[1320,1423,430,456]" captionStart="FIGURE" captionStartId="28.[151,251,1761,1786]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,631,1735]" captionTargetId="figure@28.[151,1436,631,1735]" captionTargetPageId="28" captionText="FIGURE. 17. Lepthercus engelbrechti sp. nov. (male holotype, NCA 2018/384). A habitus, dorsal view; B sternum, ventral view; C chelicerae, prolateral view, arrow indicates the intercheliceral tumesence; D right pedipalp, arrows indicates the palpal tibia base dorsally very convex and a development of the anterior part of the retrolateral side of ventral excavation; E right pedipalp, arrow indicates the development of the anterior part of the retrolateral side of ventral excavation, prolateral view; FH copulatory bulb, F retrolateral view, G ventral view, H prolateral view; I tibia-metatarsus I, arrow indicates the curved metatarsus and the apical patch of numerous black blunt spinules, prolateral view; J tibia I, arrow indicates the strong curved spine near of the base of the megaspine and the prolateral strong spine, ventral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3765503" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3765503/files/figure.png" pageId="30" pageNumber="291">Fig. 17B</figureCitation>
): length 2.66, maximum width 2.05.
<emphasis box="[552,658,465,491]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="291">Abdomen</emphasis>
: length 5.28, covered with small dark hair and bristles. PMS: length 0.54; PLS: length of basal:medial:apical segments 1.02:0.63:1.23; total length 2.88.
<emphasis box="[1117,1402,500,526]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="291">Lengths of legs and palp</emphasis>
: I: 3.47, 2.18, 2.66 (width/length: 0.53), 2.42, 1.60, 12.33. II: 3.40, 2.06, 2.25, 2.17, 1.48, 11.36. III: 3.08, 1.79, 1.88, 2.66, 1.47, 10.88. IV: 3.88, 2.19, 2.71, 3.51, 1.68, 13.97. Palp: 1.76, 1.01, 1.41, —, 0.80, 4.98.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="30.[151,1437,152,2017]" pageId="30" pageNumber="291">
<emphasis box="[199,327,604,630]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="291">Chaetotaxy</emphasis>
: Leg I: femur, 1-1-1-1 d (centrals), 1 PA; patella, 1 PA; tibia, 1-1 P, 2-3-1 V, a small spur, with an apical megaspine with the apex flattened laterally. Presence of a strong curved spine near of the base of the megaspine and with another prolateral strong curved spine, near the spur (
<figureCitation box="[973,1088,673,699]" captionStart="FIGURE" captionStartId="28.[151,251,1761,1786]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,631,1735]" captionTargetId="figure@28.[151,1436,631,1735]" captionTargetPageId="28" captionText="FIGURE. 17. Lepthercus engelbrechti sp. nov. (male holotype, NCA 2018/384). A habitus, dorsal view; B sternum, ventral view; C chelicerae, prolateral view, arrow indicates the intercheliceral tumesence; D right pedipalp, arrows indicates the palpal tibia base dorsally very convex and a development of the anterior part of the retrolateral side of ventral excavation; E right pedipalp, arrow indicates the development of the anterior part of the retrolateral side of ventral excavation, prolateral view; FH copulatory bulb, F retrolateral view, G ventral view, H prolateral view; I tibia-metatarsus I, arrow indicates the curved metatarsus and the apical patch of numerous black blunt spinules, prolateral view; J tibia I, arrow indicates the strong curved spine near of the base of the megaspine and the prolateral strong spine, ventral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3765503" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3765503/files/figure.png" pageId="30" pageNumber="291">Fig. 17I, J</figureCitation>
); metatarsus, 1-1-2 V, presence of numerous black blunt spinules (1:3A,
<figureCitation box="[614,707,708,734]" captionStart="FIGURE" captionStartId="28.[151,251,1761,1786]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,631,1735]" captionTargetId="figure@28.[151,1436,631,1735]" captionTargetPageId="28" captionText="FIGURE. 17. Lepthercus engelbrechti sp. nov. (male holotype, NCA 2018/384). A habitus, dorsal view; B sternum, ventral view; C chelicerae, prolateral view, arrow indicates the intercheliceral tumesence; D right pedipalp, arrows indicates the palpal tibia base dorsally very convex and a development of the anterior part of the retrolateral side of ventral excavation; E right pedipalp, arrow indicates the development of the anterior part of the retrolateral side of ventral excavation, prolateral view; FH copulatory bulb, F retrolateral view, G ventral view, H prolateral view; I tibia-metatarsus I, arrow indicates the curved metatarsus and the apical patch of numerous black blunt spinules, prolateral view; J tibia I, arrow indicates the strong curved spine near of the base of the megaspine and the prolateral strong spine, ventral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3765503" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3765503/files/figure.png" pageId="30" pageNumber="291">Fig. 17I</figureCitation>
); tarsus, 0. Leg II: femur, 1-1-1-1 d, 1-1 PA; patella, 1 PA; tibia, 1-1 P, 2-2-3 V; metatarsus, 1-1-1 P, 2-3-2 V; tarsus, 0. Leg III: femur, 1-1-1-1 d, 1-1 PA; patella, 1-1 P, 1 R; tibia, 1-1 P, 1-1 D, 1-1 R, 2-2-3 V; metatarsus, 1-1-1 P, 1-1-1 D-P, 1-1-1-1 D-R, 2-3-1-3 V; tarsus, 0. Leg IV: femur, 1-1-1-1 d, 1-1 RA; patella, 1 R; tibia, 1-1 R, 2-2-2 V; metatarsus, 2-1-1-1 P, 1-1-1 D-P, 1-1-0-1 D-R, 1-1 R, 2-3-3 V; tarsus, 0. Palp (
<figureCitation box="[216,352,846,873]" captionStart="FIGURE" captionStartId="28.[151,251,1761,1786]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,631,1735]" captionTargetId="figure@28.[151,1436,631,1735]" captionTargetPageId="28" captionText="FIGURE. 17. Lepthercus engelbrechti sp. nov. (male holotype, NCA 2018/384). A habitus, dorsal view; B sternum, ventral view; C chelicerae, prolateral view, arrow indicates the intercheliceral tumesence; D right pedipalp, arrows indicates the palpal tibia base dorsally very convex and a development of the anterior part of the retrolateral side of ventral excavation; E right pedipalp, arrow indicates the development of the anterior part of the retrolateral side of ventral excavation, prolateral view; FH copulatory bulb, F retrolateral view, G ventral view, H prolateral view; I tibia-metatarsus I, arrow indicates the curved metatarsus and the apical patch of numerous black blunt spinules, prolateral view; J tibia I, arrow indicates the strong curved spine near of the base of the megaspine and the prolateral strong spine, ventral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3765503" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3765503/files/figure.png" pageId="30" pageNumber="291">Fig. 17D, E</figureCitation>
): femur, 1-1-1 d (1:2A), 1 PA; patella, 1 pa; tibia, 1 P, (width/length: 0.80); tarsus, 0.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="30.[151,1437,152,2017]" pageId="30" pageNumber="291">
<emphasis box="[199,302,881,907]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="291">Scopulae</emphasis>
: Metatarsi: I, sparse, around the black blunt spinules; II, sparse (34 A), more abundant in the anterior part, with some long and fine setae; III, sparse (A); IV, absent. Tarsi: III, dense, uniformly distributed throughout the segment; III, sparse, uniformly distributed and divided by a narrow band of setae; IV, sparse, uniformly distributed and divided by a wide band of setae.
<emphasis box="[635,791,985,1011]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="291">Trichobothria</emphasis>
: Tibiae: I 11-11; II 10-10; III 9-9; IV 11-11. Metatarsi: I (3)1(2)1(4)1; II (5)1(2)1(3)1; III (4)1(2)1(5)1; IV (6)1(2)1(3)1(6)1. Tarsi: I 13; II 12; III-IV 13.
<emphasis box="[1247,1429,1020,1046]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="291">Preening combs</emphasis>
: metatarsus: II, 3 PV; III, 3 PV2 RV; IV, 2 PV3 RV.
<emphasis box="[763,949,1054,1080]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="291">Copulatory bulb</emphasis>
: with a curved embolus tapering gradually (
<figureCitation box="[160,237,1089,1115]" captionStart="FIGURE" captionStartId="28.[151,251,1761,1786]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,631,1735]" captionTargetId="figure@28.[151,1436,631,1735]" captionTargetPageId="28" captionText="FIGURE. 17. Lepthercus engelbrechti sp. nov. (male holotype, NCA 2018/384). A habitus, dorsal view; B sternum, ventral view; C chelicerae, prolateral view, arrow indicates the intercheliceral tumesence; D right pedipalp, arrows indicates the palpal tibia base dorsally very convex and a development of the anterior part of the retrolateral side of ventral excavation; E right pedipalp, arrow indicates the development of the anterior part of the retrolateral side of ventral excavation, prolateral view; FH copulatory bulb, F retrolateral view, G ventral view, H prolateral view; I tibia-metatarsus I, arrow indicates the curved metatarsus and the apical patch of numerous black blunt spinules, prolateral view; J tibia I, arrow indicates the strong curved spine near of the base of the megaspine and the prolateral strong spine, ventral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3765503" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3765503/files/figure.png" pageId="30" pageNumber="291">Fig. 17</figureCitation>
FH), spermatic duct slightly curved.
<emphasis box="[659,724,1089,1115]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="291">Color</emphasis>
: Overall brown-reddish (Mt-T I darker). Abdomen mottled with light spots forming wide bands; spinnerets light yellow with ventral dark longitudinal bands.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="30.[151,1437,152,2017]" pageId="30" pageNumber="291">
Female
<typeStatus box="[289,385,1159,1185]" pageId="30" pageNumber="291">paratype</typeStatus>
(NCA 2018/385,
<figureCitation box="[589,679,1158,1184]" captionStart="FIGURE" captionStartId="29.[151,251,1870,1895]" captionTargetBox="[164,1423,181,1844]" captionTargetId="figure@29.[164,1423,181,1844]" captionTargetPageId="29" captionText="FIGURE. 18. Lepthercus engelbrechti sp. nov. (female paratype, NCA 2018/385). A habitus, dorsal view; B sternum, ventral view; C chelicerae, prolateral view; D spermathecae" figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3765507" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3765507/files/figure.png" pageId="30" pageNumber="291">Figs. 18</figureCitation>
AD). Total length 12.85.
<emphasis box="[978,1088,1159,1185]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="291">Carapace</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation box="[1105,1211,1158,1184]" captionStart="FIGURE" captionStartId="29.[151,251,1870,1895]" captionTargetBox="[164,1423,181,1844]" captionTargetId="figure@29.[164,1423,181,1844]" captionTargetPageId="29" captionText="FIGURE. 18. Lepthercus engelbrechti sp. nov. (female paratype, NCA 2018/385). A habitus, dorsal view; B sternum, ventral view; C chelicerae, prolateral view; D spermathecae" figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3765507" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3765507/files/figure.png" pageId="30" pageNumber="291">Fig. 18A</figureCitation>
): length 4.88, width 3.62.
<emphasis box="[214,395,1193,1219]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="291">Cephalic region</emphasis>
: length 3.20, clypeus small (almost absent) with 5 marginal bristles; 7 bristles in front of the OQ and numerous small ones between the PME.
<emphasis box="[716,795,1228,1253]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="291">Fovea:</emphasis>
width 0.34, almost straight (slightly procurved).
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="291">Ocular measurements</emphasis>
: AME 0.13, ALE 0.28, PME 0.19, PLE 0.25, OQ length 0.45, width 0.80; AMEALE 0.06, PME PLE 0.00, AMEPME 0.06, ALEPLE 0.03, AMEAME 0.12, PMEPME 0.30.
<emphasis box="[1096,1219,1297,1323]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="291">Chelicerae</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation box="[1237,1343,1297,1323]" captionStart="FIGURE" captionStartId="29.[151,251,1870,1895]" captionTargetBox="[164,1423,181,1844]" captionTargetId="figure@29.[164,1423,181,1844]" captionTargetPageId="29" captionText="FIGURE. 18. Lepthercus engelbrechti sp. nov. (female paratype, NCA 2018/385). A habitus, dorsal view; B sternum, ventral view; C chelicerae, prolateral view; D spermathecae" figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3765507" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3765507/files/figure.png" pageId="30" pageNumber="291">Fig. 18C</figureCitation>
): length 2.64, width 1.71; with dorsal-retrolateral dark bristles. Fang groove with 8 promarginal teeth (one small between 7th and 8th) and 15 mesobasal denticles.
<emphasis box="[577,663,1366,1392]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="291">Labium</emphasis>
: length 0.40, width 0.81.
<emphasis box="[957,1057,1366,1392]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="291">Maxillae</emphasis>
: length 1.71, width 0.75, with 75 cuspules on inner corner, prolateral face curved, soft area long, with long uniformly distributed hairs, serrula present on anterior inner corner (
<figureCitation box="[435,527,1436,1462]" 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="30" pageNumber="291">Fig. 2H</figureCitation>
).
<emphasis box="[547,640,1436,1462]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="291">Sternum</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation box="[657,761,1436,1462]" captionStart="FIGURE" captionStartId="29.[151,251,1870,1895]" captionTargetBox="[164,1423,181,1844]" captionTargetId="figure@29.[164,1423,181,1844]" captionTargetPageId="29" captionText="FIGURE. 18. Lepthercus engelbrechti sp. nov. (female paratype, NCA 2018/385). A habitus, dorsal view; B sternum, ventral view; C chelicerae, prolateral view; D spermathecae" figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3765507" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3765507/files/figure.png" pageId="30" pageNumber="291">Fig. 18B</figureCitation>
): length 2.36, maximum width 1.99.
<emphasis box="[1181,1287,1436,1462]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="291">Abdomen</emphasis>
: length 5.60, with small bristles in the dorsum. PMS: length 0.64; PLS: length of basal:medial:apical segments 1.00:0.58:1.00; total length 2.58.
<emphasis box="[347,621,1505,1531]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="291">Lengths of legs and palp</emphasis>
: I: 3.24, 2.06, 2.06, 1.48, 1.03, 9.87. II: 2.82, 1.79, 1.68, 1,43, 1.06, 8.78. III: 2.05, 1.44, 1.36, 1.92, 1.15, 7.92. IV: 3.31, 1.98, 2.19, 2.76, 1.31, 11.55. Palp: 2.21, 1.36, 1.29, —, 1.31, 6.17.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="30.[151,1437,152,2017]" pageId="30" pageNumber="291">
<emphasis box="[199,327,1574,1600]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="291">Chaetotaxy</emphasis>
: Leg I: femur, 0; patella, 0; tibia, 1-2 vant; metatarsus, 2-1-2 V; tarsus, 0. Leg II: femur, 1 pa; patella, 1 pa; tibia, 1 P, 1-2 vant; metatarsus, 2-2-3 V; tarsus, 0. Leg III: femur, 1-1-1 d, 1-1 ra; patella, 1-1 P, 1 R; tibia, 1-1 P, 1-1 D, 1 R, 2-2-3 V; metatarsus, 2-1-1 P, 1-1-1 D-P, 1-1-1-1 D-R, 2-3-3 V; tarsus, 0. Leg IV: femur, 1-1-1-1 d, 1 ra; patella, 1 R; tibia, 1-1 R, 2-2-2 V; metatarsus, 1-1-1 P, 1-1-1 D-P, 1-1-1-0-1 D-R, 1 R (1:3A), 2-3-3 V; tarsus, 0. Palp: femur, 1-1-1-1 d (1:2A), 1 pa; patella, 0; tibia, 1-3 V; tarsus, 0.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="30.[151,1437,152,2017]" pageId="30" pageNumber="291">
<emphasis box="[199,302,1748,1774]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="291">Scopulae</emphasis>
: Metatarsi: I, dense, uniformly distributed, divided by setae; IIIV, without scopula. Tarsi: I, dense, uniformly distributed, divided by setae; II dense, uniformly distributed, divided by a narrow band of setae; IIIIV, sparse, uniformly distributed and divided by a wide band of setae.
<emphasis box="[911,1067,1817,1843]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="291">Trichobothria</emphasis>
: Tibiae: palp 8-7; I 9-9; II 9-10; III 9-8; IV 10-10. Metatarsi: I (3)1(2)1(4)1; II (4)1(2)1(4)1; III (4)1(2)1(5)1; IV (4)1(1)1(2)1(6)1. Tarsi: palp 11; I 12; II 11; III 12; IV 11.
<emphasis box="[417,598,1886,1912]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="291">Preening combs</emphasis>
: metatarsus: II 3 PV; III 3 PV3 RV; IV 2 PV3 RV.
<emphasis box="[1195,1354,1886,1912]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="291">Spermathecae</emphasis>
: small, tubulars and curved (
<figureCitation box="[390,495,1921,1947]" captionStart="FIGURE" captionStartId="29.[151,251,1870,1895]" captionTargetBox="[164,1423,181,1844]" captionTargetId="figure@29.[164,1423,181,1844]" captionTargetPageId="29" captionText="FIGURE. 18. Lepthercus engelbrechti sp. nov. (female paratype, NCA 2018/385). A habitus, dorsal view; B sternum, ventral view; C chelicerae, prolateral view; D spermathecae" figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3765507" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3765507/files/figure.png" pageId="30" pageNumber="291">Fig. 18D</figureCitation>
).
<emphasis box="[516,581,1921,1947]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="291">Color</emphasis>
: Overall orange-yellowish (chelicerae darker). Abdomen mottled with light spots forming wide bands, spinnerets light yellow with dark, longitudinal bands ventrally.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection box="[199,1039,1989,2017]" pageId="30" pageNumber="291" type="distribution">
<paragraph blockId="30.[151,1437,152,2017]" box="[199,1039,1989,2017]" pageId="30" pageNumber="291">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,353,1989,2016]" pageId="30" pageNumber="291">Distribution.</emphasis>
Eastern and
<collectingRegion box="[497,653,1990,2017]" country="South Africa" name="Western Cape" pageId="30" pageNumber="291">Western Cape</collectingRegion>
Provinces,
<collectingCountry box="[784,927,1990,2016]" name="South Africa" pageId="30" pageNumber="291">South Africa</collectingCountry>
(
<figureCitation box="[942,1026,1990,2016]" 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="30" pageNumber="291">Fig. 24</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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