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<emphasis bold="true" box="[151,375,369,396]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="276">Lepthercus filmeri</emphasis>
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,
<figureCitation box="[268,280,405,431]" captionStart="FIGURE" captionStartId="15.[151,251,1976,2001]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,849,1951]" captionTargetId="figure@15.[151,1436,849,1951]" captionText="FIGURE. 8. Lepthercus filmeri sp. nov. (female holotype, NCA 91/1437). A cephalothorax, dorsal view; B abdomen, lateral view; C sternum, ventral view; D chelicerae, prolateral view; E spermathecae." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3765483" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3765483/files/figure.png" pageId="15" pageNumber="276">8</figureCitation>
AE, 24)
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[157,560,512,539]" pageId="15" pageNumber="276">Material examined. Type material</emphasis>
:
<materialsCitation ID-GBIF-Occurrence="2608670260" collectingDate="1991-06-01" collectionCode="NCA" collectorName="Filmer, M." country="South Africa" latitude="-25.666666" location="Belfast" longLatPrecision="1245" longitude="30.033333" pageId="15" pageNumber="276" specimenCode="NCA 91" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-female="1" stateProvince="Mpumalanga Province" typeStatus="holotype">
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.
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.
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,
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[
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<collectingDate box="[151,273,549,575]" pageId="15" pageNumber="276" value="1991-06-01">1 Jun 1991</collectingDate>
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,
<collectorName box="[283,401,549,575]" pageId="15" pageNumber="276">Filmer, M.</collectorName>
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, (
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/1437)
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. —
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. Same data as
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, Leeuwenbank [
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],
<date box="[151,253,585,611]" pageId="15" pageNumber="276" value="1990-02-02">2.ii.1990</date>
, Filmer, M.
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,
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(
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91/560). Same data,
<date box="[821,929,585,611]" pageId="15" pageNumber="276" value="1991-06-02">2.vi.1991</date>
, Filmer, M.
<emphasis box="[1067,1109,585,611]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="276">leg.</emphasis>
,
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(
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91/1440).
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,334,621,647]" pageId="15" pageNumber="276">Etymology.</emphasis>
The specific epithet is a noun in the genitive case in honor of Martin R. Filmer, who was a prominent South African amateur arachnologist and who collected the specimens that this species is described from.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,322,692,719]" pageId="15" pageNumber="276">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authority="Ríos-Tamayo &amp; Lyle, 2020" authorityName="Ríos-Tamayo &amp; Lyle" authorityYear="2020" box="[329,434,693,719]" class="Arachnida" family="Nemesiidae" genus="Lepthercus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="15" pageNumber="276" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="filmeri" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[329,434,693,719]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="276">L. filmeri</emphasis>
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<taxonomicNameLabel box="[442,532,693,719]" pageId="15" pageNumber="276" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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, can be recognized inside of “Group dregei” by the shape of their spermathecae with strong and twisted stalks with a developed receptacle (
<figureCitation box="[816,903,729,755]" captionStart="FIGURE" captionStartId="15.[151,251,1976,2001]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,849,1951]" captionTargetId="figure@15.[151,1436,849,1951]" captionText="FIGURE. 8. Lepthercus filmeri sp. nov. (female holotype, NCA 91/1437). A cephalothorax, dorsal view; B abdomen, lateral view; C sternum, ventral view; D chelicerae, prolateral view; E spermathecae." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3765483" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3765483/files/figure.png" pageId="15" pageNumber="276">Fig. 8E</figureCitation>
). It can be differentiated too, by the presence of labial cuspules (only one), similar to
<taxonomicName authority="Ríos-Tamayo &amp; Lyle, 2020" authorityName="Ríos-Tamayo &amp; Lyle" authorityYear="2020" box="[571,710,765,791]" class="Arachnida" family="Nemesiidae" genus="Lepthercus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="15" pageNumber="276" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lawrencei" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[571,710,765,791]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="276">L. lawrencei</emphasis>
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, but differ in the less number of maxillary cuspules (97
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59) and chelicerae denticles (45
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15). Males are unknown.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[151,282,1976,2001]" pageId="15" pageNumber="276">FIGURE. 8.</emphasis>
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(female
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, NCA 91/1437).
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cephalothorax, dorsal view;
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1242,1259,1977,2001]" pageId="15" pageNumber="276">B</emphasis>
abdomen, lateral view;
<emphasis bold="true" box="[214,232,2012,2037]" pageId="15" pageNumber="276">C</emphasis>
sternum, ventral view;
<emphasis bold="true" box="[472,490,2013,2037]" pageId="15" pageNumber="276">D</emphasis>
chelicerae, prolateral view;
<emphasis bold="true" box="[778,795,2013,2037]" pageId="15" pageNumber="276">E</emphasis>
spermathecae.
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Female
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(NCA 91/1437,
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AE). Total length 14.47.
<emphasis box="[1121,1231,153,179]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="277">Carapace</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation box="[1250,1344,153,179]" captionStart="FIGURE" captionStartId="15.[151,251,1976,2001]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,849,1951]" captionTargetId="figure@15.[151,1436,849,1951]" captionText="FIGURE. 8. Lepthercus filmeri sp. nov. (female holotype, NCA 91/1437). A cephalothorax, dorsal view; B abdomen, lateral view; C sternum, ventral view; D chelicerae, prolateral view; E spermathecae." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3765483" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3765483/files/figure.png" pageId="16" pageNumber="277">Fig. 8A</figureCitation>
): length 4.87, width 3.71, with small marginal bristles and soft pubescence.
<emphasis box="[934,1117,189,215]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="277">Cephalic region</emphasis>
: length 3.14, clypeus small (almost absent) with 4 marginal bristles; 6 bristles in front of the OQ and 7 between the PME, line of bristles until fovea.
<emphasis box="[228,298,262,287]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="277">Fovea</emphasis>
: width 0.43, almost straight (slightly procurved).
<emphasis box="[861,1107,261,287]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="277">Ocular measurements</emphasis>
: AME 0.10, ALE 0.24, PME 0.18, PLE 0.17, OQ length 0.42, width 0.74; AMEALE 0.07, PMEPLE 0.02, AMEPME 0.08, ALEPLE 0.02, AMEAME 0.14, PMEPME 0.31.
<emphasis box="[571,694,333,359]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="277">Chelicerae</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation box="[712,806,333,359]" captionStart="FIGURE" captionStartId="15.[151,251,1976,2001]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,849,1951]" captionTargetId="figure@15.[151,1436,849,1951]" captionText="FIGURE. 8. Lepthercus filmeri sp. nov. (female holotype, NCA 91/1437). A cephalothorax, dorsal view; B abdomen, lateral view; C sternum, ventral view; D chelicerae, prolateral view; E spermathecae." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3765483" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3765483/files/figure.png" pageId="16" pageNumber="277">Fig. 8D</figureCitation>
): length 2.99, width 1.83; with dorsal-retrolateral dark bristles. Fang groove with 8 promarginal teeth and 15 mesobasal denticles.
<emphasis box="[1010,1096,369,395]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="277">Labium</emphasis>
: length 0.39, width 0.90, dorsally slightly concave with 1 cusp.
<emphasis box="[553,653,405,431]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="277">Maxillae</emphasis>
: length 1.65, width 0.95, with 59 cuspules posterior on inner corner, prolateral face straight, soft area long, with long uniformly distributed hairs, serrula present on anterior inner corner (
<figureCitation box="[160,246,477,503]" 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="16" pageNumber="277">Fig. 2E</figureCitation>
).
<emphasis box="[264,357,477,503]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="277">Sternum</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation box="[372,459,477,503]" captionStart="FIGURE" captionStartId="15.[151,251,1976,2001]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,849,1951]" captionTargetId="figure@15.[151,1436,849,1951]" captionText="FIGURE. 8. Lepthercus filmeri sp. nov. (female holotype, NCA 91/1437). A cephalothorax, dorsal view; B abdomen, lateral view; C sternum, ventral view; D chelicerae, prolateral view; E spermathecae." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3765483" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3765483/files/figure.png" pageId="16" pageNumber="277">Fig. 8C</figureCitation>
): length 2.35, maximum width 2.09.
<emphasis box="[868,974,477,503]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="277">Abdomen</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation box="[988,1076,477,503]" captionStart="FIGURE" captionStartId="15.[151,251,1976,2001]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,849,1951]" captionTargetId="figure@15.[151,1436,849,1951]" captionText="FIGURE. 8. Lepthercus filmeri sp. nov. (female holotype, NCA 91/1437). A cephalothorax, dorsal view; B abdomen, lateral view; C sternum, ventral view; D chelicerae, prolateral view; E spermathecae." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3765483" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3765483/files/figure.png" pageId="16" pageNumber="277">Fig. 8B</figureCitation>
): length 7.24, with small bristles in the dorsum. PMS: length 0.68; PLS: length of basal:medial:apical segments 0.87:0.86:1.03; total length 2.76.
<emphasis box="[151,428,549,575]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="277">Lengths of legs and palp</emphasis>
: I: 3.15, 2.06, 2.14, 1.64, 1.15, 10.14. II: 2.88, 1.87, 1.78, 1.63, 1.20, 9.36. III: 2.61, 1.63, 1.49, 2.01, 1.26, 9.00. IV: 3.42, 1.90, 2.38, 2.52, 1.31, 11.53. Palp: 2.19, 1.38, 1.38, —, 1.38, 6.33.
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<emphasis box="[199,327,621,647]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="277">Chaetotaxy</emphasis>
: Leg I: femur, 1-1-1-1-1-1 d, 1 P A; patella, 1 pa; tibia, 2-1-3 v; metatarsus, 2-1-1 V; tarsus, 0. Leg II: femur, 1-1-1-1-1 d, 1 P A; patella, 1 P A; tibia, 1 P, 2-2-3 V; metatarsus, 2-1-2 V; tarsus, 0. Leg III: femur, 1-1- 1-1-1 d, 1 P A; patella, 1 P, 1 R; tibia, 1-1 P, 1 D, 1 R, 2-2-3 V; metatarsus, 1-1 P, 1-1-1 DP, 1-1-1 DR, 2-1-3 V; tarsus, 0. Leg IV: femur, 1-1-1-1 d, 1 R A; patella, 1 R; tibia, 1 P, 1-1-1 R, 2-2-3 V; metatarsus, 1-1-1-1 P, 1-1-1 DP, 1-1 DR (1:2 A), 1-2 R (1:2 A), 2-2-3 V; tarsus, 0. Palp: femur, 1-1-1-1 d, 1 P A; patella, 0; tibia, 1 P, 2-2-3 V; tarsus, 2 V B.
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<emphasis box="[199,302,837,863]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="277">Scopulae</emphasis>
: Metatarsi: I, dense, uniformly distributed and divided by bristles; II, dense (3:4 A) and divided by band of bristles; IIIIV, 0. Tarsi: I-II dense, uniformly distributed and divided (I, narrow band; II wide band of bristles); IIIIV, sparse, uniformly distributed and divided by a wide band of setae.
<emphasis box="[1036,1192,909,935]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="277">Trichobothria</emphasis>
: Tibiae: palp 7-8; I 9- 10; II 9-8; III 9-9; IV 10-10. Metatarsi: I (4)1(2)1(4)1; II (4)1(2)1(5)1; III (4)1(2)1(4)1; IV (4)1(2)1(4)1(4)1. Tarsi: palp 10; I-II 11; III-IV 11.
<emphasis box="[445,625,981,1007]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="277">Preening combs</emphasis>
: metatarsus: II 3 P V; III 4 P V3 R V; IV 2 P V3 R V.
<emphasis box="[1240,1399,981,1007]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="277">Spermathecae</emphasis>
: as in
<figureCitation box="[179,265,1017,1043]" captionStart="FIGURE" captionStartId="15.[151,251,1976,2001]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,849,1951]" captionTargetId="figure@15.[151,1436,849,1951]" captionText="FIGURE. 8. Lepthercus filmeri sp. nov. (female holotype, NCA 91/1437). A cephalothorax, dorsal view; B abdomen, lateral view; C sternum, ventral view; D chelicerae, prolateral view; E spermathecae." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3765483" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3765483/files/figure.png" pageId="16" pageNumber="277">Fig. 8E</figureCitation>
.
<emphasis box="[275,340,1017,1043]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="277">Color</emphasis>
: Overall brownorange (chelicerae darker), sternum lighter. Abdomen and spinnerets light brown. Abdomen dorsally spotted with light spots, and covered with small hair and bristles, ventrally ligther.
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<paragraph blockId="16.[151,1437,152,1223]" pageId="16" pageNumber="277">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,315,1089,1115]" pageId="16" pageNumber="277">Remarks.</emphasis>
In the lack of any other data to support the georeference, the coordinates added to the
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are based on the proximity of the locality (Leeuwenbank) to Belfast. There are several farms called Leew[en]bank around the country also.
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<paragraph blockId="16.[151,1437,152,1223]" box="[199,882,1196,1223]" pageId="16" pageNumber="277">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,353,1196,1223]" pageId="16" pageNumber="277">Distribution.</emphasis>
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,
<collectingCountry box="[628,771,1197,1223]" name="South Africa" pageId="16" pageNumber="277">South Africa</collectingCountry>
(
<figureCitation box="[785,870,1197,1223]" 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="16" pageNumber="277">Fig. 24</figureCitation>
).
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