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<mods:title>The South African genus Lepthercus Purcell, 1902 (Araneae: Mygalomorphae) phylogeny and taxonomy</mods:title>
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<taxonomicName authority="Ríos-Tamayo & Lyle, 2020" authorityName="Ríos-Tamayo & Lyle" authorityYear="2020" box="[151,444,1197,1224]" class="Arachnida" family="Nemesiidae" genus="Lepthercus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="24" pageNumber="285" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dippenaarae" status="sp. nov.">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[151,444,1197,1224]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="285">Lepthercus dippenaarae</emphasis>
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(
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,
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A–J, 15A–E, 24) http://zoobank.org/
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[151,572,1376,1403]" pageId="24" pageNumber="285">Material examined. Type material</emphasis>
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:
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),
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<emphasis box="[653,694,1413,1439]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="285">leg.</emphasis>
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, (
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B)
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. –
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, Same data as
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,
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(
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09339 A).
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,385,1484,1511]" pageId="24" pageNumber="285">Other material</emphasis>
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examined:
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, Cwebe Natural Reserve, The Haven (
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),
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<date box="[524,638,1521,1547]" pageId="24" pageNumber="285" value="2006-10-30">30.x.2006</date>
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, Haddad, C.
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<emphasis box="[779,821,1521,1547]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="285">leg.</emphasis>
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,
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<specimenCount box="[833,895,1521,1547]" pageId="24" pageNumber="285" type="female">2 ♀♀</specimenCount>
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(
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2007/301); Mazeppa Bay (
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),
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<date box="[344,458,1557,1583]" pageId="24" pageNumber="285" value="2006-10-28">28.x.2006</date>
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, Haddad, C.
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<emphasis box="[603,645,1557,1583]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="285">leg.</emphasis>
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,
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(
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<collectionCode box="[715,775,1557,1583]" pageId="24" pageNumber="285">NCA</collectionCode>
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2007/237).
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="24" pageNumber="285" type="etymology">
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<paragraph blockId="24.[151,1437,1376,2015]" pageId="24" pageNumber="285">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,334,1593,1619]" pageId="24" pageNumber="285">Etymology.</emphasis>
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The specific epithet is a noun in the genitive case in honor of Dra Ansie Dippenaar-Schoeman for her development of arachnology in Southern Africa and her contribution to our knowledge of African spiders.
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="24" pageNumber="285" type="discussion">
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<paragraph blockId="24.[151,1437,1376,2015]" pageId="24" pageNumber="285">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,315,1665,1691]" pageId="24" pageNumber="285">Remarks.</emphasis>
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The male specimens labeled:
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, Pretoria National Botanical Garden [
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],
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<date box="[191,305,1701,1727]" pageId="24" pageNumber="285" value="2007-10-10">10.x.2007</date>
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, Spider Club and others.
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<emphasis box="[584,625,1701,1727]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="285">leg.</emphasis>
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(NCA 2009/5366) are considered conspecific with
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<emphasis box="[1266,1437,1701,1727]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="285">L. dippenaarae</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[151,236,1737,1763]" pageId="24" pageNumber="285">sp. nov</emphasis>
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.
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</taxonomicNameLabel>
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They share important characters, such as the copulatory bulb shape and tibiae I; but the collection locality is too far from the localities of others specimens. We believe could be a label error.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="24.[151,1437,1376,2015]" pageId="24" pageNumber="285">
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The vial NMBA 09339a contains the female
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<typeStatus box="[713,809,1809,1835]" pageId="24" pageNumber="285">paratype</typeStatus>
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and other male with the same shaped bulb as the type. However, in the unique leg I present in the male specimen, we can observe a different tibia I spur. In the absence of additional specimens, it seems best to include them in
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<taxonomicName authority="Ríos-Tamayo & Lyle, 2020" authorityName="Ríos-Tamayo & Lyle" authorityYear="2020" box="[761,932,1881,1907]" class="Arachnida" family="Nemesiidae" genus="Lepthercus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="24" pageNumber="285" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dippenaarae" status="sp. nov.">
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<emphasis box="[761,932,1881,1907]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="285">L. dippenaarae</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[939,1023,1881,1907]" pageId="24" pageNumber="285">sp. nov</emphasis>
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.
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</taxonomicNameLabel>
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection lastPageId="25" lastPageNumber="286" pageId="24" pageNumber="285" type="diagnosis">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,322,1916,1943]" pageId="24" pageNumber="285">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
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Males of
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<emphasis box="[434,606,1917,1943]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="285">L. dippenaarae</emphasis>
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<taxonomicNameLabel box="[613,702,1917,1943]" pageId="24" pageNumber="285" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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</emphasis>
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, differ from all other species in “Group haddadi” by the presence of the embolus with a developed lateral keel delimiting a concave area (
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<figureCitation box="[954,1034,1953,1979]" captionStart="FIGURE" captionStartId="25.[151,251,1802,1827]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,705,1777]" captionTargetId="figure@25.[151,1436,705,1777]" captionTargetPageId="25" captionText="FIGURE. 14. Lepthercus dippenaarae sp. nov. (male holotype, NMBA 09339B). A habitus, dorsal view; B sternum, ventral view; C chelicerae, prolateral view, arrow indicates the intercheliceral tumesence; D right pedipalp, black arrow indicates the long dorsal setae and a normal anterior part of the retrolateral side of ventral excavation, red arrow indicates the palpal tibia base dorsally very convex, retrolateral view; E right pedipalp, arrow indicates the abundant proventral rigid setae, prolateral view; F–H copulatory bulb, F retrolateral view, G ventral view, H prolateral view, arrows indicates the developed lateral keel delimiting a concave area; I, J tibia–metatarsus I, arrows indicates the ventral protuberance covered by blunt spinules." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3765497" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3765497/files/figure.png" pageId="24" pageNumber="285">Fig. 14</figureCitation>
|
||
F–H). Females can be distinguished by the shape of their spermathecae, with the base with a slight transition to the stalk and twisted inward receptacles (
|
||
<figureCitation box="[160,261,152,179]" captionStart="FIGURE" captionStartId="26.[151,251,1845,1870]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,453,1820]" captionTargetId="figure@26.[151,1436,453,1820]" captionTargetPageId="26" captionText="FIGURE. 15. Lepthercus dippenaarae sp. nov. (female paratype, NMBA 09339A). A cephalothorax, dorsal view; B abdomen, dorsal view; C sternum, ventral view; D chelicerae, prolateral view; E spermathecae." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3765499" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3765499/files/figure.png" pageId="25" pageNumber="286">Fig. 15E</figureCitation>
|
||
). The females are similar to
|
||
<emphasis box="[580,702,154,179]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="286">
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Hewitt" authorityYear="1917" box="[580,698,154,179]" class="Arachnida" family="Nemesiidae" genus="Lepthercus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="25" pageNumber="286" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rattrayi">L. rattrayi</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
but differ in the higher number of maxillary cuspules (110
|
||
<emphasis box="[1368,1391,154,179]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="286">vs</emphasis>
|
||
54) and lower number of cheliceral denticles (12
|
||
<emphasis box="[659,682,190,215]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="286">vs</emphasis>
|
||
28).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection lastPageId="27" lastPageNumber="288" pageId="25" pageNumber="286" type="description">
|
||
<paragraph blockId="25.[151,1437,152,683]" pageId="25" pageNumber="286">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,345,224,251]" pageId="25" pageNumber="286">Description.</emphasis>
|
||
Male
|
||
<typeStatus box="[419,517,225,251]" pageId="25" pageNumber="286">holotype</typeStatus>
|
||
(NMBA 09339 B,
|
||
<figureCitation box="[738,818,225,251]" captionStart="FIGURE" captionStartId="25.[151,251,1802,1827]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,705,1777]" captionTargetId="figure@25.[151,1436,705,1777]" captionTargetPageId="25" captionText="FIGURE. 14. Lepthercus dippenaarae sp. nov. (male holotype, NMBA 09339B). A habitus, dorsal view; B sternum, ventral view; C chelicerae, prolateral view, arrow indicates the intercheliceral tumesence; D right pedipalp, black arrow indicates the long dorsal setae and a normal anterior part of the retrolateral side of ventral excavation, red arrow indicates the palpal tibia base dorsally very convex, retrolateral view; E right pedipalp, arrow indicates the abundant proventral rigid setae, prolateral view; F–H copulatory bulb, F retrolateral view, G ventral view, H prolateral view, arrows indicates the developed lateral keel delimiting a concave area; I, J tibia–metatarsus I, arrows indicates the ventral protuberance covered by blunt spinules." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3765497" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3765497/files/figure.png" pageId="25" pageNumber="286">Fig. 14</figureCitation>
|
||
A–J). Total length 10.76.
|
||
<emphasis box="[1111,1221,225,251]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="286">Carapace</emphasis>
|
||
(
|
||
<figureCitation box="[1239,1346,225,251]" captionStart="FIGURE" captionStartId="25.[151,251,1802,1827]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,705,1777]" captionTargetId="figure@25.[151,1436,705,1777]" captionTargetPageId="25" captionText="FIGURE. 14. Lepthercus dippenaarae sp. nov. (male holotype, NMBA 09339B). A habitus, dorsal view; B sternum, ventral view; C chelicerae, prolateral view, arrow indicates the intercheliceral tumesence; D right pedipalp, black arrow indicates the long dorsal setae and a normal anterior part of the retrolateral side of ventral excavation, red arrow indicates the palpal tibia base dorsally very convex, retrolateral view; E right pedipalp, arrow indicates the abundant proventral rigid setae, prolateral view; F–H copulatory bulb, F retrolateral view, G ventral view, H prolateral view, arrows indicates the developed lateral keel delimiting a concave area; I, J tibia–metatarsus I, arrows indicates the ventral protuberance covered by blunt spinules." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3765497" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3765497/files/figure.png" pageId="25" pageNumber="286">Fig. 14A</figureCitation>
|
||
): length 4.08, width 3.46, with lateral marginal bristles, with a little pubescence.
|
||
<emphasis box="[955,1134,261,287]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="286">Cephalic region</emphasis>
|
||
: length 2.47; clypeus short with 3 bristles on the edge, 2 long bristles in front of the OQ.
|
||
<emphasis box="[843,913,298,323]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="286">Fovea</emphasis>
|
||
: width 0.36, short, almost straight (slightly recurved).
|
||
<emphasis box="[249,493,333,359]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="286">Ocular measurements</emphasis>
|
||
:AME 0.09, ALE 0.22, PME 0.14, PLE 0.19, OQ length 0.37, 0.74 width; AME–ALE 0.05, PME–PLE 0.02, AME–PME 0.08, ALE–PLE 0.03, AME–AME 0.09, OMP–OMP 0.29.
|
||
<emphasis box="[1227,1350,369,395]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="286">Chelicerae</emphasis>
|
||
: length 2.09, width 1.16, with dark dorsal–anterior bristles, intercheliceral tumescence square, developed, well-marked and with setae (
|
||
<figureCitation box="[283,388,441,467]" captionStart="FIGURE" captionStartId="25.[151,251,1802,1827]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,705,1777]" captionTargetId="figure@25.[151,1436,705,1777]" captionTargetPageId="25" captionText="FIGURE. 14. Lepthercus dippenaarae sp. nov. (male holotype, NMBA 09339B). A habitus, dorsal view; B sternum, ventral view; C chelicerae, prolateral view, arrow indicates the intercheliceral tumesence; D right pedipalp, black arrow indicates the long dorsal setae and a normal anterior part of the retrolateral side of ventral excavation, red arrow indicates the palpal tibia base dorsally very convex, retrolateral view; E right pedipalp, arrow indicates the abundant proventral rigid setae, prolateral view; F–H copulatory bulb, F retrolateral view, G ventral view, H prolateral view, arrows indicates the developed lateral keel delimiting a concave area; I, J tibia–metatarsus I, arrows indicates the ventral protuberance covered by blunt spinules." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3765497" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3765497/files/figure.png" pageId="25" pageNumber="286">Fig. 14C</figureCitation>
|
||
). Fang groove with 7 promarginal teeth and 30 denticles (mesobasal).
|
||
<emphasis box="[1199,1285,441,467]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="286">Labium</emphasis>
|
||
: length 0.27, width 0.65 with 1 cusp.
|
||
<emphasis box="[428,528,477,503]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="286">Maxillae</emphasis>
|
||
: length 1.34, width 0.62, with about 53 cuspules on posterior inner corner (
|
||
<figureCitation 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="25" pageNumber="286">Fig. 2B</figureCitation>
|
||
), prolateral face slightly curved, with long uniformly distributed hairs, no serrula.
|
||
<emphasis box="[1129,1222,513,539]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="286">Sternum</emphasis>
|
||
(
|
||
<figureCitation box="[1240,1344,513,539]" captionStart="FIGURE" captionStartId="25.[151,251,1802,1827]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,705,1777]" captionTargetId="figure@25.[151,1436,705,1777]" captionTargetPageId="25" captionText="FIGURE. 14. Lepthercus dippenaarae sp. nov. (male holotype, NMBA 09339B). A habitus, dorsal view; B sternum, ventral view; C chelicerae, prolateral view, arrow indicates the intercheliceral tumesence; D right pedipalp, black arrow indicates the long dorsal setae and a normal anterior part of the retrolateral side of ventral excavation, red arrow indicates the palpal tibia base dorsally very convex, retrolateral view; E right pedipalp, arrow indicates the abundant proventral rigid setae, prolateral view; F–H copulatory bulb, F retrolateral view, G ventral view, H prolateral view, arrows indicates the developed lateral keel delimiting a concave area; I, J tibia–metatarsus I, arrows indicates the ventral protuberance covered by blunt spinules." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3765497" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3765497/files/figure.png" pageId="25" pageNumber="286">Fig. 14B</figureCitation>
|
||
): length 2.18, maximum width 1.79.
|
||
<emphasis box="[465,571,549,575]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="286">Abdomen</emphasis>
|
||
: Length 3.96, covered with short and long dark hairs. PMS: length 0.59; PLS: length of basal:medial:apical segments 1.28:0.94:1.67; total length 3.89.
|
||
<emphasis box="[986,1271,585,611]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="286">Lengths of legs and palp</emphasis>
|
||
: I: 3.12, 1.99, 2.24, 2.08, 1.77, 11.20. II: 2.91, 1.83, 1.95, 2.01, 1.52, 10.22. III: 2.74, 1.49, 1.80, 2.57, 1.57, 10.17. IV: 3.56, 1.87, 2.72, 3.68, 1.77, 13.60. Palp: 1.45, 0.87, 0.94, —, 0.73, 3.99.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<caption ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3765497" ID-Zenodo-Dep="3765497" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3765497/files/figure.png" pageId="25" pageNumber="286" startId="25.[151,251,1802,1827]" targetBox="[151,1436,705,1777]" targetPageId="25">
|
||
<paragraph blockId="25.[151,1436,1802,2007]" pageId="25" pageNumber="286">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[151,295,1802,1827]" pageId="25" pageNumber="286">FIGURE. 14.</emphasis>
|
||
<taxonomicName authority="Ríos-Tamayo & Lyle, 2020" authorityName="Ríos-Tamayo & Lyle" authorityYear="2020" box="[303,550,1803,1827]" class="Arachnida" family="Nemesiidae" genus="Lepthercus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="25" pageNumber="286" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dippenaarae" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis box="[303,550,1803,1827]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="286">Lepthercus dippenaarae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[558,639,1803,1827]" pageId="25" pageNumber="286">
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[558,639,1803,1827]" pageId="25" pageNumber="286" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
(male
|
||
<typeStatus box="[713,804,1802,1827]" pageId="25" pageNumber="286">holotype</typeStatus>
|
||
, NMBA 09339B).
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1000,1018,1802,1827]" pageId="25" pageNumber="286">A</emphasis>
|
||
habitus, dorsal view;
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1246,1263,1803,1827]" pageId="25" pageNumber="286">B</emphasis>
|
||
sternum, ventral view;
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[215,233,1838,1863]" pageId="25" pageNumber="286">C</emphasis>
|
||
chelicerae, prolateral view, arrow indicates the intercheliceral tumesence;
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[998,1016,1839,1863]" pageId="25" pageNumber="286">D</emphasis>
|
||
right pedipalp, black arrow indicates the long dorsal setae and a normal anterior part of the retrolateral side of ventral excavation, red arrow indicates the palpal tibia base dorsally very convex, retrolateral view;
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[562,579,1911,1935]" pageId="25" pageNumber="286">E</emphasis>
|
||
right pedipalp, arrow indicates the abundant proventral rigid setae, prolateral view;
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[151,199,1947,1971]" pageId="25" pageNumber="286">F–H</emphasis>
|
||
copulatory bulb,
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[376,391,1947,1971]" pageId="25" pageNumber="286">F</emphasis>
|
||
retrolateral view,
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[573,593,1946,1971]" pageId="25" pageNumber="286">G</emphasis>
|
||
ventral view,
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[735,755,1947,1971]" pageId="25" pageNumber="286">H</emphasis>
|
||
prolateral view, arrows indicates the developed lateral keel delimiting a concave area;
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[352,362,1983,2007]" pageId="25" pageNumber="286">I</emphasis>
|
||
,
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[375,388,1983,2007]" pageId="25" pageNumber="286">J</emphasis>
|
||
tibia–metatarsus I, arrows indicates the ventral protuberance covered by blunt spinules.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="26.[151,1437,153,431]" pageId="26" pageNumber="287">
|
||
<emphasis box="[199,327,153,179]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="287">Chaetotaxy</emphasis>
|
||
: Leg I: femur, 1-1-1-1-1 d (centrals), 1-1 P A; patella, 1 P A; tibia, 1 P, 2-2-2 V, a small spur, with an apical long and curved spine (
|
||
<figureCitation box="[526,619,189,215]" captionStart="FIGURE" captionStartId="25.[151,251,1802,1827]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,705,1777]" captionTargetId="figure@25.[151,1436,705,1777]" captionTargetPageId="25" captionText="FIGURE. 14. Lepthercus dippenaarae sp. nov. (male holotype, NMBA 09339B). A habitus, dorsal view; B sternum, ventral view; C chelicerae, prolateral view, arrow indicates the intercheliceral tumesence; D right pedipalp, black arrow indicates the long dorsal setae and a normal anterior part of the retrolateral side of ventral excavation, red arrow indicates the palpal tibia base dorsally very convex, retrolateral view; E right pedipalp, arrow indicates the abundant proventral rigid setae, prolateral view; F–H copulatory bulb, F retrolateral view, G ventral view, H prolateral view, arrows indicates the developed lateral keel delimiting a concave area; I, J tibia–metatarsus I, arrows indicates the ventral protuberance covered by blunt spinules." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3765497" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3765497/files/figure.png" pageId="26" pageNumber="287">Fig. 14I</figureCitation>
|
||
); metatarsus, 1-1 P INF, 1-1-2 V, a medial protuberance with small dark spinules (
|
||
<figureCitation box="[258,375,225,251]" captionStart="FIGURE" captionStartId="25.[151,251,1802,1827]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,705,1777]" captionTargetId="figure@25.[151,1436,705,1777]" captionTargetPageId="25" captionText="FIGURE. 14. Lepthercus dippenaarae sp. nov. (male holotype, NMBA 09339B). A habitus, dorsal view; B sternum, ventral view; C chelicerae, prolateral view, arrow indicates the intercheliceral tumesence; D right pedipalp, black arrow indicates the long dorsal setae and a normal anterior part of the retrolateral side of ventral excavation, red arrow indicates the palpal tibia base dorsally very convex, retrolateral view; E right pedipalp, arrow indicates the abundant proventral rigid setae, prolateral view; F–H copulatory bulb, F retrolateral view, G ventral view, H prolateral view, arrows indicates the developed lateral keel delimiting a concave area; I, J tibia–metatarsus I, arrows indicates the ventral protuberance covered by blunt spinules." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3765497" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3765497/files/figure.png" pageId="26" pageNumber="287">Fig. 14I, J</figureCitation>
|
||
); tarsus, 0. Leg II: femur, 1-1-1-1 d, 1-1-1 P A; patella, 1-1 P; tibia, 1-1 P, 2-1-3 V; metatarsus, 1-1 P, 2-2-2 V; tarsus, 0. Leg III: femur, 1-1-1-1 d, 1-1 P A, 1-1-1-1 R SUP; patella, 1-1-1 P (shorts), 1 R; tibia, 1-2 P, 1-1 D, 1-1-1 R, 2-2-3 V; metatarsus, 2-1-1 P, 1-1-1-1 D–P, 1-1-1 D–R, 1-1 R, 2-2-3 V; tarsus, 0. Leg IV: femur, 1-1-1-1 d, 1-1-1 P SUP, 1-2 R A; patella, 1 P A, 1 R; tibia, 1-1-1 P, 1-1 D, 1-1-1-1 R, 2-2-3 V; metatarsus, 1-1-1-1 P, 1-1-1-1-1 D–P, 1-1-1-1-1 D–R, 1-1-1 R, 3-1-1-2-3 V; tarsus, 0. Palp (
|
||
<figureCitation box="[912,1045,369,395]" captionStart="FIGURE" captionStartId="25.[151,251,1802,1827]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,705,1777]" captionTargetId="figure@25.[151,1436,705,1777]" captionTargetPageId="25" captionText="FIGURE. 14. Lepthercus dippenaarae sp. nov. (male holotype, NMBA 09339B). A habitus, dorsal view; B sternum, ventral view; C chelicerae, prolateral view, arrow indicates the intercheliceral tumesence; D right pedipalp, black arrow indicates the long dorsal setae and a normal anterior part of the retrolateral side of ventral excavation, red arrow indicates the palpal tibia base dorsally very convex, retrolateral view; E right pedipalp, arrow indicates the abundant proventral rigid setae, prolateral view; F–H copulatory bulb, F retrolateral view, G ventral view, H prolateral view, arrows indicates the developed lateral keel delimiting a concave area; I, J tibia–metatarsus I, arrows indicates the ventral protuberance covered by blunt spinules." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3765497" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3765497/files/figure.png" pageId="26" pageNumber="287">Fig. 14D, E</figureCitation>
|
||
): femur, 1-1-1-1-1 d, 1 P A; patella, 1 P A; tibia, 1-1 P A, 1 R A, (width/length: 0.80); tarsus, 0.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<caption ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3765499" ID-Zenodo-Dep="3765499" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3765499/files/figure.png" pageId="26" pageNumber="287" startId="26.[151,251,1845,1870]" targetBox="[151,1436,453,1820]" targetPageId="26">
|
||
<paragraph blockId="26.[151,1437,1845,1906]" pageId="26" pageNumber="287">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[151,294,1845,1870]" pageId="26" pageNumber="287">FIGURE. 15.</emphasis>
|
||
<taxonomicName authority="Ríos-Tamayo & Lyle, 2020" authorityName="Ríos-Tamayo & Lyle" authorityYear="2020" box="[300,545,1846,1870]" class="Arachnida" family="Nemesiidae" genus="Lepthercus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="26" pageNumber="287" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dippenaarae" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis box="[300,545,1846,1870]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="287">Lepthercus dippenaarae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[551,632,1846,1870]" pageId="26" pageNumber="287">
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[551,632,1846,1870]" pageId="26" pageNumber="287" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
(female
|
||
<typeStatus box="[721,811,1846,1870]" pageId="26" pageNumber="287">paratype</typeStatus>
|
||
, NMBA 09339A).
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1004,1022,1845,1870]" pageId="26" pageNumber="287">A</emphasis>
|
||
cephalothorax, dorsal view;
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1314,1331,1846,1870]" pageId="26" pageNumber="287">B</emphasis>
|
||
abdomen, dorsal view;
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[282,300,1881,1906]" pageId="26" pageNumber="287">C</emphasis>
|
||
sternum, ventral view;
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[540,558,1882,1906]" pageId="26" pageNumber="287">D</emphasis>
|
||
chelicerae, prolateral view;
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[846,863,1882,1906]" pageId="26" pageNumber="287">E</emphasis>
|
||
spermathecae.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="26.[151,1436,1952,2015]" box="[199,1436,1952,1979]" pageId="26" pageNumber="287">
|
||
<emphasis box="[199,289,1952,1978]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="287">Scopula</emphasis>
|
||
: Metatarsi: I–II, sparse 1:2 A (more abundante im the apex), II divided by bristles; III, sparse (A);
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="26.[151,1436,1952,2015]" lastBlockId="27.[151,1437,153,1259]" lastPageId="27" lastPageNumber="288" pageId="26" pageNumber="287">
|
||
IV, no preset. Tarsi: I–II, 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 narrow band of setae.
|
||
<emphasis box="[201,357,189,215]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="288">Trichobothria</emphasis>
|
||
: Tibiae: I 10-10; II 10-9; III 9-9; IV 10-10. Metatarsi: I (4)1(2)1(4)1; II (4)1(5)1(3)1(4)1; III (4)1(2)1(5)1; IV (6)1(3)1(4)1(5)1. Tarsi: I-IV 13.
|
||
<emphasis box="[714,895,225,251]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="288">Preening combs</emphasis>
|
||
: metatarsus: II, 3 P V; III, 3 P V–4 R V; IV, 2 P V–4 R V.
|
||
<emphasis box="[264,449,261,287]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="288">Copulatory bulb</emphasis>
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(
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<figureCitation box="[465,545,261,287]" captionStart="FIGURE" captionStartId="25.[151,251,1802,1827]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,705,1777]" captionTargetId="figure@25.[151,1436,705,1777]" captionTargetPageId="25" captionText="FIGURE. 14. Lepthercus dippenaarae sp. nov. (male holotype, NMBA 09339B). A habitus, dorsal view; B sternum, ventral view; C chelicerae, prolateral view, arrow indicates the intercheliceral tumesence; D right pedipalp, black arrow indicates the long dorsal setae and a normal anterior part of the retrolateral side of ventral excavation, red arrow indicates the palpal tibia base dorsally very convex, retrolateral view; E right pedipalp, arrow indicates the abundant proventral rigid setae, prolateral view; F–H copulatory bulb, F retrolateral view, G ventral view, H prolateral view, arrows indicates the developed lateral keel delimiting a concave area; I, J tibia–metatarsus I, arrows indicates the ventral protuberance covered by blunt spinules." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3765497" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3765497/files/figure.png" pageId="27" pageNumber="288">Fig. 14</figureCitation>
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F–H): Embolus with a developed lateral keel delimiting a concave area.
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<emphasis box="[1363,1428,261,287]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="288">Color</emphasis>
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: Overall orange-yellowish. Abdomen completely brown; spinnerets brown-yellowish.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="27.[151,1437,153,1259]" pageId="27" pageNumber="288">
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Female
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<typeStatus box="[289,385,333,359]" pageId="27" pageNumber="288">paratype</typeStatus>
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(NMBA 09339 A,
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<figureCitation box="[604,682,332,359]" captionStart="FIGURE" captionStartId="26.[151,251,1845,1870]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,453,1820]" captionTargetId="figure@26.[151,1436,453,1820]" captionTargetPageId="26" captionText="FIGURE. 15. Lepthercus dippenaarae sp. nov. (female paratype, NMBA 09339A). A cephalothorax, dorsal view; B abdomen, dorsal view; C sternum, ventral view; D chelicerae, prolateral view; E spermathecae." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3765499" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3765499/files/figure.png" pageId="27" pageNumber="288">Fig. 15</figureCitation>
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A–E). Total length 16.05.
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<emphasis box="[979,1089,333,359]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="288">Carapace</emphasis>
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(
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<figureCitation box="[1105,1211,332,359]" captionStart="FIGURE" captionStartId="26.[151,251,1845,1870]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,453,1820]" captionTargetId="figure@26.[151,1436,453,1820]" captionTargetPageId="26" captionText="FIGURE. 15. Lepthercus dippenaarae sp. nov. (female paratype, NMBA 09339A). A cephalothorax, dorsal view; B abdomen, dorsal view; C sternum, ventral view; D chelicerae, prolateral view; E spermathecae." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3765499" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3765499/files/figure.png" pageId="27" pageNumber="288">Fig. 15A</figureCitation>
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): length 6.36, width 4.68, with small marginal bristles.
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<emphasis box="[546,727,369,395]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="288">Cephalic region</emphasis>
|
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: length 4.23, clypeus small with 9 marginal bristles; 3 bristles in front of the OQ and numerous small bristles between the PME.
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<emphasis box="[934,1013,406,431]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="288">Fovea:</emphasis>
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width 0.70, almost straight (slightly procurved).
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<emphasis box="[287,532,441,467]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="288">Ocular measurements</emphasis>
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: AME 0.15, ALE 0.29, PME 0.18, PLE 0.23, OQ length 0.39, width 0.53; AME– ALE 0.09, PME–PLE 0.02, AME–PME 0.12, ALE–PLE 0.06, AME–AME 0.12, PME–PME 0.39.
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<emphasis box="[1253,1376,477,503]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="288">Chelicerae</emphasis>
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||
(
|
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<figureCitation captionStart="FIGURE" captionStartId="26.[151,251,1845,1870]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,453,1820]" captionTargetId="figure@26.[151,1436,453,1820]" captionTargetPageId="26" captionText="FIGURE. 15. Lepthercus dippenaarae sp. nov. (female paratype, NMBA 09339A). A cephalothorax, dorsal view; B abdomen, dorsal view; C sternum, ventral view; D chelicerae, prolateral view; E spermathecae." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3765499" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3765499/files/figure.png" pageId="27" pageNumber="288">Fig. 15D</figureCitation>
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||
): length 4.16, width 2.58; with dorsal-retrolateral dark bristles. Fang groove with 7 promarginal teeth and 12 mesobasal denticles.
|
||
<emphasis box="[388,474,549,575]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="288">Labium</emphasis>
|
||
: length 0.59, width 1.31, dorsally slightly concave without cuspules.
|
||
<emphasis box="[1252,1352,549,575]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="288">Maxillae</emphasis>
|
||
: length 2.35, width 1.05, with +110 cuspules on inner corner, prolateral face slightly curved, soft area developed, with long uniformly distributed hairs, serrula present on anterior inner corner.
|
||
<emphasis box="[902,995,621,647]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="288">Sternum</emphasis>
|
||
(
|
||
<figureCitation box="[1009,1110,620,647]" captionStart="FIGURE" captionStartId="26.[151,251,1845,1870]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,453,1820]" captionTargetId="figure@26.[151,1436,453,1820]" captionTargetPageId="26" captionText="FIGURE. 15. Lepthercus dippenaarae sp. nov. (female paratype, NMBA 09339A). A cephalothorax, dorsal view; B abdomen, dorsal view; C sternum, ventral view; D chelicerae, prolateral view; E spermathecae." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3765499" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3765499/files/figure.png" pageId="27" pageNumber="288">Fig. 15C</figureCitation>
|
||
): rounded, length 3.16, maximum width 2.81.
|
||
<emphasis box="[346,452,657,683]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="288">Abdomen</emphasis>
|
||
(
|
||
<figureCitation box="[466,568,656,683]" captionStart="FIGURE" captionStartId="26.[151,251,1845,1870]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,453,1820]" captionTargetId="figure@26.[151,1436,453,1820]" captionTargetPageId="26" captionText="FIGURE. 15. Lepthercus dippenaarae sp. nov. (female paratype, NMBA 09339A). A cephalothorax, dorsal view; B abdomen, dorsal view; C sternum, ventral view; D chelicerae, prolateral view; E spermathecae." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3765499" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3765499/files/figure.png" pageId="27" pageNumber="288">Fig. 15B</figureCitation>
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||
): length 7.62, with small bristles in the dorsum. PMS: length 0.92; PLS: length of basal:medial:apical segments 1.16:0.60:1.45; total length 3.21.
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||
<emphasis box="[884,1157,693,719]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="288">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.
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||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="27.[151,1437,153,1259]" pageId="27" pageNumber="288">
|
||
<emphasis box="[199,327,801,827]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="288">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.
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||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="27.[151,1437,153,1259]" pageId="27" pageNumber="288">
|
||
<emphasis box="[199,302,981,1007]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="288">Scopulae</emphasis>
|
||
: Metatarsi: I–II, dense, uniformly distributed; III, sparse (1:2A), divided by setae; IV, sparse A. Tarsi: I–II 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="[815,971,1053,1079]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="288">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.
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||
<emphasis box="[478,659,1125,1151]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="288">Preening combs</emphasis>
|
||
: metatarsus: II 2 P V; III 3 P V; IV 4 R V–2 P V.
|
||
<emphasis box="[1210,1369,1125,1151]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="288">Spermathecae</emphasis>
|
||
: as in fig. 15E.
|
||
<emphasis box="[254,319,1161,1187]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="288">Color</emphasis>
|
||
: Overall brown–orange (chelicerae darker), sternum lighter. Abdomen dark, mottled with light spots in the dorsal posterior side, ventral light, spinnerets slightly dark.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection box="[199,976,1232,1259]" pageId="27" pageNumber="288" type="distribution">
|
||
<paragraph blockId="27.[151,1437,153,1259]" box="[199,976,1232,1259]" pageId="27" pageNumber="288">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,353,1232,1259]" pageId="27" pageNumber="288">Distribution.</emphasis>
|
||
Known only from the
|
||
<collectingRegion box="[608,864,1233,1259]" country="South Africa" name="Eastern Cape" pageId="27" pageNumber="288">Eastern Cape Province</collectingRegion>
|
||
(
|
||
<figureCitation box="[879,963,1233,1259]" 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="27" pageNumber="288">Fig. 24</figureCitation>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
||
</document> |