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<taxonomicName authority="Ríos-Tamayo &amp; Lyle, 2020" authorityName="Ríos-Tamayo &amp; 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.">
<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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<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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:
<collectingRegion box="[925,1192,1377,1403]" country="South Africa" name="Eastern Cape" pageId="24" pageNumber="285">Eastern Cape Province</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingMunicipality box="[1208,1293,1377,1403]" pageId="24" pageNumber="285">Komga</collectingMunicipality>
,
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03F11B20FFC6FF938EE83A8BFC02D6D9:8E87FCEDFFC6FF908B623B47FA4FD749" box="[1309,1437,1377,1403]" country="South Africa" latitude="-32.683334" longLatPrecision="1209" longitude="28.366667" municipality="Komga" name="Kei Mouth" pageId="24" pageNumber="285" stateProvince="Eastern Cape Province">Kei Mouth</location>
(
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<geoCoordinate box="[259,356,1413,1439]" degrees="28" direction="east" minutes="22" orientation="longitude" pageId="24" pageNumber="285" precision="925" value="28.366667">28°22E</geoCoordinate>
),
<date box="[376,507,1412,1439]" pageId="24" pageNumber="285" value="2003-06-01" valueMax="2003-06-05" valueMin="2003-06-01">
<collectingDate box="[376,507,1412,1439]" pageId="24" pageNumber="285" value="2003-06-01" valueMax="2003-06-05" valueMin="2003-06-01">1-5.vi.2003</collectingDate>
</date>
,
<collectorName box="[519,646,1413,1439]" pageId="24" pageNumber="285">Haddad, C.</collectorName>
<emphasis box="[653,694,1413,1439]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="285">leg.</emphasis>
, (
<specimenCode box="[715,882,1413,1439]" collectionCode="NMBA" country="Switzerland" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/js1h-4156" name="Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel" pageId="24" pageNumber="285">NMBA 09339</specimenCode>
B)
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.
<typeStatus box="[939,1041,1413,1439]" pageId="24" pageNumber="285">Paratype</typeStatus>
.
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:
<collectingRegion country="South Africa" name="Eastern Cape" pageId="24" pageNumber="285">Eastern Cape Province</collectingRegion>
, Same data as
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,
<specimenCount box="[477,519,1449,1475]" pageId="24" pageNumber="285" type="female">1 ♀</specimenCount>
(
<collectionCode box="[533,618,1449,1475]" country="Switzerland" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/js1h-4156" name="Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel" pageId="24" pageNumber="285">NMBA</collectionCode>
09339 A).
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="24.[151,1437,1376,2015]" pageId="24" pageNumber="285">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,385,1484,1511]" pageId="24" pageNumber="285">Other material</emphasis>
examined:
<collectingCountry box="[531,692,1485,1511]" name="South Africa" pageId="24" pageNumber="285">
<subScript attach="left" box="[546,600,1492,1509]" fontSize="7" pageId="24" pageNumber="285">SOUTH</subScript>
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</collectingCountry>
:
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, Cwebe Natural Reserve, The Haven (
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<geoCoordinate box="[333,506,1520,1547]" degrees="28" direction="east" minutes="52" orientation="longitude" pageId="24" pageNumber="285" precision="1" seconds="37.76" value="28.877155">28°5237.76”E</geoCoordinate>
),
<date box="[524,638,1521,1547]" pageId="24" pageNumber="285" value="2006-10-30">30.x.2006</date>
, Haddad, C.
<emphasis box="[779,821,1521,1547]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="285">leg.</emphasis>
,
<specimenCount box="[833,895,1521,1547]" pageId="24" pageNumber="285" type="female">2 ♀♀</specimenCount>
(
<collectionCode box="[907,967,1521,1547]" pageId="24" pageNumber="285">NCA</collectionCode>
2007/301); Mazeppa Bay (
<geoCoordinate box="[1268,1437,1521,1547]" degrees="32" direction="south" minutes="28" orientation="latitude" pageId="24" pageNumber="285" precision="1" seconds="12.30" value="-32.470085">32°2812.30”S</geoCoordinate>
<geoCoordinate box="[151,324,1557,1583]" degrees="28" direction="east" minutes="38" orientation="longitude" pageId="24" pageNumber="285" precision="1" seconds="24.12" value="28.640034">28°3824.12”E</geoCoordinate>
),
<date box="[344,458,1557,1583]" pageId="24" pageNumber="285" value="2006-10-28">28.x.2006</date>
, Haddad, C.
<emphasis box="[603,645,1557,1583]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="285">leg.</emphasis>
,
<specimenCount box="[659,701,1557,1583]" pageId="24" pageNumber="285" type="female">1 ♀</specimenCount>
(
<collectionCode box="[715,775,1557,1583]" pageId="24" pageNumber="285">NCA</collectionCode>
2007/237).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="24" pageNumber="285" type="etymology">
<paragraph blockId="24.[151,1437,1376,2015]" pageId="24" pageNumber="285">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,334,1593,1619]" pageId="24" pageNumber="285">Etymology.</emphasis>
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.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="24" pageNumber="285" type="discussion">
<paragraph blockId="24.[151,1437,1376,2015]" pageId="24" pageNumber="285">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,315,1665,1691]" pageId="24" pageNumber="285">Remarks.</emphasis>
The male specimens labeled:
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, Pretoria National Botanical Garden [
<geoCoordinate box="[1259,1357,1664,1691]" degrees="25" direction="south" minutes="44" orientation="latitude" pageId="24" pageNumber="285" precision="925" value="-25.733334">25°44 S</geoCoordinate>
<geoCoordinate degrees="28" direction="east" minutes="16" orientation="longitude" pageId="24" pageNumber="285" precision="925" value="28.266666">28°16 E</geoCoordinate>
],
<date box="[191,305,1701,1727]" pageId="24" pageNumber="285" value="2007-10-10">10.x.2007</date>
, Spider Club and others.
<emphasis box="[584,625,1701,1727]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="285">leg.</emphasis>
,
<specimenCount box="[638,694,1701,1727]" pageId="24" pageNumber="285" type="male">2♂♂</specimenCount>
(NCA 2009/5366) are considered conspecific with
<taxonomicName authority="Ríos-Tamayo &amp; Lyle, 2020" authorityName="Ríos-Tamayo &amp; Lyle" authorityYear="2020" box="[1266,1437,1701,1727]" class="Arachnida" family="Nemesiidae" genus="Lepthercus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="24" pageNumber="285" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dippenaarae" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[1266,1437,1701,1727]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="285">L. dippenaarae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[151,236,1737,1763]" pageId="24" pageNumber="285">sp. nov</emphasis>
.
</taxonomicNameLabel>
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.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="24.[151,1437,1376,2015]" pageId="24" pageNumber="285">
The vial NMBA 09339a contains the female
<typeStatus box="[713,809,1809,1835]" pageId="24" pageNumber="285">paratype</typeStatus>
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
<taxonomicName authority="Ríos-Tamayo &amp; Lyle, 2020" authorityName="Ríos-Tamayo &amp; 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.">
<emphasis box="[761,932,1881,1907]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="285">L. dippenaarae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[939,1023,1881,1907]" pageId="24" pageNumber="285">sp. nov</emphasis>
.
</taxonomicNameLabel>
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph blockId="24.[151,1437,1376,2015]" lastBlockId="25.[151,1437,152,683]" lastPageId="25" lastPageNumber="286" pageId="24" pageNumber="285">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,322,1916,1943]" pageId="24" pageNumber="285">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
Males of
<taxonomicName authority="Ríos-Tamayo &amp; Lyle, 2020" authorityName="Ríos-Tamayo &amp; Lyle" authorityYear="2020" box="[434,606,1917,1943]" class="Arachnida" family="Nemesiidae" genus="Lepthercus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="24" pageNumber="285" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dippenaarae" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[434,606,1917,1943]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="285">L. dippenaarae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" box="[613,702,1917,1943]" pageId="24" pageNumber="285">
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[613,702,1917,1943]" pageId="24" pageNumber="285" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
, differ from all other species in “Group haddadi” by the presence of the embolus with a developed lateral keel delimiting a concave area (
<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; FH copulatory bulb, F retrolateral view, G ventral view, H prolateral view, arrows indicates the developed lateral keel delimiting a concave area; I, J tibiametatarsus 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>
FH). 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>
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<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; FH copulatory bulb, F retrolateral view, G ventral view, H prolateral view, arrows indicates the developed lateral keel delimiting a concave area; I, J tibiametatarsus 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>
AJ). 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; FH copulatory bulb, F retrolateral view, G ventral view, H prolateral view, arrows indicates the developed lateral keel delimiting a concave area; I, J tibiametatarsus 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; AMEALE 0.05, PMEPLE 0.02, AMEPME 0.08, ALEPLE 0.03, AMEAME 0.09, OMPOMP 0.29.
<emphasis box="[1227,1350,369,395]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="286">Chelicerae</emphasis>
: length 2.09, width 1.16, with dark dorsalanterior 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; FH copulatory bulb, F retrolateral view, G ventral view, H prolateral view, arrows indicates the developed lateral keel delimiting a concave area; I, J tibiametatarsus 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; FH copulatory bulb, F retrolateral view, G ventral view, H prolateral view, arrows indicates the developed lateral keel delimiting a concave area; I, J tibiametatarsus 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>
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<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>
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<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">FH</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>
tibiametatarsus 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; FH copulatory bulb, F retrolateral view, G ventral view, H prolateral view, arrows indicates the developed lateral keel delimiting a concave area; I, J tibiametatarsus 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; FH copulatory bulb, F retrolateral view, G ventral view, H prolateral view, arrows indicates the developed lateral keel delimiting a concave area; I, J tibiametatarsus 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 DP, 1-1-1 DR, 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 DP, 1-1-1-1-1 DR, 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; FH copulatory bulb, F retrolateral view, G ventral view, H prolateral view, arrows indicates the developed lateral keel delimiting a concave area; I, J tibiametatarsus 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>
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<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>
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<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: III, 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: 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 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 V4 R V; IV, 2 P V4 R V.
<emphasis box="[264,449,261,287]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="288">Copulatory bulb</emphasis>
(
<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; FH copulatory bulb, F retrolateral view, G ventral view, H prolateral view, arrows indicates the developed lateral keel delimiting a concave area; I, J tibiametatarsus 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>
FH): Embolus with a developed lateral keel delimiting a concave area.
<emphasis box="[1363,1428,261,287]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="288">Color</emphasis>
: Overall orange-yellowish. Abdomen completely brown; spinnerets brown-yellowish.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="27.[151,1437,153,1259]" pageId="27" pageNumber="288">
Female
<typeStatus box="[289,385,333,359]" pageId="27" pageNumber="288">paratype</typeStatus>
(NMBA 09339 A,
<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>
AE). Total length 16.05.
<emphasis box="[979,1089,333,359]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="288">Carapace</emphasis>
(
<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>
): length 6.36, width 4.68, with small marginal bristles.
<emphasis box="[546,727,369,395]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="288">Cephalic region</emphasis>
: length 4.23, clypeus small with 9 marginal bristles; 3 bristles in front of the OQ and numerous small bristles between the PME.
<emphasis box="[934,1013,406,431]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="288">Fovea:</emphasis>
width 0.70, almost straight (slightly procurved).
<emphasis box="[287,532,441,467]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="288">Ocular measurements</emphasis>
: AME 0.15, ALE 0.29, PME 0.18, PLE 0.23, OQ length 0.39, width 0.53; AME ALE 0.09, PMEPLE 0.02, AMEPME 0.12, ALEPLE 0.06, AMEAME 0.12, PMEPME 0.39.
<emphasis box="[1253,1376,477,503]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="288">Chelicerae</emphasis>
(
<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>
): 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>
): 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.
<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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<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 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: III, dense, uniformly distributed; III, sparse (1:2A), divided by setae; IV, sparse A. Tarsi: III dense, uniformly distributed; III, dense, uniformly distributed and divided by a narrow band of setae; IV, dense, uniformly distributed and divided by a wide band of setae.
<emphasis box="[815,971,1053,1079]" 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.
<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 V2 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 brownorange (chelicerae darker), sternum lighter. Abdomen dark, mottled with light spots in the dorsal posterior side, ventral light, spinnerets slightly dark.
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<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>
).
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