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<emphasis bold="true" box="[151,403,1809,1836]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="269">Lepthercus confusus</emphasis>
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A–I, 4A–E, 24)
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[151,567,1952,1979]" pageId="8" pageNumber="269">Material examined. Type material</emphasis>
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:
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.
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(
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students
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, (
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/318)
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.—
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.
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Province: Weza, Ngeli Forest [
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],
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, Lawrence
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(
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,
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(
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2011/379); same data as
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(
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2010/3735).
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[151,280,1321,1346]" pageId="9" pageNumber="270">FIGURE. 3.</emphasis>
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<emphasis box="[286,492,1322,1346]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="270">Lepthercus confusus</emphasis>
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(male
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,
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2011/318).
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cephalothorax and abdomen, dorsal view;
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[1369,1386,1322,1346]" pageId="9" pageNumber="270">B</emphasis>
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sternum, ventral view;
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[344,362,1357,1382]" pageId="9" pageNumber="270">C</emphasis>
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chelicerae, prolateral view, arrow indicates the intercheliceral tumesence;
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[1107,1125,1358,1381]" pageId="9" pageNumber="270">D</emphasis>
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right pedipalp, arrow indicates the small dorsal setae, and a normal anterior part of the retrolateral side of ventral excavation, retrolateral view;
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[1267,1284,1394,1418]" pageId="9" pageNumber="270">E</emphasis>
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right pedipalp, prolateral view, arrow indicates the abundant proventral rigid setae;
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[834,882,1430,1454]" pageId="9" pageNumber="270">F–H</emphasis>
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copulatory bulb;
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[1059,1074,1430,1454]" pageId="9" pageNumber="270">F</emphasis>
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retrolateral view,
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[1256,1276,1429,1454]" pageId="9" pageNumber="270">G</emphasis>
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ventral view,
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[1417,1437,1430,1454]" pageId="9" pageNumber="270">H</emphasis>
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prolateral view;
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[317,332,1466,1490]" pageId="9" pageNumber="270">F</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[345,365,1466,1490]" pageId="9" pageNumber="270">H</emphasis>
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arrow indicates the longitudinal keels along the embolus,
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[956,976,1465,1490]" pageId="9" pageNumber="270">G</emphasis>
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arrow indicates the small lateral keel;
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[1368,1378,1466,1490]" pageId="9" pageNumber="270">I</emphasis>
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Tibia I, arrow indicates the small cuticular spur.
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</paragraph>
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</caption>
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<paragraph blockId="9.[151,1437,1572,2031]" pageId="9" pageNumber="270">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,334,1572,1598]" pageId="9" pageNumber="270">Etymology.</emphasis>
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The specific epithet refers to the great confusion felt in the beginning stages of this work about the placement of this species.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<paragraph blockId="9.[151,1437,1572,2031]" pageId="9" pageNumber="270">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,322,1643,1670]" pageId="9" pageNumber="270">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
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Males of
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<emphasis box="[437,565,1644,1670]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="270">L. confusus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[573,664,1644,1670]" pageId="9" pageNumber="270">
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<taxonomicNameLabel box="[573,664,1644,1670]" pageId="9" pageNumber="270" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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, can be distinguished from males of “Group dregei” by a short bulb with a tapering embolus with longitudinal keels (
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<figureCitation box="[693,805,1680,1707]" captionStart="FIGURE" captionStartId="9.[151,251,1321,1346]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,309,1296]" captionTargetId="figure@9.[151,1436,309,1296]" captionText="FIGURE. 3. Lepthercus confusus sp. nov. (male holotype, NCA 2011/318). A cephalothorax and abdomen, dorsal view; B sternum, ventral view; C chelicerae, prolateral view, arrow indicates the intercheliceral tumesence; D right pedipalp, arrow indicates the small dorsal setae, and a normal anterior part of the retrolateral side of ventral excavation, retrolateral view; E right pedipalp, prolateral view, arrow indicates the abundant proventral rigid setae; F–H copulatory bulb; F retrolateral view, G ventral view, H prolateral view; F, H arrow indicates the longitudinal keels along the embolus, G arrow indicates the small lateral keel; I Tibia I, arrow indicates the small cuticular spur." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3765473" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3765473/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="270">Fig. 3F, H</figureCitation>
|
||
) similar to
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Purcell" authorityYear="1902" box="[931,1031,1680,1706]" class="Arachnida" family="Nemesiidae" genus="Lepthercus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="9" pageNumber="270" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dregei">
|
||
<emphasis box="[931,1031,1680,1706]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="270">L. dregei</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
but differs by their slender embolus, with a small lateral keel (
|
||
<figureCitation box="[436,555,1716,1742]" captionStart="FIGURE" captionStartId="9.[151,251,1321,1346]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,309,1296]" captionTargetId="figure@9.[151,1436,309,1296]" captionText="FIGURE. 3. Lepthercus confusus sp. nov. (male holotype, NCA 2011/318). A cephalothorax and abdomen, dorsal view; B sternum, ventral view; C chelicerae, prolateral view, arrow indicates the intercheliceral tumesence; D right pedipalp, arrow indicates the small dorsal setae, and a normal anterior part of the retrolateral side of ventral excavation, retrolateral view; E right pedipalp, prolateral view, arrow indicates the abundant proventral rigid setae; F–H copulatory bulb; F retrolateral view, G ventral view, H prolateral view; F, H arrow indicates the longitudinal keels along the embolus, G arrow indicates the small lateral keel; I Tibia I, arrow indicates the small cuticular spur." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3765473" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3765473/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="270">Fig. 3F, G</figureCitation>
|
||
). Further it is differentiated by the presence of a small cuticular spur on tibia I (
|
||
<figureCitation box="[160,236,1752,1778]" captionStart="FIGURE" captionStartId="9.[151,251,1321,1346]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,309,1296]" captionTargetId="figure@9.[151,1436,309,1296]" captionText="FIGURE. 3. Lepthercus confusus sp. nov. (male holotype, NCA 2011/318). A cephalothorax and abdomen, dorsal view; B sternum, ventral view; C chelicerae, prolateral view, arrow indicates the intercheliceral tumesence; D right pedipalp, arrow indicates the small dorsal setae, and a normal anterior part of the retrolateral side of ventral excavation, retrolateral view; E right pedipalp, prolateral view, arrow indicates the abundant proventral rigid setae; F–H copulatory bulb; F retrolateral view, G ventral view, H prolateral view; F, H arrow indicates the longitudinal keels along the embolus, G arrow indicates the small lateral keel; I Tibia I, arrow indicates the small cuticular spur." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3765473" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3765473/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="270">Fig. 3I</figureCitation>
|
||
, longer in others). Females can be distinguished by the shape of their spermathecae with a base with a slight transition to the stalk, straight stalks twisted and oval receptacles inwardly curved (
|
||
<figureCitation box="[1083,1170,1788,1814]" captionStart="FIGURE" captionStartId="10.[151,251,1604,1629]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,417,1579]" captionTargetId="figure@10.[151,1436,417,1579]" captionText="FIGURE. 4. Lepthercus confusus sp. nov. (female paratype, NM 8787). A cephalothorax, dorsal view; B sternum, arrow indicates the anterior maxillary edge slightly concave, ventral view; C abdomen, dorsal view; D spermathecae." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3765475" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3765475/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="270">Fig. 4E</figureCitation>
|
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).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection lastPageId="11" lastPageNumber="272" pageId="9" pageNumber="270" type="description">
|
||
<paragraph blockId="9.[151,1437,1572,2031]" lastBlockId="10.[151,1437,153,395]" lastPageId="10" lastPageNumber="271" pageId="9" pageNumber="270">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,345,1823,1850]" pageId="9" pageNumber="270">Description.</emphasis>
|
||
Male
|
||
<typeStatus box="[417,515,1824,1850]" pageId="9" pageNumber="270">holotype</typeStatus>
|
||
(NCA 2011/318,
|
||
<figureCitation box="[715,780,1824,1850]" captionStart="FIGURE" captionStartId="9.[151,251,1321,1346]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,309,1296]" captionTargetId="figure@9.[151,1436,309,1296]" captionText="FIGURE. 3. Lepthercus confusus sp. nov. (male holotype, NCA 2011/318). A cephalothorax and abdomen, dorsal view; B sternum, ventral view; C chelicerae, prolateral view, arrow indicates the intercheliceral tumesence; D right pedipalp, arrow indicates the small dorsal setae, and a normal anterior part of the retrolateral side of ventral excavation, retrolateral view; E right pedipalp, prolateral view, arrow indicates the abundant proventral rigid setae; F–H copulatory bulb; F retrolateral view, G ventral view, H prolateral view; F, H arrow indicates the longitudinal keels along the embolus, G arrow indicates the small lateral keel; I Tibia I, arrow indicates the small cuticular spur." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3765473" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3765473/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="270">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
|
||
A–I). Total length 11.40.
|
||
<emphasis box="[1066,1176,1825,1851]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="270">Carapace</emphasis>
|
||
(
|
||
<figureCitation box="[1192,1283,1824,1850]" captionStart="FIGURE" captionStartId="9.[151,251,1321,1346]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,309,1296]" captionTargetId="figure@9.[151,1436,309,1296]" captionText="FIGURE. 3. Lepthercus confusus sp. nov. (male holotype, NCA 2011/318). A cephalothorax and abdomen, dorsal view; B sternum, ventral view; C chelicerae, prolateral view, arrow indicates the intercheliceral tumesence; D right pedipalp, arrow indicates the small dorsal setae, and a normal anterior part of the retrolateral side of ventral excavation, retrolateral view; E right pedipalp, prolateral view, arrow indicates the abundant proventral rigid setae; F–H copulatory bulb; F retrolateral view, G ventral view, H prolateral view; F, H arrow indicates the longitudinal keels along the embolus, G arrow indicates the small lateral keel; I Tibia I, arrow indicates the small cuticular spur." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3765473" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3765473/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="270">Fig. 3A</figureCitation>
|
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): length 5.21, width 4.17, lateral marginal bristles present, with sparse pubescence.
|
||
<emphasis box="[943,1125,1860,1886]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="270">Cephalic region</emphasis>
|
||
: length 3.28; clypeus short with 5 bristles on the edge, numerous long bristles in front of the OQ and between the PME, dorsal line of bristles until the fovea.
|
||
<emphasis box="[332,411,1933,1958]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="270">Fovea:</emphasis>
|
||
width 0.45, short and almost straight.
|
||
<emphasis box="[854,1101,1932,1958]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="270">Ocular measurements</emphasis>
|
||
: AME 0.14, ALE 0.21, PME 0.17, PLE 0.19, OQ length 0.48, 0.78 width; AME–ALE 0.05, PME–PLE 0.05, AME–PME 0.07, ALE–PLE 0.08, AME–AME 0.11, OMP–OMP 0.31.
|
||
<emphasis box="[574,697,2004,2030]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="270">Chelicerae</emphasis>
|
||
: length 2.72, width 1.53, dorsal-anterior bristles present, interc- heliceral tumescence small, well-marked and with setae (
|
||
<figureCitation box="[811,902,153,179]" captionStart="FIGURE" captionStartId="9.[151,251,1321,1346]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,309,1296]" captionTargetId="figure@9.[151,1436,309,1296]" captionText="FIGURE. 3. Lepthercus confusus sp. nov. (male holotype, NCA 2011/318). A cephalothorax and abdomen, dorsal view; B sternum, ventral view; C chelicerae, prolateral view, arrow indicates the intercheliceral tumesence; D right pedipalp, arrow indicates the small dorsal setae, and a normal anterior part of the retrolateral side of ventral excavation, retrolateral view; E right pedipalp, prolateral view, arrow indicates the abundant proventral rigid setae; F–H copulatory bulb; F retrolateral view, G ventral view, H prolateral view; F, H arrow indicates the longitudinal keels along the embolus, G arrow indicates the small lateral keel; I Tibia I, arrow indicates the small cuticular spur." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3765473" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3765473/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="271">Fig. 3C</figureCitation>
|
||
). Fang groove with 6 promarginal teeth and 7 basomedial denticles.
|
||
<emphasis box="[402,488,189,215]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="271">Labium</emphasis>
|
||
: length 0.35, width 0.80, without cuspules.
|
||
<emphasis box="[991,1091,189,215]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="271">Maxillae</emphasis>
|
||
: length 1.60, width 0.72, with about 65 minuscule cuspules on inner corner, prolateral face slightly curved, with long uniformly distributed hairs.
|
||
<emphasis box="[151,244,261,287]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="271">Sternum</emphasis>
|
||
(
|
||
<figureCitation box="[262,353,261,287]" captionStart="FIGURE" captionStartId="9.[151,251,1321,1346]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,309,1296]" captionTargetId="figure@9.[151,1436,309,1296]" captionText="FIGURE. 3. Lepthercus confusus sp. nov. (male holotype, NCA 2011/318). A cephalothorax and abdomen, dorsal view; B sternum, ventral view; C chelicerae, prolateral view, arrow indicates the intercheliceral tumesence; D right pedipalp, arrow indicates the small dorsal setae, and a normal anterior part of the retrolateral side of ventral excavation, retrolateral view; E right pedipalp, prolateral view, arrow indicates the abundant proventral rigid setae; F–H copulatory bulb; F retrolateral view, G ventral view, H prolateral view; F, H arrow indicates the longitudinal keels along the embolus, G arrow indicates the small lateral keel; I Tibia I, arrow indicates the small cuticular spur." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3765473" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3765473/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="271">Fig. 3B</figureCitation>
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||
): length 2.71, maximum width 2.14.
|
||
<emphasis box="[782,888,261,287]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="271">Abdomen</emphasis>
|
||
: length 4.42. PMS: length 0.57; PLS: length of basal:medial:apical segments 0.80:0.75:1.11; total length 2.66.
|
||
<emphasis box="[869,1152,297,323]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="271">Lengths of legs and palp</emphasis>
|
||
: I 4.16, 2.24, 3.06, 3.13, 2.43, 15.02. II 3.95, 2.35, 2.67, 2.93, 2.21, 14.11. III 3.54, 1.89, 2.39, 3.39, 2.01, 13.22. IV 4.41, 2.15, 3.38, 4.77, 2.24, 16.95. Palp 2.23, 1.26, 1.39, —, 0.76, 5.64.
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||
</paragraph>
|
||
<caption ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3765475" ID-Zenodo-Dep="3765475" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3765475/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="271" startId="10.[151,251,1604,1629]" targetBox="[151,1436,417,1579]" targetPageId="10">
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<paragraph blockId="10.[151,1436,1604,1665]" pageId="10" pageNumber="271">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[151,281,1604,1629]" pageId="10" pageNumber="271">FIGURE. 4.</emphasis>
|
||
<taxonomicName authority="Ríos-Tamayo & Lyle, 2020" authorityName="Ríos-Tamayo & Lyle" authorityYear="2020" box="[288,495,1604,1628]" class="Arachnida" family="Nemesiidae" genus="Lepthercus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="10" pageNumber="271" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="confusus" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis box="[288,495,1604,1628]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="271">Lepthercus confusus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[501,582,1604,1628]" pageId="10" pageNumber="271">
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[501,582,1604,1628]" pageId="10" pageNumber="271" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
(female
|
||
<typeStatus box="[673,763,1605,1629]" pageId="10" pageNumber="271">paratype</typeStatus>
|
||
, NM 8787).
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[892,910,1604,1629]" pageId="10" pageNumber="271">A</emphasis>
|
||
cephalothorax, dorsal view;
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1205,1222,1604,1628]" pageId="10" pageNumber="271">B</emphasis>
|
||
sternum, arrow indicates the anterior maxillary edge slightly concave, ventral view;
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[805,823,1640,1665]" pageId="10" pageNumber="271">C</emphasis>
|
||
abdomen, dorsal view;
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1066,1084,1640,1664]" pageId="10" pageNumber="271">D</emphasis>
|
||
spermathecae.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="10.[151,1437,1711,2025]" pageId="10" pageNumber="271">
|
||
<emphasis box="[199,327,1711,1737]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="271">Chaetotaxy</emphasis>
|
||
: Leg I: femur, 1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1 d (centrals), 1-1-1-2 P SUP, 1-0-1-1 R SUP; patella, 1 P A; tibia, 1-1-2 P, 1-1 R, 1-2-1-2-3-2 V, a small spur, with an apical long and curved spine (longer than the spur,
|
||
<figureCitation box="[1342,1421,1747,1773]" captionStart="FIGURE" captionStartId="9.[151,251,1321,1346]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,309,1296]" captionTargetId="figure@9.[151,1436,309,1296]" captionText="FIGURE. 3. Lepthercus confusus sp. nov. (male holotype, NCA 2011/318). A cephalothorax and abdomen, dorsal view; B sternum, ventral view; C chelicerae, prolateral view, arrow indicates the intercheliceral tumesence; D right pedipalp, arrow indicates the small dorsal setae, and a normal anterior part of the retrolateral side of ventral excavation, retrolateral view; E right pedipalp, prolateral view, arrow indicates the abundant proventral rigid setae; F–H copulatory bulb; F retrolateral view, G ventral view, H prolateral view; F, H arrow indicates the longitudinal keels along the embolus, G arrow indicates the small lateral keel; I Tibia I, arrow indicates the small cuticular spur." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3765473" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3765473/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="271">Fig. 3I</figureCitation>
|
||
); metatarsus, 1-1-0-1 V POST, straight without protuberance; tarsus, 0. Leg II: femur, 1-1-1-1-1-1 d, 1-0-1-1 P SUP, 1-1-1 R SUP; patella, 1 P A; tibia, 1-1 P, 2-2-1-4 V; metatarsus, 1 D M, 2-2-2 V; tarsus, 0. Leg III: femur, 1-1-1-1 d, 1-1-1-1 P SUP, 1-1-1-1 R SUP; patella, 1-1-2 P, 1 R; tibia, 1-1 P, 1-1 D, 1-1 R, 2-1-2-3 V; metatarsus, 1-1-1 P, 2-1-2-2 D, 2-1-1-3 V; tarsus, 0. Leg IV: femur, 1-1-1-1-1 d, 1-1-1-1 P SUP, 1-1-1-1 R SUP; patella, 1 R; tibia, 1 P, 1-1-1 R, 2-2-3 V; metatarsus, 1-1 P, 1-1-2-1-2 D, 2-2-1-3 V; tarsus, 0. Palp (
|
||
<figureCitation box="[995,1116,1927,1953]" 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="10" pageNumber="271">Fig. 2D, E</figureCitation>
|
||
): femur, 1-1-1-3 d; patella, 1 p; tibia, 1-2 P, 1 RA, 1 v, (width/length: 0.56); tarsus, 0.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="10.[151,1437,1711,2025]" lastBlockId="11.[151,1437,153,1403]" lastPageId="11" lastPageNumber="272" pageId="10" pageNumber="271">
|
||
<emphasis box="[199,302,1999,2025]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="271">Scopulae</emphasis>
|
||
: Metatarsi: I–II, dense, uniformly distributed throughout the segment; III, sparse (1:3A), divided by narrow band of setae; IV, sparse (A), divided by a wide band of setae. Tarsi: I-II, dense, uniformly distributed throughout the segment; III, sparse, uniformly distributed and divided by narrow band of setae; IV, sparse, uniformly distributed and divided by a narrow band of setae.
|
||
<emphasis box="[821,977,225,251]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="272">Trichobothria</emphasis>
|
||
: Tibiae: I-II 10-11; III 10-10; IV 12-12. Metatarsi: I (4)1(1)1(2)1; II (5)1(3)1(5)1; III (6)1(2)1(6)1; IV (4)1(3)1(4)1(6)1. Tarsi: I-II 13; III-IV 12.
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="272">Preening combs</emphasis>
|
||
: III 2 R V–2 P V, IV 3/2 R V.
|
||
<emphasis box="[567,752,297,323]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="272">Copulatory bulb</emphasis>
|
||
: small, with a short and acuminate embolus with basal keels and the tip curved (
|
||
<figureCitation box="[369,434,333,359]" captionStart="FIGURE" captionStartId="9.[151,251,1321,1346]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,309,1296]" captionTargetId="figure@9.[151,1436,309,1296]" captionText="FIGURE. 3. Lepthercus confusus sp. nov. (male holotype, NCA 2011/318). A cephalothorax and abdomen, dorsal view; B sternum, ventral view; C chelicerae, prolateral view, arrow indicates the intercheliceral tumesence; D right pedipalp, arrow indicates the small dorsal setae, and a normal anterior part of the retrolateral side of ventral excavation, retrolateral view; E right pedipalp, prolateral view, arrow indicates the abundant proventral rigid setae; F–H copulatory bulb; F retrolateral view, G ventral view, H prolateral view; F, H arrow indicates the longitudinal keels along the embolus, G arrow indicates the small lateral keel; I Tibia I, arrow indicates the small cuticular spur." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3765473" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3765473/files/figure.png" pageId="11" pageNumber="272">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
|
||
F–H), spermatic duct slightly curved.
|
||
<emphasis box="[864,929,333,359]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="272">Color</emphasis>
|
||
: Carapace and legs brown-orange. Abdomen dorsally dark without bands, covered with short and long dark hairs; sternum and ventral abdomen lighter; spinnerets yellowish with dark spots.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="11.[151,1437,153,1403]" pageId="11" pageNumber="272">
|
||
Female
|
||
<typeStatus box="[289,385,441,467]" pageId="11" pageNumber="272">paratype</typeStatus>
|
||
(NM8787,
|
||
<figureCitation box="[517,582,441,467]" captionStart="FIGURE" captionStartId="10.[151,251,1604,1629]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,417,1579]" captionTargetId="figure@10.[151,1436,417,1579]" captionText="FIGURE. 4. Lepthercus confusus sp. nov. (female paratype, NM 8787). A cephalothorax, dorsal view; B sternum, arrow indicates the anterior maxillary edge slightly concave, ventral view; C abdomen, dorsal view; D spermathecae." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3765475" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3765475/files/figure.png" pageId="11" pageNumber="272">Fig. 4</figureCitation>
|
||
A–E). Total length 12.07.
|
||
<emphasis box="[875,985,441,467]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="272">Carapace</emphasis>
|
||
(
|
||
<figureCitation box="[1001,1092,441,467]" captionStart="FIGURE" captionStartId="10.[151,251,1604,1629]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,417,1579]" captionTargetId="figure@10.[151,1436,417,1579]" captionText="FIGURE. 4. Lepthercus confusus sp. nov. (female paratype, NM 8787). A cephalothorax, dorsal view; B sternum, arrow indicates the anterior maxillary edge slightly concave, ventral view; C abdomen, dorsal view; D spermathecae." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3765475" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3765475/files/figure.png" pageId="11" pageNumber="272">Fig. 4A</figureCitation>
|
||
): length 4.06, width 2.74, with small marginal bristles and sparse pubescence.
|
||
<emphasis box="[685,866,477,503]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="272">Cephalic region</emphasis>
|
||
: length 2.61, clypeus small (almost absent) with 3 marginal bristles; 4 bristles in front of the OQ and 3 between the PME, line of small bristles until the fovea.
|
||
<emphasis box="[1357,1436,514,539]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="272">Fovea:</emphasis>
|
||
width 0.34, almost straight (slightly procurved).
|
||
<emphasis box="[690,934,549,575]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="272">Ocular measurements</emphasis>
|
||
: AME 0.10, ALE 0.23, PME 0.13, PLE 0.17, OQ length 0.36, width 0.72; AME–ALE 0.04, PME–PLE 0.03, AME–PME 0.06, ALE–PLE 0.02, AME–AME 0.09, PME–PME 0.28.
|
||
<emphasis box="[351,474,621,647]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="272">Chelicerae</emphasis>
|
||
(
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): length 2.30, width 1.46; with dorsal-retrolateral dark bristles. Fang groove with 8 promarginal teeth and 18 mesobasal denticles.
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<emphasis box="[769,855,657,683]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="272">Labium</emphasis>
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: length 0.27, width 0.67, dorsally slightly concave without cuspules.
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<emphasis box="[353,453,693,719]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="272">Maxillae</emphasis>
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: length 1.43, width 0.69, with 85 cuspules on posterior inner corner, prolateral face concave, soft, with long uniformly distributed hairs, serrula present on anterior inner corner.
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<emphasis box="[1149,1242,729,755]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="272">Sternum</emphasis>
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(
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<figureCitation box="[1257,1346,729,755]" captionStart="FIGURE" captionStartId="10.[151,251,1604,1629]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,417,1579]" captionTargetId="figure@10.[151,1436,417,1579]" captionText="FIGURE. 4. Lepthercus confusus sp. nov. (female paratype, NM 8787). A cephalothorax, dorsal view; B sternum, arrow indicates the anterior maxillary edge slightly concave, ventral view; C abdomen, dorsal view; D spermathecae." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3765475" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3765475/files/figure.png" pageId="11" pageNumber="272">Fig. 4C</figureCitation>
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): length 1.98, maximum width 1.64.
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<emphasis box="[463,569,765,791]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="272">Abdomen</emphasis>
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(
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<figureCitation box="[583,670,765,791]" captionStart="FIGURE" captionStartId="10.[151,251,1604,1629]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,417,1579]" captionTargetId="figure@10.[151,1436,417,1579]" captionText="FIGURE. 4. Lepthercus confusus sp. nov. (female paratype, NM 8787). A cephalothorax, dorsal view; B sternum, arrow indicates the anterior maxillary edge slightly concave, ventral view; C abdomen, dorsal view; D spermathecae." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3765475" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3765475/files/figure.png" pageId="11" pageNumber="272">Fig. 4B</figureCitation>
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): length 6.43, with small hairs in the dorsum. PMS: length 0.61; PLS: length of basal:medial:apical segments 1.23:0.79:1.16; total length 3.18.
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<emphasis box="[986,1271,801,827]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="272">Lengths of legs and palp</emphasis>
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: I: 2.63, 1.72, 1.85, 1.38, 0.98, 8.56. II: 2.41, 1.45, 1.51, 1.33, 0.98, 7.68. III: 2.21, 1.35, 1.36, 1.80, 1.02, 7.74. IV: 2.88, 1.66, 2.04, 1.74, 1.15, 9.47. Palp: 1.88, 1.21, 1.14, —, 1.24, 5.47.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="11.[151,1437,153,1403]" pageId="11" pageNumber="272">
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<emphasis box="[199,327,909,935]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="272">Chaetotaxy</emphasis>
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: Leg I: femur, 1-1-1-1-1 d, 1 P A; patella, 0; tibia, 1 p, 1-1-2 v; metatarsus, 2-1-1 V; tarsus, 0. Leg II: femur, 1-1-1-1-1-1 d, 1 P A; patella, 0; tibia, 1 p, 2-2-3 v; metatarsus, 2-2-2 V; tarsus, 0. Leg III: femur, 1-1-1-1 d, 1 P A, 1-1 R A; patella, 1-1 P, 1 R; tibia, 1-1 P, 1-1-1 D, 1 R, 2-2-3 V (thins); metatarsus, 2-1-1-1 P, 1-1-1 D–P, 2- 1-2 D–R, 3-3-3 V; tarsus, 0. Leg IV: femur, 1-1-1-1-1 d, 1 R A; patella, 1 R; tibia, 1-1 P, 1-1 R, 2-2-3 V; metatarsus, 1-1-1-1 P, 1-1-1 D–P, 1-1-0-1 D–R, 1-1-1 R, 4-1-2-3 V; tarsus, 0. Palp: femur, 1-1-1 d, 1 pa; patella, 0; tibia, 1-1 P, 2-3 V (1:2A); tarsus, 2 V B.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="11.[151,1437,153,1403]" pageId="11" pageNumber="272">
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<emphasis box="[199,302,1125,1151]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="272">Scopulae</emphasis>
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: Metatarsi: I, dense, uniformly distributed and divided by bristles; II, dense (1:2 A), divided by band of setae; III–IV, no present. Tarsi: I, dense, uniformly distributed and divided by bristles; II, sparse, uniformly distributed and divided by setae; III, sparse (1:3 A) and divided by a narrow band of setae; IV, sparse (3:4 A) and divided by a wide band of setae.
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<emphasis box="[432,588,1233,1259]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="272">Trichobothria</emphasis>
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: Tibiae: palp 7-8; I 10-9; II 9-9; III 8-8; IV 10-9. Metatarsi: I (3)1(1)1(4)1; II-III (4)1(2)1(4)1; IV (4)1(2)1(3)1(5)1. Tarsi: palp 8; I 12; II-IV 11.
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<emphasis box="[930,1111,1269,1295]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="272">Preening combs</emphasis>
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: metatarsus: II 5 P V; III 3 P V–3 R V; IV 2 P V–3 R V.
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<emphasis box="[445,604,1305,1331]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="272">Spermathecae</emphasis>
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: as in
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<figureCitation box="[675,760,1305,1331]" captionStart="FIGURE" captionStartId="10.[151,251,1604,1629]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,417,1579]" captionTargetId="figure@10.[151,1436,417,1579]" captionText="FIGURE. 4. Lepthercus confusus sp. nov. (female paratype, NM 8787). A cephalothorax, dorsal view; B sternum, arrow indicates the anterior maxillary edge slightly concave, ventral view; C abdomen, dorsal view; D spermathecae." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3765475" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3765475/files/figure.png" pageId="11" pageNumber="272">Fig. 4E</figureCitation>
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.
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<emphasis box="[770,835,1305,1331]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="272">Color</emphasis>
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: Overall orange-yellowish, sternum lighter. Abdomen brown mottled with light spots on dorsal side, spinnerets light brown.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection box="[199,910,1376,1403]" pageId="11" pageNumber="272" type="distribution">
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<paragraph blockId="11.[151,1437,153,1403]" box="[199,910,1376,1403]" pageId="11" pageNumber="272">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,353,1376,1403]" pageId="11" pageNumber="272">Distribution.</emphasis>
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<collectingRegion box="[359,644,1377,1403]" country="South Africa" name="KwaZulu-Natal" pageId="11" pageNumber="272">KwaZulu-Natal Province</collectingRegion>
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,
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<collectingCountry box="[656,798,1377,1403]" name="South Africa" pageId="11" pageNumber="272">South Africa</collectingCountry>
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(
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<figureCitation box="[813,898,1377,1403]" 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="11" pageNumber="272">Fig. 24</figureCitation>
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).
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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