Leptonetela xianwu spec. nov. Figs 5–6, 12A, 14 Type material. CHINA. Hubei: Holotype: male, Enshi, Xuanen County, Zhushan Town, Xiejiaba Village, Xianwu Cave, 29°57’03.67”N, 109°29’29.69”E, ca. 850 m elevation, Yunchun Li & Zhigang Chen leg. 14.12.2014 (IZCAS- Ar42306). Paratype: 1 female, with same data as for holotype (IZCAS-Ar42307). Etymology. The specific name refers to the type locality and is a noun in apposition. Diagnosis. This species can be distinguished from L. xianren Wang & Li, 2017 (see Wang et al. 2017: 379, figs 42–43, 97) by the presence of six eyes. Males of L. xianwu spec. nov. resemble L. xianren by having a triangular embolus, but they can be distinguished by the presence of four spines on the retrolateral surface of the palpal tibia (Fig. 5D) (vs five spines in L. xianren), and by having a bifurcate median apophysis (vs triangular in L. xianren, Fig. 12B) on the palpal bulb. Description. Male (holotype): Total length 1.60 (Fig. 5A). Carapace 0.60 long, 0.55 wide. Opisthosoma 1.00 long, 0.75 wide. Carapace yellowish. Ocular area with 3 long setae. Six eyes. Eye sizes: ALE 0.07, PLE 0.07, PME 0.05. Distance between eyes: ALE-PME 0.10, PLE-PLE 0.07, PLE-PME 0.02. Median groove, cervical grooves, and radial furrows distinct. Clypeus 0.45 high. Opisthosoma grey, ovoid. Leg measurements: I 6.16 (1.76, 0.41, 2.11, 1.53, 0.35); II 4.70 (1.44, 0.25, 1.27, 1.44, 0.30); III 2.84 (1.26, 0.25, 1.02, 0.91, 0.45); IV – (1.52, 0.30, 1.07, –, –). Male palp (Figs 5C–D): basal part of tibia swollen slightly, tibia with 2 setae and 4 spines retrolaterally, with spine I absent and spines II and III of equal length. Cymbium constricted medially, earlobe-shaped process absent. Embolus triangular, prolateral lobe rectangular. Median apophysis small and bifurcated. Conductor semicircular in ventral view (Figs 5B, 12A). Female (paratype): Similar to male in colour and general features but larger and with shorter legs. Total length 1.75 (Figs 6A–B). Carapace 0.75 long, 0.75 wide. Opisthosoma 1.00 long, 0.70 wide. Clypeus 0.55 high. Six eyes. Eye sizes: ALE 0.07, PLE 0.07, PME 0.06. Distance between eyes:ALE-PME 0.11, PLE-PLE 0.07, PLE-PME 0.03. Leg measurements: I 5.30 (1.41, 0.25, 1.62, 1.26, 0.76); II 3.84 (1.12, 0.25, 1.00, 0.81, 0.66); III 3.12 (0.93, 0.30, 0.83, 0.62, 0.44); IV 4.40 (1.24, 0.25, 1.18, 1.02, 0.71). Vulva (Fig. 6C): spermathecae coiled, atrium fusiform. Distribution. Hubei, China (Fig. 14).

Published as part of Zhu, Wenhui & Li, Shuqiang, 2021, Five new leptonetid spiders from China (Araneae: Leptonetidae), pp. 281-299 in Zootaxa 4984 (1) on pages 289-296, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4984.1.21, http://zenodo.org/record/4927194