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Psilodercidae Merizocera

Merizocera mandai Li, 2020

Striped Violet Ground Weaver

This species differs from the Leclercera featured above by its smaller size and by having a median longitudinal purplish brown stripe on the carapace, with a broader margin of the same colour. The male has a characteristic claw-like process on each of its palps.

Length♀ 1 mm; ♂ 1 mm.
HabitatLeaf litter in secondary forests.
Type LocalitySingapore.
DistributionSingapore.

Taxonomy

Type Depositories

  1. Holotype

    Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IZCAS), Beijing, China; ♂ (Chang, Yao & Li, 2020)

  2. Paratype(s)

    Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IZCAS), Beijing, China; 2♀ (Chang, Yao & Li, 2020)

Taxonomic references

  1. Merizocera mandai (Original description ♂♀)

    Li, in Chang, Yao & Li, 2020 Twenty-eight new species of the spider genus Merizocera Fage, 1912 (Araneae, Psilodercidae) from South and Southeast Asia: 63, f. 15A-D, 16A-E doi:10.3897/zookeys.961.53058

Distribution of Merizocera mandai Li, 2020

Singapore.

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