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 |
| Type Locality | Singapore |
| Distribution | Singapore. |
| Habitat | Leaf litter in secondary forests. |
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Suborder Araneomorphae (Typical Spiders)
Holotype
Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IZCAS), Beijing, China; ♂ (Chang, Yao & Li, 2020)
Paratype
Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IZCAS), Beijing, China; 2♀ (Chang, Yao & Li, 2020)
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
* Retrieved from the World Spider Catalog.
Singapore.