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- <p><i>Shearella thamphothisat</i> Tong & Li sp. nov.</p><p>Figs 14, 15</p><p><b>Type material.</b></p><p><i>Holotype</i> Thailand • ♂ (SYNU -F-5433); Saraburi, Kaeng Koi Dist., Tap Khwang Subdist., Nam pu Vill., Tham Phothisat Cave; 14°34'27.90"N, 101°08'52.02"E, 230 m elev.; 20.X.2014; H. Zhao et al. leg.</p><p><b>Etymology.</b></p><p>The specific name refers to the type locality and is a noun in apposition.</p><p><b>Diagnosis.</b></p><p>The new species is similar to <i>Shearella sanya</i> Lin & Li, 2010 in the acute eye tubercle, but can be distinguished by the very long bulb (vs pear-shaped; cf. Fig. 15 A – D and Lin and Li 2010: figs 23, 24) and the pointed cheliceral horn (vs dichotomous; cf. Fig. 15 F, G and Lin and Li 2010: figs 19, 20).</p><p><b>Description.</b></p><p><b>Male</b> (holotype). Coloration: body reddish-brown; legs yellowish brown. Measurements: total length 1.59; carapace 0.67 long, 0.58 wide, 0.46 high; abdomen 0.99 long, 0.76 wide, 0.46 high; clypeus 0.28 high; sternum 0.38 long, 0.42 wide. Length of legs: I 1.71 (0.55, 0.18, 0.45, 0.30, 0.23); II 1.65 (0.52, 0.18, 0.45, 0.28, 0.22); III 1.53 (0.50, 0.17, 0.38, 0.26, 0.22); IV 1.87 (0.61, 0.20, 0.47, 0.33, 0.26).</p><p><i>Carapace</i> (Fig. 14 A, C, D): reticulated; 6 eyes, ALE largest, PME smallest, raised on long, conical tubercle; clypeus sloping forward, with sparse setae; chelicerae frontally with basally wide, pointed horn (arrow in Fig. 15 F, G), cheliceral lamina (CL) developed; endites basally wide, distally narrow, labium triangular, distally blunt; sternum reticulated.</p><p><i>Abdomen</i> (Fig. 14 A – C, E): dorsal scutum surface smooth, posteriorly truncated; ventral scutum smooth; lateral scutum I long, and exceeding beyond the posterior margin of preanal scutum (Pa); postgenital scutum (Pog) straight; preanal scutum (Pa) rectangular, ca. 2.0 × longer than the postgenital scutum (Pog).</p><p><i>Palp</i> (Fig. 15 A – E): femora 2.3 × longer than patella, 0.7 × shorter than bulb; tibia large, swollen, ca. 1.2 × wider than femur, 0.8 × shorter than femur; cymbium short, triangular from lateral view; bulb very long (length / width ca. 1.8), basally subglobular, gradually tapering; embolus (Em) tubular; sperm duct (Spd) coiled into 1 loop, gradually twisting to narrow, and open at embolic tip.</p><p><b>Female</b>. Unknown.</p><p><b>Distribution.</b></p><p>Known only from the type locality (Fig. 18).</p>