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Holotype:Color: carapace yellow-brown, with slightly darker marks medially; sternum pale yellow-brown; chelicerae pale yellow with darker infuscations anteriorly; maxillae pale yellow-brown; labium pale yellow-brown; abdomen dorsally yellow-brown with darker markings; ventrally pale yellow-brown; legs with all segments clearly annulated. Cephalothorax:setae short, stout, rodlike; 0.89 times longer than broad; fovea longitudinal, broad, very shallow. Eyes:AER slightly recurved; PER recurved; PME larger than AME, PLE largest, ALE smallest; eye group width 1.52; eye diameters, AME 0.17, ALE 0.11, PME 0.24, PLE 0.34; interdistances AME-ALE 0.31, PME-PLE 0.23, ALE-PLE 0.16, AME-PME 0.04; ocular quadrangle AME-AME 0.43, PME-PME 0.85; clypeus 0.09 high. Mouthparts:chelicerae with a few stout setae medially and anteriorly; lateral boss present, smooth; promargin with 3 teeth, retromargin with 2 teeth; maxillae longer than broad, with tuft of conspicuous setae distally; labium distally rounded. Sternum:0.94 times longer than broad, posteriorly indented. Pedipalp:femur, spination dorsal 0–1–2; retrolateral tibial apophysis with 3 processes, dorsal apophysis long, slender and slightly curved, median apophysis broad and triangular, ventral apophysis small with a squarish tip; retrolateral basal cymbial process present; cymbial scopulae absent; cymbium oval to triangular, angled bottom right; conductor large and quadrangular, with a sclerotized tip directed basally; embolus long and slender, beginning at 6 o’clock, terminating at 1 o’clock, not following edge of cymbium, but more toward the center of the bulb; MA long, slightly curved, distally spatulate, directed laterally then distally (Fig. 21). Legs:leg I only slightly shorter than legs II, III and IV; leg formula 3421; scopulae absent on all legs; tarsus I–IV with strong claw tufts; pr claws with 1 or 2 small teeth; spination: leg I, Fm pr 1–1–0, d 1–1–1, rl 0; Ti d 0, v 2–2–2–2–2; Mt 0; Ti and Mt I and II with very weak spines; leg II, Fm pr 0, d 1–1–1, rl 0; Ti v 2–2–2–2–2; Mt 0; leg III, Fm pr 0, d 1–1–1, rl 0; Ti 0; Mt 0; leg IV, Fm pr 0, d 1–1–1, rl 0; Ti 0; Mt 0. Abdomen:without terminal tufts of setae.Dimensions:Total length 5.61. Cephalothorax length 2.69, width 3.01. Sternum length 1.48, width 1.55. Abdomen length 3.22, width 2.98. Pedipalp: Fm 0.81, Pt 0.41, Ti 0.45, Ta 0.81, (total) 2.48. Leg I: Fm 4.16, Pt 1.41, Ti 3.89, Mt 3.28, Ta 1.45, (total) 14.19. Leg II: Fm 5.49, Pt 1.59, Ti 4.71, Mt 3.81, Ta 1.82, (total) 17.42. Leg III: Fm 6.01, Pt 1.48, Ti 4.77, Mt 4.38, Ta 1.68, (total) 18.32. Leg IV: Fm 5.47, Pt 1.19, Ti 4.42, Mt 3.89, Ta 1.61, (total) 16.58.
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- Crews S, Harvey M (2011) The spider family Selenopidae (Arachnida, Araneae) in Australasia and the Oriental Region ZooKeys 99: 1–104
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- Sarah C. Crews
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- Mark S. Harvey
Distribution
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The type locality only (Map 5).
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- Sarah C. Crews, Mark S. Harvey
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- Crews S, Harvey M (2011) The spider family Selenopidae (Arachnida, Araneae) in Australasia and the Oriental Region ZooKeys 99: 1–104
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- Sarah C. Crews
- author
- Mark S. Harvey