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(DZUB 709). Total length: 9.74. Carapace 4.77 long, 3.85 wide, chelicerae 3.70 long, 1.16 wide. Palp: femur 2.41, patella 1.24, tibia 1.49, tarsus 1.01, total 5.88. Legs (femur, patella, tibia, metatarsus, tarsus, total): I: 3.31, 2.01, 2.21, 2.84, 2.68, 13.05. II: 2.99, 1.68, 2.02, 2.35, 1.57, 10.61. III: 2.70, 1.40, 1.83, 2.27, 1.48, 9.68. IV: 3.51, 1.80, 2.82, 3.12, 1.54, 12.79. Mid-widths (lateral): femora I–IV = 0.80, 0.85, 0.95, 0.91, palp = 0.51; patellae I–IV = 0.79, 0.84, 0.84, 0.87, palp = 0.65; tibiae I–IV = 1.04, 0.65, 0.58, 0.77, palp = 0.78; metatarsi I–IV = 0.56, 0.38, 0.26, 0.39; tarsi = 0.38, 0.37, 0.29, 0.29, palp = 0.61. Abdomen 3.96 long, 2.61 wide. Spinnerets: PMS, 0.61 long, 0.26 wide, 0.23 apart; PLS, 0.75 basal, 0.52 middle, 0.69 distal; mid-widths (lateral), 0.39, 0.34, 0.26, respectively. Carapace (Fig. 25): length to width 1.24. Fovea strongly recurved, 0.74 wide. Eyes: tubercle 0.29 high, length 0.69, width 1.07. Clypeus 0.04. Anterior and posterior eye row recurved. Eyes sizes and inter-distances: AME 0.25, ALE 0.27, PME 0.09, PLE 0.15, AME–AME 0.11, AME–ALE 0.07, PME–PME 0.50, PME–PLE 0.02, ALE–PLE 0.07, AME–PME 0.09, ALE–ALE 0.69, PLE–PLE 0.73. Eye group width 1.06, length 0.53. Maxillae (Fig. 26) 1.06 long, 1.79 wide. Cuspules: 39 spread over ventral inner heel. Labium: 0.73 long, 0.80 wide, with 3 cuspules. Labio-sternal groove shallow, flat with two large sigillae. Sternum: 2.61 long, 2.13 wide. Three pairs of sigillae, first, second rounded, posterior ovals, all one diameter from margin. Chelicerae: basal segment with 7 teeth. Legs: leg formula: I IV II III. Scopula: tarsi I–II scopulate. Metatarsus I 1/2, II 1/3 scopulate. Spines: palp: femur p0-0-1ap, patella p1, tibia 0; leg I: femur d1-1-2, p0-0-1ap, patella v2, p0-1-0, tibia v2-2-0, p0-0-1, metatarsus v0-1-1; leg II: femur d1-1-2; patella v0-0-2ap, p0-1-1ap; tibia: v2-5-2ap, p0-1-1ap, r0-0-1ap; metatarsus v2-5-2ap, p0-1-0; leg III: femur d1-2-2(1ap), patella p4, r1, tibia v2-3-2ap, d0-1-0, r1-1-0, p1-1-0, metatarsus v2-4-2ap, d3-2-2ap, r0-1-1ap, p1-2-1ap; leg IV: femur d2-1-1, patella 0, tibia v2-2-2ap, r1-0-1, metatarsus: v0-5-2ap, d0-0-1ap, r0-1-1ap, p0-1-1(1ap). Preening-comb: formed by 4–5 small spines between 2 larger spines on ventral-retrolateral tip of metatarsus IV. ITC smooth, STC with two rows of 5–6 teeth on both margins on all legs. Palp (Figs 16–17): embolus 0.77 in length. Embolus basal, middle, distal width of 0.14, 0.03, 0.01, respectively. Tegulum 0.55 long. Tibial spur (Figs 18–20) formed by single branch 0.2 long, 0.2 wide, on retrolateral margin, with apical spine. Color pattern: carapace dark brown with some long golden setae. Sternum, labium, maxillae, coxae orange brown. Abdomen black with rounded whitish spot on dorsal anterior region, brown punctuations on remaining areas. Spinnerets light brown with brown setae. All legs uniform brown. Female description (DZUB 4492-1). Total length: 12.71. Carapace 5.58 long, 4.40 wide, chelicerae 1.71 long, 1.45 wide. Palp: femur 2.19, patella 1.47, tibia 1.29, tarsus 1.49, total 6.44. Legs (femur, patella, tibia, metatarsus, tarsus, total): I: 3.84, 2.35, 2.11, 2.29, 1.67, 12.26. II: 2.98, 2.16, 1.65, 2.12, 1.56, 10.47. III: 2.56, 1.83, 1.28, 1.93, 1.48, 9.08. IV: 3.88, 2.01, 2.80, 2.64, 1.30, 12.63. Mid-widths (lateral): femora I–IV = 0.94, 0.96, 1.06, 1.11, palp = 0.60; patellae I–IV = 0.90, 0.96, 0.88, 0.93, palp = 0.77; tibiae I–IV = 0.84, 0.55, 0.73, 0.75, palp = 0.61; metatarsi I–IV = 0.52, 0.48, 0.48, 0.42; tarsi = 0.52, 0.46, 0.40, 0.38, palp = 0.62. Abdomen 6.34 long, 3.56 wide. Spinnerets: PMS, 0.81 long, 0.31 wide, 0.44 apart; PLS, 1.15 basal, 0.84 middle, 0.91 distal; mid-widths (lateral), 0.62, 0.60, 0.43 respectively. Carapace (Fig. 21): length to width 1.27. Fovea recurved, 1.11 wide. Eyes: tubercle 0.41 high, length 0.80, width 1.16. Clypeus 0.16. Anterior and posterior eye row recurved. Eyes sizes and inter-distances: AME 0.30, ALE 0.26, PME 0.09, PLE 0.21, AME-AME 0.14, AME–ALE 0.10, PME–PME 0.53, PME–PLE 0.06, ALE–PLE 0.08, AME–PME 0.11, ALE–ALE 0.75, PLE–PLE 0.73. Eye group width 1.16, length 0.56. Maxillae (Fig. 22) 1.63 long, 1.91 wide. Cuspules: ca. 39 spread over ventral inner heel. Labium: 0.84 long, 1.01 wide, with 4 cuspules. Labio-sternal groove shallow, flat with two large sigillae. Sternum: 2.85 long, 2.56 wide. Three pairs of sigillae, first rounded, second, third ovals, all one diameter from margin and hardly visible. Chelicerae: basal segment with 7 teeth. Legs: leg formula: IV I II III. Scopula: tarsi I–II scopulate. Metatarsus I 1/4, II 1/3 scopulate. Spines: palp: femur p-0-0-1, patella 0, tibia v2-2-3(2ap), p0-1-0, tarsus v2-0-0; leg I: femur p0-0-1, patella p1; tibia v0-1-2ap, metatarsus v1-2-2ap; leg II: femur p-0-0-1, d1-0-1, patella p0-1-0, tibia v1-1-2ap, p0-0-1, metatarsus v1-3-2ap, p0-1-0, r0-0-1ap; leg III: femur d1-0-0; patella p7; tibia: v2-2-2ap, p1-1-1ap, r0-1-1, metatarsus d3-3-2ap, p0-0-1ap, v2-4-2(2ap), r1-1-1ap; leg IV: femur: d1-0-0, patella 0, tibia v2-2-2ap, r0-2-1(1ap), metatarsus: d0-0-1(1ap), p0-2-3(2ap), v2-2-2ap, r0-0-1ap. Preening-comb (Fig. 24): formed by 4–5 small spines between two bigger spines on ventro-retrolateral tip of metatarsus IV. Palp with single claw having 6 small teeth on internal margin. ITC smooth, STC with two rows of 8 teeth on both margins on all legs. Spermathecae (Fig. 23): two spermathecae having narrow and inward curved stalk, giving origin to two spiraled branches ending in single bulb. Color pattern: as in male, except carapace brown, cephalic area darker; ventral abdominal area with lighter portion close to spinnerets; legs black with two (femur, patella, tibia) or one (metatarsus, tarsus) brown stripes (lacking setae) on dorsal area.
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Diego Ribeiro Migueis Ortega, Roberto Hiroaki Nagahama, Paulo Cesar Motta, Rogério Bertani
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Ortega D, Nagahama R, Motta P, Bertani R (2013) Three new species of Fufius Simon, 1888 (Araneae, Cyrtaucheniidae) from Brazil with the redescription of Fufius funebris Vellard, 1924 and description of the female of Fufius lucasae Guadanucci & Indicatti, 2004 ZooKeys 352: 93–116
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Diego Ribeiro Migueis Ortega
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Roberto Hiroaki Nagahama
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Paulo Cesar Motta
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Known only from type locality: Brazil, Distrito Federal (Brasília) (Fig. 45).
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Diego Ribeiro Migueis Ortega, Roberto Hiroaki Nagahama, Paulo Cesar Motta, Rogério Bertani
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Ortega D, Nagahama R, Motta P, Bertani R (2013) Three new species of Fufius Simon, 1888 (Araneae, Cyrtaucheniidae) from Brazil with the redescription of Fufius funebris Vellard, 1924 and description of the female of Fufius lucasae Guadanucci & Indicatti, 2004 ZooKeys 352: 93–116
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Diego Ribeiro Migueis Ortega
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Roberto Hiroaki Nagahama
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Paulo Cesar Motta
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Rogério Bertani
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