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Description. Male (Paratype, MACN-Ar 39465). Coloration pale yellowish cream, except where noted. Carapace with dark pigment around eyes and faint light brown median V-shaped pattern. Carapace with thick black setae interspersed with regular setae. Sternum with white markings posteriorly. Abdomen light yellowish brown. Total length 4.94. Carapace 2.44 long, 1.96 wide. Clypeus 0.3 long. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.13, PME 0.14, ALE 0.198, PLE 0.18, AME-AME 0.06, PME-PME 0.156. Sternum length 1.19, width 1.06. Palp: femur length 3.64, height 0.37, tibia length 3.23, height 0.33. Leg I: fe 5.12, pa 1.12, ti 5.08, mt 5.9, ta 2.28. II: fe 4.1, pa 0.95, ti 3.77, mt 4.37, ta 1.81. III: fe 3.8, pa 0.75, ti 3.27, mt 4.3, ta 1.55. IV: fe 4.99, pa 1.07, ti 4.79, mt 5.85, ta 2.46. Abdomen: length 2.68, width 1.16. Palp with long and numerous macrosetae in several rows along femur ventral and dorsal sides. Leg macrosetae: fe I dp 8, v 31, with large patch with ~ 50 short retrolateral macrosetae; ti I r 0 - 1 - 1, v 2 - 2 - 2 - 2; mt I p 0 - 1 - 0, v 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2; ta I v 4; fe II v 23, with a large patch with ~ 50 short prolateral macrosetae; ti II p 1 - 1 - 0, v 2 - 2 - 2; mt II p 1 - 0 - 1, r 0 - 0 - 1, v 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2; ta II v 7; fe III d 5, dp 4, dr 1, v 11; ti III p 1 - 1 - 0, vp 1 - 1 - 0, r 1 - 1 - 0; mt III p 1 - 0 - 1, r 1 - 1 - 1, v 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2, dr- 0 - 0 - 1; ta III v 11; fe IV d 8; ti IV vp 1 - 1 - 0; mt IV p 0 - 0 - 1, r 0 - 0 - 1, v 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2; ta IV v 15. Palp (Fig. 20): femur 1.5 times longer than carapace, cymbium about as long as bulb, with dense fringe of setae, longer on ventral face, bulb piriform, simple, sperm duct with 3 coils, embolus with conspicuous, translucent keel short, tip bent. State of the specimen: good, left palp dissected, left leg I disarticulated from tibia, left leg IV disarticulated from trochanter. Female (Paratype, MACN-Ar 38366). Carapace brown, stippled with dark brown and with dark brown Vshaped median pattern. Labium, endites and sternum dark brown. Legs dark brown, with longitudinal brown stripes, gradually becoming yellow brown on tips, femora and tibia I and II hirsute, with long setae. Abdomen grayish, light brown. Total length 13.1. Carapace 4.17 long, 3.65 wide. Clypeus 0.72 long. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.16, PME 0.23, ALE 0.28, PLE 0.23, AME-AME 0.068, PME-PME 0.22. Sternum 2.17 long, 2.02 wide. Palp: femur 2.51, height 1.02, tibia length 1.43, height 0.91. Leg I: fe 5.58, pa 1.85, ti 4.9, mt 4.58, ta 2.73. II: fe 4.39, pa 1.48, ti 3.51, mt 3.56, ta missing. III: fe 3.34, pa 1.45, ti 2.67, mt 2.91, ta 1.71. IV: fe 4.92, pa 1.56, ti 4.22, mt 3.96, ta 2.08. Abdomen: length 9.05, width 6.85. Palp macrosetae on ventral surface of tibia and tarsus. Leg macrosetae: ti I v 2 - 2; mt I p 0 - 0 - 2, v 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2; ta I v 15; tiI II v 2 - 2; mt II p 0 - 0 - 2, r 0 - 0 - 1, v 2 - 2 - 2 - 2; fe III d 2 - 0 - 0; tiI III dr 1 - 1 - 0; mt III p 1 - 0 - 1, r 1 - 1 - 1, v 2 - 2 - 2 - 2; ta III v 12; fe IV d 3 - 0 - 0; ti IV vp- 1 - 1 - 1; mt IV p 0 - 0 - 1, r 0 - 0 - 1, v 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2; ta IV v 14. Calamistrum with 3 rows with tightly packed and neatly arranged setae, rows with ~ 20 - 18 - 11 setae, prolateral one extending well beyond calamistrum crest. Endogyne (Fig. 23) without membranous portion, spermathecae digitiform, inner spermathecae with glandular pores throughout, outer spermathecae with glandular pores restricted to apex. State of the specimen: good, left leg I disarticulated from tibia, right legs II – III set apart for molecular work, genitalia dissected. Variation. Females (n = 3): total length 12.50 – 13.10 (12.87), carapace length 4.17 – 5.03 (4.67), femur I length 5.25 – 6.22 (5.68), femur / carapace ratio 1.09 – 1.34 (1.22). The genital morphology of females varies, especially regarding the length of the spermathecae.
