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<mods:titleid="C82A8C95369C673CB328F19327CE1975">Description of a new genus and three new species of the family Palpimanidae (Arachnida, Araneae) from Kenya</mods:title>
<mods:affiliationid="5A97114AC3915C71ECABB0286E90DB22">Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China & National Museums of Kenya, Museum Hill, P. O. Box 40658 - 00100, Nairobi, Kenya & University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China</mods:affiliation>
<mods:affiliationid="0CC5529F1D486125B746229E282AE0BA">Tel Aviv University, Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel & Department of Zoology and Centre for Invasion Biology, University of Venda, Thohoyandou, 0950, South Africa</mods:affiliation>
<mods:affiliationid="82A0DAB866BB5642B775CE6C5A1C0F4A">National Museums of Kenya, Museum Hill, P. O. Box 40658 - 00100, Nairobi, Kenya</mods:affiliation>
<mods:affiliationid="7EBD67DEE58088E4567CFF037713F7FB">Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China & University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China</mods:affiliation>
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Simon, 1887, such as the dentate segments of leg I (which include at least the dorsal surface of the coxa and basal part of the femur) and the spiral embolus. The name is a combination of
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). Eight eyes, MOQ trapezoidal; AME largest, about 3 times as large as PME; ALE, PLE and PME subequal to each other. AER straight. Labium triangular, notched, longer than wide but broader at base. Chelicerae directed ventrally, 2 times longer than clypeus, granulate. Endites trapezoidal, about 1.5 times longer than wide. Abdomen clay yellow, oval and covered with short, gray setae in both sexes. Femur of male palp slender, longer than wide, patella shorter than
. Cymbium with setae, pointed at tip and indented (prolateral view). Embolus spiral, with accompanying membrane and a silvery, palm-like embolic extension.
