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Description. Male. Idiosoma ventrally 916 long and 750 wide. Integument reticulate (both on ventral and dorsal surface) (
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). Coxal field 541 long, Cx-III width 612; posterior apodemes of Cx-IV short. Genital plate 166 long and 175 wide, genital plate anterior margin equally convex, and with a border of secondary sclerotization, posterior margin slightly concave, three pairs of acetabula in a triangular arrangement (
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), maximum diameter Ac 1-3: 53, 60, 56; gonopore 116 long.
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Palp as illustrated in 
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: dorsal length/height: P1, 44/38; P2, 113/75; P3, 153/69; P4, 172/34; P5, 58/21; ventral margin of P3 nearly straight, without setae, ventral margin of P4 with two, somewhat pointed, peg-like setae, distanced from each other, setae at tip of P5 small and only slightly downturned. Gnathosoma with its long posterior process 389 long.
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Dorsal lengths of I-leg: 92, 125, 175, 238, 264, 252; terminal segments of I-leg comparatively long and slender (
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); dorsal lengths of IV-leg: 178, 175, 259, 359, 388, 325; IV-leg-5 with one very short swimming setae.
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Female. Similar to male, except for the shape of the genital field (
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). Idiosoma ventrally 1194 long and 1044 wide. Coxal field 596 long, Cx-III width 744. Genital field 218 long and 238 wide; genital plate 178 long, pregenital sclerite 109 wide, maximum diameter Ac 1–3: 63–66, 63–66, 47; gonopore 188 long; eggs (n = 3) maximum diameter 134–141.
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<paragraph id="8BFA369DFFEFB9398084FA1F34EBF9A3" blockId="8.[151,1437,619,1762]" pageId="8" pageNumber="489">Palp: dorsal length/height: P1, 50/44; P2, 131/81; P3, 183/77; P4, 186/38; P5, 59/20. Gnathosoma with its long posterior process 434 long.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BFA369DFFEFB9398084F9C73744F9F8" blockId="8.[151,1437,619,1762]" pageId="8" pageNumber="489">Dorsal lengths of I-leg: 88, 125, 178, 253, 282, 263; dorsal lengths of IV-leg: 181, 188, 281, 386, 436, 334; IVleg-5 with one very short swimming seta.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BFA369DFFEFB9398084F98F37CAF9DF" blockId="8.[151,1437,619,1762]" box="[199,742,1627,1653]" pageId="8" pageNumber="489">Etymology. Named for its reticulate integument.</paragraph>
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Remarks. The integument with a strong reticulation is not seen in other 
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species.
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This is difficult to see in young specimens, but locally such a pattern is present.
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Distribution. 
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