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<mods:affiliationid="B8C2B8B838D7DEFE587CFD918D9580C5">Department of Zoology & Entomology, University of the Free State, P. O. Box 339, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa & Department of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Taxonomy, University of Wrocław, Przybyszewskiego 65, 51 - 148 Wrocław, Poland & Department of Zoology & Entomology, University of the Free State, P. O. Box 339, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa & wanda. h. wesolowska @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 4411 - 1058 * Corresponding author</mods:affiliation>
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, but can be recognized by the shape of the bulb, which is rounded (vs oval in both other species). It also differs from
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) and from
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. Very flat, elongated spider. Carapace oval, strongly flattened, dark brown, vicinity of eyes black, two black patches on eye field. Faint colourless hairs on carapace, anterior part of eye field with white hairs, some very long brown bristles at first row of eyes. White hairs on clypeus. Mouthparts and sternum brownish. Stridulatory apparatus present (
carapace-femur of first leg). Abdomen elongate, brown, darkening posteriorly, with three pairs of white spots, first pair at anterior abdominal margin. Venter light brown. Spinnerets blackish. Abdomen clothed in short brown hairs, longer at spinnerets, also present ventrally. First pair of legs brown, stout, with swollen tibiae, pair of short thick spines at distal end of tibia. Other legs light brown. Very long sparse thin brown hairs on legs. Palps with bifid retrolateral tibial apophysis and short dorsal one, bulb rounded, embolus long (
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, male. A. General appearance, dorsal view; B. Palpal organ, ventral view; C. Palpal organ, dorsal view.
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,
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, we propose its transfer here to more accurately reflect the affiliation of this species with
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