Description of a new species of Cladomelea bolas-spider from South Africa, with notes on its behaviour (Araneae: Araneidae) Author Roff, John Author Dippenaar-Schoeman, Ansie text African Invertebrates 2004 2004-12-31 45 1 6 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.7909888 2305-2562 7909888 Genus Cladomelea Simon, 1895 Cladomelea Simon, 1895: 886 ; Leroy et al . 1998: 8 ; Levi 2003: 378 . Type species: Cyrtarachne longipes (O.P.­ Cambridge, 1877), by original designation. According to Levi (2003) the three genera in the bolas­spider group, Mastophora Holmberg , Ordgarius Keyserling and Cladomelea have outgrowths on the carapace. Based on Leroy et al . (1998) Cladomelea is characterised by the following: it is the only genus in the subfamily where the female lacks a row of strong spines on the anterior legs. In Cladomelea the spines are replaced by a dense layer of thin, long setae ( Leroy et al . 1998: 5 ). A double row of teeth is present on the inferior cheliceral margin with denticles scattered in between. The new species contains all these characteristics.