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. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 32(6):561, fig. 5. Female 
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The females of 
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are easily confused with 
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Lawrence
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). However, the epigynum differs in 
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). The form of the spermathecae (
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<emphasis id="4AD9EA8D2E0FFF926E3AFE3B30CEEBDC" bold="true" box="[312,410,483,509]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Female.</emphasis>
The female was described by 
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, epigynum and spermathecae as in 
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.
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Unknown.
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, R. Jocqué Col., MRAC 206.527.
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<emphasis id="4AD9EA8D2E0FFF926E3AFD233362E934" bold="true" box="[312,566,763,789]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Known distribution.</emphasis>
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