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<mods:title>Description of a new genus and three new species of the family Palpimanidae (Arachnida, Araneae) from Kenya</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Oketch, Ambata D.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:affiliation>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>
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<mods:namePart>Zonstein, Sergei</mods:namePart>
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<mods:affiliation>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>
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<mods:namePart>Kioko, Esther N.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:affiliation>National Museums of Kenya, Museum Hill, P. O. Box 40658 - 00100, Nairobi, Kenya</mods:affiliation>
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<mods:namePart>Li, Shuqiang</mods:namePart>
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<mods:affiliation>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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<mods:nameIdentifier type="email">lisq@ioz.ac.cn</mods:nameIdentifier>
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<mods:title>African Invertebrates</mods:title>
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<mods:date>2020</mods:date>
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<mods:number>2020-07-28</mods:number>
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<mods:number>61</mods:number>
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<treatment ID-GBIF-Taxon="182223201" LSID="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:9F855192-68DE-4B2C-8324-804D599234C4" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/E47127347E665842B72E43E27A04D942" lastPageNumber="93" pageId="0" pageNumber="93">
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<taxonomicName LSID="http://zoobank.org/9F855192-68DE-4B2C-8324-804D599234C4" authority="Oketch & Li" authorityName="Oketch & Li" authorityYear="2020" class="Arachnida" family="Palpimanidae" genus="Sceliscelis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sceliscelis" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus" status="gen. nov.">Sceliscelis Oketch & Li</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel pageId="0" pageNumber="93">gen. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="93" type="type species">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="93">Type species.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="93">
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<taxonomicName authority="Oketch & Li, 2020" authorityName="Oketch & Li" authorityYear="2020" class="Arachnida" family="Palpimanidae" genus="Sceliscelis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sceliscelis marshi" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="marshi">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="93">Sceliscelis marshi</emphasis>
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sp. nov.
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="93" type="etymology">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="93">Etymology.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="93">
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This genus possesses some characteristics that are also found in
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Simon" authorityYear="1887" class="Arachnida" family="Palpimanidae" genus="Sarascelis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sarascelis" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="93">Sarascelis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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Simon, 1887 and
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Simon" authorityYear="1907" class="Arachnida" family="Palpimanidae" genus="Scelidocteus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Scelidocteus" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="93">Scelidocteus</emphasis>
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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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<normalizedToken originalValue="“Sceli”">"Sceli"</normalizedToken>
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from
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Simon" authorityYear="1907" class="Arachnida" family="Palpimanidae" genus="Scelidocteus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Scelidocteus" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="93">Scelidocteus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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and
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from
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Simon" authorityYear="1887" class="Arachnida" family="Palpimanidae" genus="Sarascelis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sarascelis" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="93">Sarascelis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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. The gender is feminine.
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="93" type="diagnosis">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="93">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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The new genus closely resembles
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Simon" authorityYear="1887" class="Arachnida" family="Palpimanidae" genus="Sarascelis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sarascelis" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="93">Sarascelis</emphasis>
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in general appearance by having much larger AMEs (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Sceliscelis marshi sp. nov., male holotype A-C habitus in dorsal, ventral and lateral aspects D-F palp: D prolateral E ventral and F retrolateral aspects. Abbreviations: am-accompanying membrane, co - " conductor, " cy - cymbium, ds - dorsal portion of scutum, em - embolus, hle - hook-like extension, pe - palm-like embolic extension. Scale bars: 1 mm (A-C), 0.1 mm (D-F)." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.61.54004.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/436652" pageId="0" pageNumber="93">1A</figureCitation>
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; also see
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<bibRefCitation author="Jezequel, JF" journalOrPublisher="Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" pagination="326 - 338" refId="B2" refString="Jezequel, JF, 1964. Araignees de la savane de Singrobo (Cote d'Ivoire). II. Palpimanidae et Zodariidae. Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle 36: 326 - 338" title="Araignees de la savane de Singrobo (Cote d'Ivoire). II. Palpimanidae et Zodariidae." volume="36" year="1964">
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1964
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, fig. 5a-c,
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<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.326.5344" author="Zonstein, SL" journalOrPublisher="ZooKeys" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" pagination="27 - 45" refId="B10" refString="Zonstein, SL, Marusik, YM, 2013. On Levymanus, a remarkable new spider genus from Israel, with notes on the Chediminae (Araneae, Palpimanidae). ZooKeys 326: 27 - 45, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.326.5344" title="On Levymanus, a remarkable new spider genus from Israel, with notes on the Chediminae (Araneae, Palpimanidae)." url="https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.326.5344" volume="326" year="2013">Zonstein and Marusik 2013</bibRefCitation>
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; figs 5, 6). It can, however, be distinguished from
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Simon" authorityYear="1887" class="Arachnida" family="Palpimanidae" genus="Sarascelis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sarascelis" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="93">Sarascelis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Simon" authorityYear="1907" class="Arachnida" family="Palpimanidae" genus="Scelidocteus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Scelidocteus" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="93">Scelidocteus</emphasis>
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and the close ally
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Simon" authorityYear="1887" class="Arachnida" family="Palpimanidae" genus="Steriphopus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Steriphopus" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="93">Steriphopus</emphasis>
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Simon, 1887 by (1) having a greatly extended bulb (vs. the more or less bulky palpal structures of
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Simon" authorityYear="1887" class="Arachnida" family="Palpimanidae" genus="Sarascelis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sarascelis" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="93">Sarascelis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Simon" authorityYear="1887" class="Arachnida" family="Palpimanidae" genus="Steriphopus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Steriphopus" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="93">Steriphopus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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) (2) the large AMEs (
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="93">Steriphopus</emphasis>
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has considerably smaller AMEs) (3) the shape of the thoracic fovea, which is an elongated
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in
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<taxonomicName authority="Oketch & Li, 2020" authorityName="Oketch & Li" authorityYear="2020" class="Arachnida" family="Palpimanidae" genus="Sceliscelis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sceliscelis" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="93">Sceliscelis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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(vs. a longitudinal slit or anchor-like in
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="93">Sarascelis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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and
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="93">Scelidocteus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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) (4) the presence of a hook-like extension at the distal end of a sword-like
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<normalizedToken originalValue="“conductor”">"conductor"</normalizedToken>
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(vs. extension absent in other members of the family) (5) the poorly developed scopula on metatarsus and tarsus I (6) the rugose carapace in
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<taxonomicName authority="Oketch & Li, 2020" authorityName="Oketch & Li" authorityYear="2020" class="Arachnida" family="Palpimanidae" genus="Sceliscelis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sceliscelis" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="93">Sceliscelis</emphasis>
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gen. n. (vs. smooth or finely rugose in
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="93">Sarascelis</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="93">Scelidocteus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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and
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="93">Steriphopus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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) (see
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<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.326.5344" author="Zonstein, SL" journalOrPublisher="ZooKeys" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" pagination="27 - 45" refId="B10" refString="Zonstein, SL, Marusik, YM, 2013. On Levymanus, a remarkable new spider genus from Israel, with notes on the Chediminae (Araneae, Palpimanidae). ZooKeys 326: 27 - 45, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.326.5344" title="On Levymanus, a remarkable new spider genus from Israel, with notes on the Chediminae (Araneae, Palpimanidae)." url="https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.326.5344" volume="326" year="2013">Zonstein and Marusik 2013</bibRefCitation>
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). Females of
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<taxonomicName authority="Oketch & Li, 2020" authorityName="Oketch & Li" authorityYear="2020" class="Arachnida" family="Palpimanidae" genus="Sceliscelis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sceliscelis" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="93">Sceliscelis</emphasis>
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can be distinguished from those of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="93">Sarascelis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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and
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="93">Scelidocteus</emphasis>
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by the wavy, rigid extension of the genital area and by a pair of divergent sac-like receptacles.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="93">Description.</paragraph>
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Medium-sized. Carapace dome shaped, coarsely granulated and hairless, medially elevated, fovea longitudinal, open posteriorly (elongated
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Ω-shape">Ω-shape</normalizedToken>
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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
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<normalizedToken originalValue="“conductor”">"conductor"</normalizedToken>
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. Cymbium with setae, pointed at tip and indented (prolateral view). Embolus spiral, with accompanying membrane and a silvery, palm-like embolic extension.
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sword-shaped, longer than wide, slightly longer than embolus. Endogyne wavy anteriorly, forming a rigid epigastric wall.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="93">Composition.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="93">This genus currently includes only the type species.</paragraph>
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