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Huber
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<figureCitation id="4F97412BAB9489C6F9ED1D5EEFAAAE8F" captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Micropholcus Deeleman-Reinhold &amp; Prinsen; live specimens from Oman, Morocco, and the Philippines A, B M. darbat Huber, sp. nov., male and female with egg-sac from Oman, Dhofar, near Qairoon Hairitti C M. shaat Huber, sp. nov., male from Oman, Dhofar, Shaat sinkhole D, E M. agadir (Huber), male and female with egg-sac from Morocco, Souss-Massa, Paradise Valley F M. ghar Huber, sp. nov., male from Morocco, Fès-Meknès, Kef El Ghar G M. khenifra Huber, Lecigne &amp; Lips, sp. nov., male from Morocco, Béni Mellal-Khénifra, near Sidi Ben Daoud H M. bukidnon Huber, sp. nov., male from Philippines, Mindanao, Blue Water Cave. Photographs BAH." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1213.133178.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1141414">Figs 4 F</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="7D5372D748900E160CD41E73DCA1D64F" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Micropholcus Deeleman-Reinhold &amp; Prinsen; SEM images of prosomata (frontal views) and tips of female palps (dorsal views) A M. tanomah Huber, sp. nov.; female B M. darbat Huber, sp. nov.; male C, D M. ghar Huber, sp. nov.; male and female E, F M. bukidnon Huber, sp. nov.; male and female; note small AME G M. tanomah Huber, sp. nov., left palp H M. ghar Huber, sp. nov., right palp. Scale bars: 100 µm (A – D); 200 µm (E, F); 10 µm (G, H)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1213.133178.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1141415">5 C, D, H</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="7EEC9CE76ACEA86AE239A35CD01B0112" captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Micropholcus Deeleman-Reinhold &amp; Prinsen; SEM images of male chelicerae: distal apophyses with modified hairs and total view (D) A, B M. alfara Huber sp. nov. C M. tanomah Huber, sp. nov. D, E M. darbat Huber, sp. nov. F, G M. ghar Huber, sp. nov. H M. bukidnon Huber, sp. nov. Scale bars: 10 µm (A – C, F – H); 100 µm (D); 2 µm (E)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1213.133178.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1141416">6 F, G</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="06F029CDBA4054E887DDFE693B1B3D84" captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Micropholcus Deeleman-Reinhold &amp; Prinsen; SEM images of male palpal structures A, B M. darbat Huber, sp. nov.; right bulb and procursus, prolateral view (bold arrow in A points at trochanter apophysis), and prolateral membranous flap of procursus at higher magnification C M. darbat Huber, sp. nov., left bulbal processes D M. ghar Huber, sp. nov., left procursus, retrolateral view E, F M. ghar Huber, sp. nov., right bulbal processes, prolateral and prolateral-ventral views G M. bukidnon Huber, sp. nov., left procursus, prolateral-distal view H M. bukidnon Huber, sp. nov., left bulbal processes, prolateral distal view. Abbreviations: a, putative appendix; b, genital bulb; e, embolus; hp, dorsal hinged process; mf, membranous prolateral flap; pr, procursus; ta, tarsus; u, putative uncus. Scale bars: 100 µm (A, D – H); 10 µm (B); 20 µm (C)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1213.133178.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1141418">8 D – F</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="2148CD3866E995BC502FD218DD29020C" captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Micropholcus Deeleman-Reinhold &amp; Prinsen; SEM images of male palpal trochanter tips and of spinnerets A M. alfara Huber, sp. nov. B M. tanomah Huber, sp. nov. C M. darbat Huber, sp. nov. D M. ghar Huber, sp. nov. E M. bukidnon Huber, sp. nov. F, G M. tanomah Huber, sp. nov., male ALS, and male spinnerets and anal cone (asterisk) H, I M. ghar Huber, sp. nov., male ALS and male spinnerets J M. bukidnon Huber, sp. nov., male ALS. Scale bars: 10 µm (A – F, H, J), 100 µm (G), 20 µm (I)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1213.133178.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1141419">9 D, H, I</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="BAD67CBB8E7C7BC46AB01A3F4FE1B7F6" captionStart="Figure 10" captionStartId="F10" captionText="Figure 10. Micropholcus Deeleman-Reinhold &amp; Prinsen; SEM images of male gonopores with epiandrous spigots and of female epigyna A, B M. tanomah Huber, sp. nov. C, D M. darbat Huber, sp. nov. E, F M. ghar Huber, sp. nov. G, H M. bukidnon Huber, sp. nov. Abbreviations: aep, anterior epigynal plate; k, epigynal ‘ knob’; pep, posterior epigynal plate. Scale bars: 10 µm (A, G); 100 µm (B, D, F, H); 20 µm (C, E)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1213.133178.figure10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1141420">10 E, F</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="C32724FC97021163403A358E89047D82" captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figure 11. Micropholcus Deeleman-Reinhold &amp; Prinsen; SEM images of epigynal knobs (A – C), trichobothria (D), and tarsal organs (E – J) A M. tanomah Huber, sp. nov. B M. darbat Huber, sp. nov. C M. ghar Huber, sp. nov. D M. alfara Huber, sp. nov., female left palpal tibia E M. alfara Huber, sp. nov., male right tarsus 2 F M. tanomah Huber, sp. nov., female left tarsus 2 G, H M. darbat Huber, sp. nov., female right tarsus 2 and male palpal tarsus I M. ghar Huber, sp. nov., male palpal tarsus J M. bukidnon Huber, sp. nov., male palpal tarsus. Scale bars: 20 µm (A); 10 µm (B – D, H – J); 2 µm (E – G)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1213.133178.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1141421">11 C, I</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="2AD204A7BF45AD8B33B4E61D243B3A2A" captionStart="Figure 12" captionStartId="F12" captionText="Figure 12. Micropholcus Deeleman-Reinhold &amp; Prinsen, SEM images of leg structures A M. tanomah Huber, sp. nov., putative chemoreceptor B M. tanomah Huber, sp. nov., rimmed pore (arrow) on left tarsus 3 C, D M. tanomah Huber, sp. nov., tarsal claws of left legs 1 and 3 E M. ghar Huber, sp. nov., cuticular plate (arrow) and regular mechanoreceptor on right metatarsus 3 F M. ghar Huber, sp. nov., pseudosegmentation (and tarsal organ) of right tarsus 3 G M. ghar Huber, sp. nov., comb-hairs on male tarsus 4 H M. bukidnon Huber, sp. nov., comb-hairs on male tarsus 4. Scale bars: 2 µm (A); 1 µm (B); 20 µm (C); 10 µm (D – H)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1213.133178.figure12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1141422">12 E – G</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="3B26D2D8394AED7D9935709A932B68EF" captionStart="Figure 64" captionStartId="F64" captionText="Figure 64. Micropholcus ghar Huber, sp. nov.; male from Morocco, Fès-Meknès, Kef el Ghar (ZFMK Ar 24685). Left palp in prolateral (A), dorsal (B), and retrolateral (C) views. Scale bar: 0.3 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1213.133178.figure64" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1141474">64</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="51E4695544D0600A5FB065B4E40AE1BA" captionStart="Figure 65" captionStartId="F65" captionText="Figure 65. Micropholcus ghar Huber, sp. nov.; male from Morocco, Fès-Meknès, Kef el Ghar (ZFMK Ar 24685) A – C left procursus in prolateral, dorsal, and retrolateral views D, E left genital bulb in prolateral and retrolateral views; numbers 1–3 denote pointed processes of appendix. Abbreviations: a, putative appendix; e, embolus; hp, dorsal hinged process; ps, proximal bulbal sclerite; u, putative uncus. Scale bars: 0.3 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1213.133178.figure65" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1141475">65</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="C39F72ED92CD591E14E8A7D22DED80B5" captionStart="Figure 66" captionStartId="F66" captionText="Figure 66. Micropholcus ghar Huber, sp. nov.; from Morocco, Fès-Meknès, Kef el Ghar A, B male chelicerae, frontal and lateral views (ZFMK Ar 24685) C cleared female genitalia, dorsal view (ZFMK Ar 24686); arrows point at distinctive membranous structures. Scale bars: 0.3 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1213.133178.figure66" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1141476">66</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="16EFE1FC653524294E8C88991A3D4FDC" captionStart="Figure 67" captionStartId="F67" captionText="Figure 67. Micropholcus ghar Huber, sp. nov.; female from Morocco, Fès-Meknès, Kef el Ghar (ZFMK Ar 24686) A epigynum, ventral view B, C cleared female genitalia, ventral and dorsal views. Scale bars: 0.3 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1213.133178.figure67" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1141477">67</figureCitation>
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<heading id="B2354E494FF7AEAA26A47F4D3CE25253" reason="title">Type material.</heading>
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.
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–
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•
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;
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(= Rhar);
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<geoCoordinate id="2E3B17AC757316B7544BE8B26D93F5FC" degrees="34.4788" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="5" value="34.4788">34.4788 ° N</geoCoordinate>
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<quantity id="1C26533C4F8975CA2E6CA46B1E8DA540" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.2" unit="m" value="620.0">620 m</quantity>
a. s. l.
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<collectingDate id="1EB9766D9B398ADC8DCF9F2747C8DF0F" value="2018-09-22">22 Sep. 2018</collectingDate>
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leg.;
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<specimenCode id="77961817137E254D1B58BFDB11F84EF7">Ar 24684</specimenCode>
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<heading id="7AFFAD621C7683F2BDFBD3F4D3E5F212" reason="title">Other material examined.</heading>
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<materialsCitation id="4B947F0358E9D79EE79E3A2B24A3CFB7" collectingDate="2018-09-22" collectionCode="ZFMK" collectorName="Fes-Meknes" country="Morocco" elevation="620" latitude="34.4788" location="Morocco" longLatPrecision="6" longitude="-4.2766" specimenCode="Ar 24685" specimenCount="28" specimenCount-female="13" specimenCount-male="15" stateProvince="Fes-Meknes">
<collectingCountry id="C9D2B63C0B6CA21FA63E073DB7156592" name="Morocco">Morocco</collectingCountry>
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used for SEM); same collection data as for holotype;
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<collectionCode id="5B91002A23CCE997DF72601DE312BD40" country="Germany" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34613" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34613" name="Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig" type="Museum">ZFMK</collectionCode>
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to 24686
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<specimenCount id="BD1534899F377849208BF9D090755816" count="2" type="male">2 ♂♂</specimenCount>
,
<specimenCount id="1B545EAE8E2D1D8AFD378DCBA516EA04" count="2" type="female">2 ♀♀</specimenCount>
,
<specimenCount id="F82DA70131BD58194A24B70404AFB8AD" count="1" type="generic">1 juv.</specimenCount>
, in pure ethanol; same collection data as for holotype;
<named-content id="41B51FD700CD4EFFFF97FCE5864052E0" content-type="dwc:institutional_code" xlink_href="http://grbio.org/institution/zoologisches-forschungsmuseum-alexander-koenig" xlink_title="Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig">
<collectionCode id="225DAE1EAC57671029A3EF193D3A7755" country="Germany" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34613" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34613" name="Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig" type="Museum">ZFMK</collectionCode>
</named-content>
<specimenCode id="9FDFD617901BFD28D8FF42038C256F72">Mor 100</specimenCode>
</materialsCitation>
•
<materialsCitation id="B80CE4D61CF709F13F2BDEEDDFC22578" collectingDate="1978-06-02" collectionCode="MHNG" collectorName="P. Strinati" country="Morocco" elevation="620" latitude="34.4788" location="Fes-Meknes" longLatPrecision="6" longitude="-4.2766" specimenCount="3" specimenCount-female="2" specimenCount-male="1" stateProvince="Fes-Meknes">
<specimenCount id="0B41666B96BE4D56B97416D5A1582E81" count="1" type="male">1 ♂</specimenCount>
,
<specimenCount id="D2751C9FB61F14861F80B4848041973E" count="2" type="female">2 ♀♀</specimenCount>
; same locality as for holotype,
<date id="C12751A6AED549793A73788A54BA07D5" value="1978-06-02">
<collectingDate id="6084298F2BD616C83A386289D629308A" value="1978-06-02">2 Jun. 1978</collectingDate>
</date>
;
<collectorName id="A754DD0FF70115282F3EAD7F83C19623">P. Strinati</collectorName>
leg.;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EDIDK" xlink_title="Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Genève">
<collectionCode id="C21317EAD887FD5C94B3864D4B28E5C9" country="Switzerland" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/2jyg-xmd2" name="Museum d'Histoire Naturelle" type="Museum">MHNG</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
</materialsCitation>
•
<materialsCitation id="C5D26BDBB4ACDCDFD4D4E31CA2755F6C" collectingDate="1978-06-02" collectionCode="MHNG" collectorName="B. Hauser" country="Morocco" elevation="620" latitude="34.4788" location="Fes-Meknes" longLatPrecision="6" longitude="-4.2766" specimenCount="5" specimenCount-female="4" specimenCount-male="1" stateProvince="Fes-Meknes">
<specimenCount id="6D630167DD186DF0522DD3C6A0B1C31F" count="1" type="male">1 ♂</specimenCount>
,
<specimenCount id="307B438463857BF8FFACE8E023E20669" count="4" type="female">4 ♀♀</specimenCount>
, 6 juvs; same locality as for holotype,
<date id="BF0C7EE239AA06E00309F481C972FD8C" value="1978-06-02">
<collectingDate id="B3E1FE375E4CE68A9419CEE4D62D77DA" value="1978-06-02">2 Jun. 1978</collectingDate>
</date>
;
<collectorName id="865A7B68360DC90DFF2D8ED6DDA1D2F5">B. Hauser</collectorName>
leg.;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EHIDK" xlink_title="Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Genève">
<collectionCode id="B9513807876E4F357C25717725B39111" country="Switzerland" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/2jyg-xmd2" name="Museum d'Histoire Naturelle" type="Museum">MHNG</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0ELIDK" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph id="CF92427B590078A63347673D51F9A75B">
<heading id="A5F5D1FEF9A7681A33FA6452287FDE1A" reason="title">Diagnosis.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="25A2CC5C08A58101803B199047C0D89A">
Distinguished from similar congeners (
<taxonomicName id="176EEF6CFBAA144CA24BC29A333F554F" baseAuthorityName="Huber" baseAuthorityYear="2011" class="Arachnida" family="Pholcidae" genus="Micropholcus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="agadir">
<emphasis id="2A83A951518B9A2FF25EA44462CF0800" italics="true">M. agadir</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="04472214D0820FD2510E9460D6FB7A19" authorityName="Barrientos" authorityYear="2019" class="Arachnida" family="Pholcidae" genus="Micropholcus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tegulifer">
<emphasis id="FB9ED0A5F0CD19B54CDCF7BD06B9969D" italics="true">M. tegulifer</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) by unique shape of uncus (Fig.
<figureCitation id="0E17F9C571720B9BD8C1C5086B7211CC" captionStart="Figure 65" captionStartId="F65" captionText="Figure 65. Micropholcus ghar Huber, sp. nov.; male from Morocco, Fès-Meknès, Kef el Ghar (ZFMK Ar 24685) A – C left procursus in prolateral, dorsal, and retrolateral views D, E left genital bulb in prolateral and retrolateral views; numbers 1–3 denote pointed processes of appendix. Abbreviations: a, putative appendix; e, embolus; hp, dorsal hinged process; ps, proximal bulbal sclerite; u, putative uncus. Scale bars: 0.3 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1213.133178.figure65" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1141475">65 D, E</figureCitation>
; with sickle-shaped process and series of pointed processes along edge), by unique shape of appendix (Fig.
<figureCitation id="5085BE7D4E4B541CAFE7411DF5F2775F" captionStart="Figure 65" captionStartId="F65" captionText="Figure 65. Micropholcus ghar Huber, sp. nov.; male from Morocco, Fès-Meknès, Kef el Ghar (ZFMK Ar 24685) A – C left procursus in prolateral, dorsal, and retrolateral views D, E left genital bulb in prolateral and retrolateral views; numbers 1–3 denote pointed processes of appendix. Abbreviations: a, putative appendix; e, embolus; hp, dorsal hinged process; ps, proximal bulbal sclerite; u, putative uncus. Scale bars: 0.3 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1213.133178.figure65" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1141475">65 D, E</figureCitation>
; two small pointed processes proximally, larger process distally, and membranous distal area), and by large sclerotised triangular plate on epigynum with whitish median area (Fig.
<figureCitation id="9A5A611B2D38A437BAB0779AB76C76F2" captionStart="Figure 67" captionStartId="F67" captionText="Figure 67. Micropholcus ghar Huber, sp. nov.; female from Morocco, Fès-Meknès, Kef el Ghar (ZFMK Ar 24686) A epigynum, ventral view B, C cleared female genitalia, ventral and dorsal views. Scale bars: 0.3 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1213.133178.figure67" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1141477">67 A</figureCitation>
); also by pair of distinctive membranous structures laterally in female internal genitalia (arrows in Fig.
<figureCitation id="BD61ACDA2B274870290738D26594141D" captionStart="Figure 66" captionStartId="F66" captionText="Figure 66. Micropholcus ghar Huber, sp. nov.; from Morocco, Fès-Meknès, Kef el Ghar A, B male chelicerae, frontal and lateral views (ZFMK Ar 24685) C cleared female genitalia, dorsal view (ZFMK Ar 24686); arrows point at distinctive membranous structures. Scale bars: 0.3 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1213.133178.figure66" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1141476">66 C</figureCitation>
); from
<taxonomicName id="7CE2C9F8FF06F5BF0BE4789A43BB29D7" authorityName="Barrientos" authorityYear="2019" class="Arachnida" family="Pholcidae" genus="Micropholcus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tegulifer">
<emphasis id="0E4D2CB062A0237A9E7383F2B8E9DE2A" italics="true">M. tegulifer</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
also by presence of two pairs of processes proximally on male chelicerae (Fig.
<figureCitation id="7C811100D523C9D4795ABF8A3DA59F66" captionStart="Figure 66" captionStartId="F66" captionText="Figure 66. Micropholcus ghar Huber, sp. nov.; from Morocco, Fès-Meknès, Kef el Ghar A, B male chelicerae, frontal and lateral views (ZFMK Ar 24685) C cleared female genitalia, dorsal view (ZFMK Ar 24686); arrows point at distinctive membranous structures. Scale bars: 0.3 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1213.133178.figure66" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1141476">66 A, B</figureCitation>
; absent in
<taxonomicName id="CC89AA61597BCA3DD0FBAE57F081AB60" authorityName="Barrientos" authorityYear="2019" class="Arachnida" family="Pholcidae" genus="Micropholcus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tegulifer">
<emphasis id="9C98FBD346693E05EF86415BC98213B0" italics="true">M. tegulifer</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), by lateral marks on carapace (Fig.
<figureCitation id="589968F5EBE9287CFEEC472A573D7ABB" captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Micropholcus Deeleman-Reinhold &amp; Prinsen; live specimens from Oman, Morocco, and the Philippines A, B M. darbat Huber, sp. nov., male and female with egg-sac from Oman, Dhofar, near Qairoon Hairitti C M. shaat Huber, sp. nov., male from Oman, Dhofar, Shaat sinkhole D, E M. agadir (Huber), male and female with egg-sac from Morocco, Souss-Massa, Paradise Valley F M. ghar Huber, sp. nov., male from Morocco, Fès-Meknès, Kef El Ghar G M. khenifra Huber, Lecigne &amp; Lips, sp. nov., male from Morocco, Béni Mellal-Khénifra, near Sidi Ben Daoud H M. bukidnon Huber, sp. nov., male from Philippines, Mindanao, Blue Water Cave. Photographs BAH." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1213.133178.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1141414">4 F</figureCitation>
; absent in
<taxonomicName id="AB44AE65AD77F46B5E4176BCDE754A33" authorityName="Barrientos" authorityYear="2019" class="Arachnida" family="Pholcidae" genus="Micropholcus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tegulifer">
<emphasis id="D64D76B8CCBA147555A96A264A54C5C7" italics="true">M. tegulifer</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), and by roundish rather than elongate pore plates (Fig.
<figureCitation id="0B340FC4AF188892499FD72595DA0869" captionStart="Figure 66" captionStartId="F66" captionText="Figure 66. Micropholcus ghar Huber, sp. nov.; from Morocco, Fès-Meknès, Kef el Ghar A, B male chelicerae, frontal and lateral views (ZFMK Ar 24685) C cleared female genitalia, dorsal view (ZFMK Ar 24686); arrows point at distinctive membranous structures. Scale bars: 0.3 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1213.133178.figure66" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1141476">66 C</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<caption id="64144CB3AA69584CA5C1121EB8A24948" ID-DOI="10.3897/zookeys.1213.133178.figure64" ID-arpha="940D0FFE-798F-5B20-B11C-7BD0A8D84770" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1141474" startId="F64">
<paragraph id="8CF11D25DD42C996BE482D1931E7ED5B">
<label id="36703936A0C3926A144D55156E9B6E28">Figure 64.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="BA8004DFB1B72B8A088441ED8E30072A">
<taxonomicName id="022B052881D15B042458F9430DD8AD05" authority="Huber" authorityName="Huber &amp; Meng" authorityYear="2024" class="Arachnida" family="Pholcidae" genus="Micropholcus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ghar" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="CA21592D16FAA6938203A7B7991DA4B5" italics="true">Micropholcus ghar</emphasis>
Huber
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicNameLabel id="EC1EF52DEF67B6C272EB758C9636E66D" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
; male from Morocco, Fès-Meknès, Kef el Ghar (
<named-content id="D753C3A614BED8EEEC16BD65F628F09F" content-type="dwc:institutional_code" xlink_href="http://grbio.org/institution/zoologisches-forschungsmuseum-alexander-koenig" xlink_title="Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig">ZFMK</named-content>
<specimenCode id="B5BA1D6E1B11ABE35AFF23F493ADBB83">Ar 24685</specimenCode>
). Left palp in prolateral (
<emphasis id="1A93B1DDEAFCF3707CF3EE246FC047C6" bold="true">A</emphasis>
), dorsal (
<emphasis id="52AF4B6B08317364B164CAF4CD4713CA" bold="true">B</emphasis>
), and retrolateral (
<emphasis id="37CDBC70081E845F65404D4C3D6EC93C" bold="true">C</emphasis>
) views. Scale bar: 0.3 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="AB9D3C85763C3F9D545555195FAED05A" ID-DOI="10.3897/zookeys.1213.133178.figure65" ID-arpha="DFF8B4E1-076D-5115-BF76-14B906C63FF7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1141475" startId="F65">
<paragraph id="8E1C4F828D12EECF976084664E2F52BB">
<label id="FF0B7DA1BC102912FCA9AD4D235432E0">Figure 65.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E767C240527AAC2C39C84EBF08C52C6B">
<taxonomicName id="E773C2B6B68E231252D23D1276415D8E" authority="Huber" authorityName="Huber &amp; Meng" authorityYear="2024" class="Arachnida" family="Pholcidae" genus="Micropholcus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ghar" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="06688319C52F11E72FB45C6101FEF5C8" italics="true">Micropholcus ghar</emphasis>
Huber
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicNameLabel id="FC2682E44BEB7FA9C818B0966443ED4F" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
; male from Morocco, Fès-Meknès, Kef el Ghar (
<named-content id="D2828C47CFEDD859FCFDB54B27F129CD" content-type="dwc:institutional_code" xlink_href="http://grbio.org/institution/zoologisches-forschungsmuseum-alexander-koenig" xlink_title="Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig">ZFMK</named-content>
<specimenCode id="7E0F892C73D55AE9C60624DB3BC6067F">Ar 24685</specimenCode>
)
<emphasis id="FE3026A48464A568DC8370509CA2A83A" bold="true">A – C</emphasis>
left procursus in prolateral, dorsal, and retrolateral views
<emphasis id="BF2FAB5F149D4761FA32114D1FDD891C" bold="true">D, E</emphasis>
left genital bulb in prolateral and retrolateral views; numbers 1–3 denote pointed processes of appendix. Abbreviations: a, putative appendix; e, embolus; hp, dorsal hinged process; ps, proximal bulbal sclerite; u, putative uncus. Scale bars: 0.3 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="564F76BAA9344A66B8B4822323E30698" ID-DOI="10.3897/zookeys.1213.133178.figure66" ID-arpha="D115298F-3E51-5934-98E2-26177BBEDA71" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1141476" startId="F66">
<paragraph id="6B298A650D3C5155D9A6A7FA3BB8CDB6">
<label id="44C883849B5553F1D01562AD90F37E92">Figure 66.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="442219353B794C058A80A7372C7D9397">
<taxonomicName id="D0FB17BA9F01340F48D30894C88BA320" authority="Huber" authorityName="Huber &amp; Meng" authorityYear="2024" class="Arachnida" family="Pholcidae" genus="Micropholcus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ghar" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="CC72083E58AEAEA17F6D8960C48E34CF" italics="true">Micropholcus ghar</emphasis>
Huber
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicNameLabel id="45A67E3C3E50E0D0CC659E876E0ACF52" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
; from Morocco, Fès-Meknès, Kef el Ghar
<emphasis id="9B6740B3E9A7307A37DCA5DD34AF3DC1" bold="true">A, B</emphasis>
male chelicerae, frontal and lateral views (
<named-content id="0871EC99CF22F7A219F3F46925465B25" content-type="dwc:institutional_code" xlink_href="http://grbio.org/institution/zoologisches-forschungsmuseum-alexander-koenig" xlink_title="Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig">ZFMK</named-content>
<specimenCode id="AFE74E64D496B5E64D8832C65035E192">Ar 24685</specimenCode>
)
<emphasis id="5DA619291EC76661347B1D18A07F60E6" bold="true">C</emphasis>
cleared female genitalia, dorsal view (
<named-content id="1696B951F83FCE70D368FEB1D3CD8291" content-type="dwc:institutional_code" xlink_href="http://grbio.org/institution/zoologisches-forschungsmuseum-alexander-koenig" xlink_title="Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig">ZFMK</named-content>
<specimenCode id="787B4965AC77212D99068D413BCD2AD8">Ar 24686</specimenCode>
); arrows point at distinctive membranous structures. Scale bars: 0.3 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="B47C8E6CBE2E40C9FC3075CE87890099" ID-DOI="10.3897/zookeys.1213.133178.figure67" ID-arpha="B200C92E-EA0E-5042-AE1A-2E7484282179" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1141477" startId="F67">
<paragraph id="17794A145490F56AB697B3CBD1C00967">
<label id="B7D5A114285F731A351C8728FDCFC98D">Figure 67.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="50EA4933C645E8317480C2AF068B4871">
<taxonomicName id="0E46FD3558AAA0D41AC6B600567D5095" authority="Huber" authorityName="Huber &amp; Meng" authorityYear="2024" class="Arachnida" family="Pholcidae" genus="Micropholcus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ghar" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="690EE3E470CDA092E7D470BC50779B0A" italics="true">Micropholcus ghar</emphasis>
Huber
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A27671A9816AD1C43317CAF5995C31A0" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
; female from Morocco, Fès-Meknès, Kef el Ghar (
<named-content id="E90E61D67A3961D742C8FBA21FEA1AB8" content-type="dwc:institutional_code" xlink_href="http://grbio.org/institution/zoologisches-forschungsmuseum-alexander-koenig" xlink_title="Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig">ZFMK</named-content>
<specimenCode id="1DE3FEAF1207291B5814422DBBDEB919">Ar 24686</specimenCode>
)
<emphasis id="34B94D01C0B959C069164682308B0B52" bold="true">A</emphasis>
epigynum, ventral view
<emphasis id="4EC3546720EED0FC62DC5C402D475481" bold="true">B, C</emphasis>
cleared female genitalia, ventral and dorsal views. Scale bars: 0.3 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EKPDK" type="description">
<paragraph id="D5803C4362831D211A0FBBA3C53E27CB">
<heading id="C8824A6409B20CDC4246303A90ADCFDD" reason="title">Description.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="278A38A5D3DA7069534AADBD8112C121">
<emphasis id="E2B8466AE7CB171DE983ECC3BA1F6EF1" bold="true">Male</emphasis>
(
<typeStatus id="3416DF4DE60497F1ADD5C3E1715F1E9C" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
).
<emphasis id="EA4A00715CE86AC9C96A8B57316ACEC1" bold="true">
<emphasis id="B2B3D55ABBFA1C4CADBC1414B18C73CB" bold="true" italics="true">Measurements</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
Total body length 3.6, carapace width 1.2. Distance
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EWPDK" xlink_title="posterior median eye(s)">PME</abbrev>
-
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E1PDK" xlink_title="posterior median eye(s)">PME</abbrev>
200 µm; diameter
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E5PDK" xlink_title="posterior median eye(s)">PME</abbrev>
85 µm; distance
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ECQDK" xlink_title="posterior median eye(s)">PME</abbrev>
-
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EGQDK" xlink_title="anterior lateral eye(s)">ALE</abbrev>
25 µm; distance
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EKQDK" xlink_title="anterior median eye(s)">AME</abbrev>
-
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EOQDK" xlink_title="anterior median eye(s)">AME</abbrev>
20 µm; diameter
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ESQDK" xlink_title="anterior median eye(s)">AME</abbrev>
45 µm. Leg 1: 37.6 (9.7 + 0.6 + 9.7 + 15.9 + 1.7), tibia 2: 6.8, tibia 3: 4.2, tibia 4: 5.7; tibia 1
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EWQDK" xlink_title="length/diameter">L / d</abbrev>
: 84; diameters of leg femora (at half length) ~ 0.13; of leg tibiae 0.11–0.12.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="1AAE090C37934260FFB3D697CE65D225">
<emphasis id="784EAA0B73DCE94C1326B5E6A7672EB3" bold="true" italics="true">Colour</emphasis>
(in ethanol). Prosoma and legs mostly pale ochre-yellow, carapace with light brown marks, ocular area and clypeus without darker pattern, sternum with brown margins and three light brown marks posteriorly; legs with slightly darkened patellae, tibia-metatarsus joints not darkened; abdomen monochromous pale grey to whitish.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0A8CD1B8567D8797FB92581EA11BF49C">
<emphasis id="092A8F4E992B1E3682794B881DB2878C" bold="true">
<emphasis id="D3256B770AB1A10A87FC1CD5CE871279" bold="true" italics="true">Body</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
Habitus as in Fig.
<specimenCount id="6C1A04C6F51109F2BB9E51CBC76889E9" count="4" type="generic">
<figureCitation id="16F0C992653DB5A654AFCD1FFFF71340" captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Micropholcus Deeleman-Reinhold &amp; Prinsen; live specimens from Oman, Morocco, and the Philippines A, B M. darbat Huber, sp. nov., male and female with egg-sac from Oman, Dhofar, near Qairoon Hairitti C M. shaat Huber, sp. nov., male from Oman, Dhofar, Shaat sinkhole D, E M. agadir (Huber), male and female with egg-sac from Morocco, Souss-Massa, Paradise Valley F M. ghar Huber, sp. nov., male from Morocco, Fès-Meknès, Kef El Ghar G M. khenifra Huber, Lecigne &amp; Lips, sp. nov., male from Morocco, Béni Mellal-Khénifra, near Sidi Ben Daoud H M. bukidnon Huber, sp. nov., male from Philippines, Mindanao, Blue Water Cave. Photographs BAH." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1213.133178.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1141414">4 F</figureCitation>
.
</specimenCount>
Ocular area raised (distinct in frontal view; Fig.
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). Carapace without thoracic groove. Clypeus unmodified. Sternum wider than long (0.80 / 0.60), unmodified. Abdomen oval, approximately twice as long as wide. Gonopore with four epiandrous spigots (Fig.
<figureCitation id="F7FAD85A0A303FB938A0321C0D43ADFD" captionStart="Figure 10" captionStartId="F10" captionText="Figure 10. Micropholcus Deeleman-Reinhold &amp; Prinsen; SEM images of male gonopores with epiandrous spigots and of female epigyna A, B M. tanomah Huber, sp. nov. C, D M. darbat Huber, sp. nov. E, F M. ghar Huber, sp. nov. G, H M. bukidnon Huber, sp. nov. Abbreviations: aep, anterior epigynal plate; k, epigynal ‘ knob’; pep, posterior epigynal plate. Scale bars: 10 µm (A, G); 100 µm (B, D, F, H); 20 µm (C, E)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1213.133178.figure10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1141420">10 E</figureCitation>
). Spinnerets as in Fig.
<figureCitation id="DFA043A8886DB637E8A9F937236BF00B" captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Micropholcus Deeleman-Reinhold &amp; Prinsen; SEM images of male palpal trochanter tips and of spinnerets A M. alfara Huber, sp. nov. B M. tanomah Huber, sp. nov. C M. darbat Huber, sp. nov. D M. ghar Huber, sp. nov. E M. bukidnon Huber, sp. nov. F, G M. tanomah Huber, sp. nov., male ALS, and male spinnerets and anal cone (asterisk) H, I M. ghar Huber, sp. nov., male ALS and male spinnerets J M. bukidnon Huber, sp. nov., male ALS. Scale bars: 10 µm (A – F, H, J), 100 µm (G), 20 µm (I)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1213.133178.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1141419">9 H, I</figureCitation>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="F1497E0EBBF74A53F2F94AA4C10558AB">
<emphasis id="3AB32B74B25680FD2F18B0F251FE0524" bold="true">
<emphasis id="3CC7B5D3FB9BF9FC76321A2F24921C76" bold="true" italics="true">Chelicerae</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
As in Fig.
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; with pair of long distal frontal apophyses, each with two cone-shaped hairs (Fig.
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); and two pairs of smaller proximal processes.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="717FDAB47869CB4A197E7479DDF89000" bold="true">
<emphasis id="F4F61F91A77CD17B9B26D1AB6661B97C" bold="true" italics="true">Palps</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
As in Fig.
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; coxa unmodified; trochanter with retrolateral-ventral apophysis provided with terminal modified hair (Fig.
<figureCitation id="DFCA6591EA51523DFD67350AEF9F664D" captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Micropholcus Deeleman-Reinhold &amp; Prinsen; SEM images of male palpal trochanter tips and of spinnerets A M. alfara Huber, sp. nov. B M. tanomah Huber, sp. nov. C M. darbat Huber, sp. nov. D M. ghar Huber, sp. nov. E M. bukidnon Huber, sp. nov. F, G M. tanomah Huber, sp. nov., male ALS, and male spinnerets and anal cone (asterisk) H, I M. ghar Huber, sp. nov., male ALS and male spinnerets J M. bukidnon Huber, sp. nov., male ALS. Scale bars: 10 µm (A – F, H, J), 100 µm (G), 20 µm (I)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1213.133178.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1141419">9 D</figureCitation>
); femur cylindrical with distinct ventral process proximally; femur-patella joints shifted toward prolateral side; tibia-tarsus joints slightly shifted toward retrolateral side. Procursus (Figs
<figureCitation id="4507F47B9CF6C05CCFB29B93DBB2345D" captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Micropholcus Deeleman-Reinhold &amp; Prinsen; SEM images of male palpal structures A, B M. darbat Huber, sp. nov.; right bulb and procursus, prolateral view (bold arrow in A points at trochanter apophysis), and prolateral membranous flap of procursus at higher magnification C M. darbat Huber, sp. nov., left bulbal processes D M. ghar Huber, sp. nov., left procursus, retrolateral view E, F M. ghar Huber, sp. nov., right bulbal processes, prolateral and prolateral-ventral views G M. bukidnon Huber, sp. nov., left procursus, prolateral-distal view H M. bukidnon Huber, sp. nov., left bulbal processes, prolateral distal view. Abbreviations: a, putative appendix; b, genital bulb; e, embolus; hp, dorsal hinged process; mf, membranous prolateral flap; pr, procursus; ta, tarsus; u, putative uncus. Scale bars: 100 µm (A, D – H); 10 µm (B); 20 µm (C)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1213.133178.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1141418">8 D</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="D734321D57026974D6E38F35AA72DDBE" captionStart="Figure 65" captionStartId="F65" captionText="Figure 65. Micropholcus ghar Huber, sp. nov.; male from Morocco, Fès-Meknès, Kef el Ghar (ZFMK Ar 24685) A – C left procursus in prolateral, dorsal, and retrolateral views D, E left genital bulb in prolateral and retrolateral views; numbers 1–3 denote pointed processes of appendix. Abbreviations: a, putative appendix; e, embolus; hp, dorsal hinged process; ps, proximal bulbal sclerite; u, putative uncus. Scale bars: 0.3 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1213.133178.figure65" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1141475">65 A – C</figureCitation>
) proximally with sclerotised prolateral ridge; at half length with strong prolateral-ventral sclerotised ridge or process; distally with dorsal hinged process; tip of procursus partly sclerotised and apparently also hinged against proximal part. Genital bulb (Figs
<figureCitation id="D0E54093A6CEB422376C1023E336405E" captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Micropholcus Deeleman-Reinhold &amp; Prinsen; SEM images of male palpal structures A, B M. darbat Huber, sp. nov.; right bulb and procursus, prolateral view (bold arrow in A points at trochanter apophysis), and prolateral membranous flap of procursus at higher magnification C M. darbat Huber, sp. nov., left bulbal processes D M. ghar Huber, sp. nov., left procursus, retrolateral view E, F M. ghar Huber, sp. nov., right bulbal processes, prolateral and prolateral-ventral views G M. bukidnon Huber, sp. nov., left procursus, prolateral-distal view H M. bukidnon Huber, sp. nov., left bulbal processes, prolateral distal view. Abbreviations: a, putative appendix; b, genital bulb; e, embolus; hp, dorsal hinged process; mf, membranous prolateral flap; pr, procursus; ta, tarsus; u, putative uncus. Scale bars: 100 µm (A, D – H); 10 µm (B); 20 µm (C)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1213.133178.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1141418">8 E, F</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="2836476B0F2D51E31B9F9919F6302381" captionStart="Figure 65" captionStartId="F65" captionText="Figure 65. Micropholcus ghar Huber, sp. nov.; male from Morocco, Fès-Meknès, Kef el Ghar (ZFMK Ar 24685) A – C left procursus in prolateral, dorsal, and retrolateral views D, E left genital bulb in prolateral and retrolateral views; numbers 1–3 denote pointed processes of appendix. Abbreviations: a, putative appendix; e, embolus; hp, dorsal hinged process; ps, proximal bulbal sclerite; u, putative uncus. Scale bars: 0.3 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1213.133178.figure65" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1141475">65 D, E</figureCitation>
) with strong proximal sclerite; putative appendix with three pointed processes directed towards bulbous part, distally widened and membranous, with fringed membrane; putative uncus flat with series of pointed processes and one long curved process; and mostly semi-transparent embolus.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E2273F32100E93A44EBDB6DC50A4E8C3">
<emphasis id="31B9CDF3E8D55FD5B4D3D96E68AF6045" bold="true">
<emphasis id="C9D897C4EF71A23D8AF1C2009EAB5AEB" bold="true" italics="true">Legs</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
Without spines, without curved hairs, without sexually dimorphic short vertical hairs (many hairs missing in
<typeStatus id="ABC21204A51BD82BB361BC15A85E96EB" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
but confirmed in other males); retrolateral trichobothrium of tibia 1 at 5 %; prolateral trichobothrium absent on tibia 1; tarsus 1 with&gt; 20 pseudosegments, distally distinct.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="6F41DE46EF2D4DA2DF50988BBC9C8573">
<emphasis id="D94B355F167F5E7A50CC63BDF866C131" bold="true" italics="true">Variation</emphasis>
(male). Tibia
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(incl.
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): 6.2–10.2 (mean 8.1). While most elements of the bulbal processes (and procursus) appear to be very consistent, there is substantial variation in the row of pointed processes on the uncus. The number of larger processes ranges from two to four; the smaller processes may be absent or replaced by a single (sometimes larger) process; several males were asymmetric in this respect.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="98340FAA430BEA4EF0ED8F7AB58AFE0C">
<emphasis id="5C28F17F0211CBE87CFEA0BD08F73EC1" bold="true">Female.</emphasis>
In general very similar to male but abdomen often much wider. Tibia
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: 6.0–9.1 (mean 7.3). Epigynum (Figs
<figureCitation id="3D4047781B32B2ADAB3A1FEAA064E965" captionStart="Figure 10" captionStartId="F10" captionText="Figure 10. Micropholcus Deeleman-Reinhold &amp; Prinsen; SEM images of male gonopores with epiandrous spigots and of female epigyna A, B M. tanomah Huber, sp. nov. C, D M. darbat Huber, sp. nov. E, F M. ghar Huber, sp. nov. G, H M. bukidnon Huber, sp. nov. Abbreviations: aep, anterior epigynal plate; k, epigynal ‘ knob’; pep, posterior epigynal plate. Scale bars: 10 µm (A, G); 100 µm (B, D, F, H); 20 µm (C, E)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1213.133178.figure10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1141420">10 F</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="83B3C56A17B49603D647D20B497660B7" captionStart="Figure 67" captionStartId="F67" captionText="Figure 67. Micropholcus ghar Huber, sp. nov.; female from Morocco, Fès-Meknès, Kef el Ghar (ZFMK Ar 24686) A epigynum, ventral view B, C cleared female genitalia, ventral and dorsal views. Scale bars: 0.3 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1213.133178.figure67" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1141477">67 A</figureCitation>
) anterior plate divided into two sections, anterior section weakly sclerotised, with curved ridges and hairs; posterior section smooth, medially whitish, laterally brown to black, i. e., heavily sclerotised; small knob-shaped process (Fig.
<figureCitation id="3E26F277B6AC7B73D0C64B6AE2A35D55" captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figure 11. Micropholcus Deeleman-Reinhold &amp; Prinsen; SEM images of epigynal knobs (A – C), trichobothria (D), and tarsal organs (E – J) A M. tanomah Huber, sp. nov. B M. darbat Huber, sp. nov. C M. ghar Huber, sp. nov. D M. alfara Huber, sp. nov., female left palpal tibia E M. alfara Huber, sp. nov., male right tarsus 2 F M. tanomah Huber, sp. nov., female left tarsus 2 G, H M. darbat Huber, sp. nov., female right tarsus 2 and male palpal tarsus I M. ghar Huber, sp. nov., male palpal tarsus J M. bukidnon Huber, sp. nov., male palpal tarsus. Scale bars: 20 µm (A); 10 µm (B – D, H – J); 2 µm (E – G)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1213.133178.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1141421">11 C</figureCitation>
) between posterior and anterior parts; posterior epigynal plate short and very indistinct. Internal genitalia (Figs
<figureCitation id="A2E35398440955EA2DBFD54B5BEC2126" captionStart="Figure 66" captionStartId="F66" captionText="Figure 66. Micropholcus ghar Huber, sp. nov.; from Morocco, Fès-Meknès, Kef el Ghar A, B male chelicerae, frontal and lateral views (ZFMK Ar 24685) C cleared female genitalia, dorsal view (ZFMK Ar 24686); arrows point at distinctive membranous structures. Scale bars: 0.3 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1213.133178.figure66" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1141476">66 C</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="E918AFB7E34836422F2348C02CDFBF49" captionStart="Figure 67" captionStartId="F67" captionText="Figure 67. Micropholcus ghar Huber, sp. nov.; female from Morocco, Fès-Meknès, Kef el Ghar (ZFMK Ar 24686) A epigynum, ventral view B, C cleared female genitalia, ventral and dorsal views. Scale bars: 0.3 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1213.133178.figure67" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1141477">67 B, C</figureCitation>
) with pair of small oval pore plates, distinctive median sclerite, and pair of large membranous structures laterally.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EMUDK" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="296C225EE6900FC7A6B183FFFACC6819">
<heading id="13B8363317469D7B98B3A8AF01B6852F" reason="title">Etymology.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8885159A844D2870D87BD17D8BB444F9">The species name is derived from the type locality; noun in apposition.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0ERUDK" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="1EFD0AC47AE4AA68778BEBB634FFCDB0">
<heading id="351DFD8EE29E7B08AB86D2151FED4C16" reason="title">Distribution.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="139B53D6DC1CA18619AF87595AC4534B">
Known from two localities in
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, both in Fès-Meknès Region (Fig.
<figureCitation id="DBB1CDF9421A71D20DC24B57844D9D56" captionStart="Figure 13" captionStartId="F13" captionText="Figure 13. Known distribution of Micropholcus fauroti (Simon) (A) and of Old World Micropholcus in Mindanao (B), on the Arabian Peninsula (C) and in Morocco (D)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1213.133178.figure13" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1141423">13 D</figureCitation>
). We could not examine the single male specimen mentioned in
<bibRefCitation id="9B70C9FA97985DA36FE09F71B0427F35" DOI="10.30963/aramit6607" author="Lecigne S &amp; Moutaouakil S &amp; Lips J" etAl="et al." firstAuthor="Lecigne" journalOrPublisher="Arachnologische Mitteilungen" page="71" pagination="44-71" refId="B37" refString="Lecigne S, Moutaouakil S, Lips J (2023) Contribution to the knowledge of the spider fauna of Morocco (Arachnida: Araneae) – First note – On new records of cave spiders. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 66: 44–71. https://doi.org/10.30963/aramit6607" title="Contribution to the knowledge of the spider fauna of Morocco (Arachnida: Araneae) - First note - On new records of cave spiders." volume="66" year="2023">Lecigne et al. (2023: 71)</bibRefCitation>
, originating from Tazekka National Park, Ghar Admam,
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,
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. However, photographs of the male palp kindly provided by S. Lecigne leave little doubt that this is the same species.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EDVDK" type="natural history">
<paragraph id="50048EE22CF9099928CAFEBB53A398E7">
<heading id="8ACA0517628FDAAD512A56E382B87DA0" reason="title">Natural history.</heading>
</paragraph>
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The spiders were very abundant within the first ~
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of the cave; no specimens were seen outside the cave or in deeper sections. They built their fine and slightly domed webs close to the floor, often under small rock overhangs. They were hanging in the apex of the dome rather than sitting on the rock. At disturbance, they bounced slightly and walked towards the rock.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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