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leg. South African Museum Expedition,
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, SAMC B6736, SAM/Aran 1577 examined).
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Diagnosis: Males of
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can be easily separated from congeners by the relatively short embolus, which is as long as broad (approximately twice as long as broad in other
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), and the orientation of the distal end of the tegular apophysis, which is directed slightly towards the distal end of the cymbium (
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). Females are distinct by the anterior margin of the epigastric furrow overlapping and entirely obscuring the transverse sclerotised strips (
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), which can only be examined by pulling this lip anteriorly, while in the other species these strips are clearly visible.
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<emphasis box="[144,202,1482,1508]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="357">Male</emphasis>
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<paragraph blockId="14.[144,1104,1073,1677]" pageId="14" pageNumber="357">Measurements: CL 2.20, CW 1.75, SL 1.38, SW 1.24, AL 2.77, AW 1.90, TL 4.95 (4.507.15, n=9), CLER 1:0.21 (1:0.181:0.24).</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="14.[144,1104,1073,1677]" pageId="14" pageNumber="357">Length of leg segments, sequence from femur to tarsus, and total: I 1.55 + 0.75 + 1.13 + 0.74 + 0.42 = 4.59; II 1.25 + 0.70 + 0.95 + 0.73 + 0.45 = 4.08; III 1.07 + 0.58 + 0.74 + 0.80 + 0.55 = 3.74; IV 1.39 + 0.78 + 1.10 + 1.00 + 0.69 = 4.96.</paragraph>
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Figs 6062. Left male palp of
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in prolateral (60), ventral (61) and retrolateral views (62). Scale bars = 0.25 mm.
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Fig. 63. Distribution of
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<emphasis box="[908,990,1607,1628]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="358">D. major</emphasis>
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(black triangles),
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immatures (open triangles) in southern Africa.
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Carapace bright yellow-orange, pits yellow; chelicerae orange-brown; sternum yellow, mouthparts orange, both darker around margins; leg I bright yellow, metatarsi and tarsi yellow-brown, legs IIIV creamy-yellow; abdomen cream dorsally and ventrally. Palpal femora and patellae bright yellow, tibiae and cymbium orange-brown; palpal tegulum with short embolus, as long as broad, directed prolaterally distally at approximately 11 oclock; membranous conductor small, only covering tip of embolus; embolus and distal lobe of tegular apophysis perpendicular relative to one another; tegular apophysis comprising suboval basal lobe distally on tegulum, with claw-like distal lobe directed retrolaterally distally at approximately 2 oclock; tip of tegular apophysis clearly more distal than tip of embolus (
<figureCitation box="[443,578,496,522]" captionStart="Figs 6062" captionStartId="15.[181,219,706,728]" captionTargetBox="[186,1132,213,680]" captionTargetId="figure-9@15.[181,1141,204,688]" captionTargetPageId="15" captionText="Figs 6062.Left male palpof Diploglenamajor Lawrence,1928 in prolateral (60),ventral (61) and retrolateral views (62). Scale bars = 0.25 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7914083" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7914083/files/figure.png" pageId="16" pageNumber="359">Figs 6062</figureCitation>
).
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<emphasis box="[144,228,539,565]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="359">Female</emphasis>
(NCA 2010/3204).
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<paragraph blockId="16.[144,1105,582,1340]" pageId="16" pageNumber="359">Measurements: CL 2.90, CW 2.35, SL 1.83, SW 1.65, AL 4.20, AW 3.03, TL 6.55 (6.009.30, n=5), CLER 1:0.19 (1:0.191:0.21).</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="16.[144,1105,582,1340]" pageId="16" pageNumber="359">Length of leg segments, sequence from femur to tarsus, and total: I 1.80 + 1.30 + 1.33 + 1.38 + 0.52 = 6.33; II 1.55 + 1.00 + 1.10 + 0.90 + 0.53 = 5.08; III 1.40 + 0.85 + 0.88 + 1.05 + 0.75 = 4.93; IV 1.73 + 1.08 + 1.35 + 1.25 + 0.82 = 6.23.</paragraph>
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<materialsCitation collectingDate="1958-05-10" collectingDateMax="2013-06-12" collectingDateMin="1958-05-10" collectionCode="ESTR" collectorName="D. H Jacobs &amp; WORLD SPIDER CATALOG &amp; D. Jacobs &amp; C. Deschodt &amp; E. S. Ross &amp; R. E. Leech &amp; Ugab R. &amp; H. Kleynhans &amp; Valley &amp; Farm Stoke &amp; N. Theron &amp; A. Leroy" country="Botswana" county="Other" elevation="394" latitude="-22.216667" location="Same" longLatPrecision="1260" longitude="29.133333" municipality="Selkirk Mine" pageId="16" pageNumber="359" specimenCode="ESTR 1" specimenCount="19" specimenCount-female="7" specimenCount-male="9" stateProvince="Limpopo">
Carapace bright orange, pits yellow-orange; chelicerae orange-brown; sternum and mouthparts bright orange, darker around margins; legs IIV bright yellow-orange, metatarsi and tarsi I and II slightly darker; abdomen cream dorsally and ventrally. Palpal femora and patellae bright yellow-orange, tibiae and tarsi orange. External genitalia with weakly sclerotised anterior plate, with broad arch-shaped unsclerotised patch in front of slightly recurved paired transverse sclerotised strips (
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);
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:0.521:0.56.
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material examined:
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:
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:
<collectingMunicipality box="[665,795,951,973]" pageId="16" pageNumber="359">Selkirk Mine</collectingMunicipality>
, near Francistown,
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, leg.
<collectorName box="[298,401,976,998]" pageId="16" pageNumber="359">D.H Jacobs</collectorName>
,
<date box="[408,492,976,998]" pageId="16" pageNumber="359" value="2008-03-01">
<collectingDate box="[408,492,976,998]" pageId="16" pageNumber="359" value="2008-03-01">1.iii.2008</collectingDate>
</date>
(
<collectingMethod box="[502,606,976,998]" pageId="16" pageNumber="359">pitfall traps</collectingMethod>
),
<specimenCount box="[619,647,976,997]" pageId="16" pageNumber="359" type="male">1♂</specimenCount>
(NCA 2010/5682);
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:651E766CFF89C605FE5E0805B137FE82:E86891A1FF97C604FC150FE4B163FC61" box="[820,870,976,997]" country="Botswana" county="Other" latitude="-22.216667" longLatPrecision="1260" longitude="29.133333" municipality="Selkirk Mine" name="Same" pageId="16" pageNumber="359" stateProvince="Limpopo">Same</location>
data but
<date box="[946,1100,976,998]" pageId="16" pageNumber="359" value="2008-04-06" valueMax="2008-08-22" valueMin="2008-04-06">
<collectingDate box="[946,1100,976,998]" pageId="16" pageNumber="359" value="2008-04-06" valueMax="2008-08-22" valueMin="2008-04-06">6.iv22.viii.2008</collectingDate>
</date>
,
<specimenCount box="[144,172,1000,1021]" pageId="16" pageNumber="359" type="female">1♀</specimenCount>
(NCA 2010/3204),
<specimenCount box="[351,379,1000,1021]" pageId="16" pageNumber="359" type="male">1♂</specimenCount>
<specimenCount box="[384,449,1000,1022]" pageId="16" pageNumber="359" type="generic">2 imm.</specimenCount>
(NCA 2009/3205),
<specimenCount box="[627,654,1000,1021]" pageId="16" pageNumber="359" type="male">1♂</specimenCount>
<specimenCount box="[660,688,1000,1021]" pageId="16" pageNumber="359" type="female">1♀</specimenCount>
prepared for
<collectorName box="[808,846,1000,1021]" name="WORLD SPIDER CATALOG" pageId="16" pageNumber="359">S.E.</collectorName>
M.;
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:651E766CFF89C605FE5E0805B137FE82:E86891A1FF97C604FC520FDCB1A0FC79" box="[883,933,1000,1021]" country="Botswana" county="Other" latitude="-22.216667" longLatPrecision="1260" longitude="29.133333" municipality="Selkirk Mine" name="Same" pageId="16" pageNumber="359" stateProvince="Limpopo">Same</location>
locality,
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<geoCoordinate box="[144,235,1025,1046]" degrees="27" direction="east" minutes="31.2" orientation="longitude" pageId="16" pageNumber="359" precision="92" value="27.52">27°31.2'E</geoCoordinate>
, leg.
<collectorName box="[287,379,1025,1047]" pageId="16" pageNumber="359">D. Jacobs</collectorName>
,
<date box="[390,535,1025,1047]" pageId="16" pageNumber="359" value="2008-05-06" valueMax="2008-07-22" valueMin="2008-05-06">
<collectingDate box="[390,535,1025,1047]" pageId="16" pageNumber="359" value="2008-05-06" valueMax="2008-07-22" valueMin="2008-05-06">6.v22.vii.2008</collectingDate>
</date>
(
<collectingMethod box="[548,657,1025,1047]" pageId="16" pageNumber="359">pitfall traps</collectingMethod>
, EIA site 2),
<specimenCount box="[783,811,1025,1046]" pageId="16" pageNumber="359" type="male">4♂</specimenCount>
(NCA 2010/3230).
<collectingCountry box="[998,1101,1025,1046]" name="Namibia" pageId="16" pageNumber="359">NAMIBIA</collectingCountry>
:
<emphasis box="[144,210,1050,1071]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="359">Erongo</emphasis>
:
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:651E766CFF89C605FE5E0805B137FE82:E86891A1FF97C604FFFD082DB3A4FBAB" box="[220,417,1049,1071]" country="Botswana" county="Other" latitude="-22.216667" longLatPrecision="1260" longitude="29.133333" municipality="Selkirk Mine" name="Central Namib Desert" pageId="16" pageNumber="359" stateProvince="Limpopo">Central Namib Desert</location>
,
<locationDeviation box="[424,676,1049,1071]" location="Swakopmund" pageId="16" pageNumber="359">
<quantity box="[424,479,1049,1071]" metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.6" pageId="16" pageNumber="359" unit="km" value="16.0">16 km</quantity>
ESE of Swakopmund
</locationDeviation>
,
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<geoCoordinate box="[797,910,1049,1071]" degrees="14" direction="east" minutes="57.720" orientation="longitude" pageId="16" pageNumber="359" precision="1" value="14.962">14°57.720'E</geoCoordinate>
,
<quantity box="[917,974,1049,1071]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.94" pageId="16" pageNumber="359" unit="m" value="394.0">
<elevation box="[917,974,1049,1071]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.94" pageId="16" pageNumber="359" unit="m" value="394.0">394 m</elevation>
</quantity>
, leg.
<collectorName box="[1018,1104,1049,1071]" pageId="16" pageNumber="359">D. Jacobs</collectorName>
&amp;
<collectorName box="[165,277,1074,1096]" pageId="16" pageNumber="359">C. Deschodt</collectorName>
,
<date box="[285,371,1074,1096]" pageId="16" pageNumber="359" value="2013-06-07">
<collectingDate box="[285,371,1074,1096]" pageId="16" pageNumber="359" value="2013-06-07">7.vi.2013</collectingDate>
</date>
(
<collectingMethod box="[380,485,1074,1096]" pageId="16" pageNumber="359">pitfall traps</collectingMethod>
, Ongolo EIA site 06), 1sa
<specimenCount box="[713,727,1074,1095]" pageId="16" pageNumber="359" type="female"></specimenCount>
(NCA 2014/2138);
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:651E766CFF89C605FE5E0805B137FE82:E86891A1FF97C604FCA60806B649FBC3" box="[903,1100,1074,1096]" country="Botswana" county="Other" latitude="-22.216667" longLatPrecision="1260" longitude="29.133333" municipality="Selkirk Mine" name="Central Namib Desert" pageId="16" pageNumber="359" stateProvince="Limpopo">Central Namib Desert</location>
,
<locationDeviation box="[144,392,1098,1120]" location="Swakopmund" pageId="16" pageNumber="359">
<quantity box="[144,199,1098,1120]" metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.7" pageId="16" pageNumber="359" unit="km" value="47.0">47 km</quantity>
ESE of Swakopmund
</locationDeviation>
,
<geoCoordinate box="[399,507,1098,1120]" degrees="22" direction="south" minutes="46.380" orientation="latitude" pageId="16" pageNumber="359" precision="1" value="-22.773">22°46.380'S</geoCoordinate>
<geoCoordinate box="[511,622,1098,1120]" degrees="14" direction="east" minutes="58.860" orientation="longitude" pageId="16" pageNumber="359" precision="1" value="14.981">14°58.860'E</geoCoordinate>
,
<quantity box="[629,685,1098,1120]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.27" pageId="16" pageNumber="359" unit="m" value="427.0">
<elevation box="[629,685,1098,1120]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.27" pageId="16" pageNumber="359" unit="m" value="427.0">427 m</elevation>
</quantity>
, leg.
<collectorName box="[731,815,1098,1120]" pageId="16" pageNumber="359">D. Jacobs</collectorName>
&amp;
<collectorName box="[840,950,1098,1120]" pageId="16" pageNumber="359">C. Deschodt</collectorName>
,
<date box="[957,1041,1098,1120]" pageId="16" pageNumber="359" value="2013-06-07">
<collectingDate box="[957,1041,1098,1120]" pageId="16" pageNumber="359" value="2013-06-07">7.vi.2013</collectingDate>
</date>
(
<collectingMethod pageId="16" pageNumber="359">pitfall traps</collectingMethod>
, Ongolo EIA site 07), 1sa
<specimenCount box="[429,443,1123,1144]" pageId="16" pageNumber="359" type="female"></specimenCount>
(NCA 2014/2094);
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:651E766CFF89C605FE5E0805B137FE82:E86891A1FF97C604FD530857B138FBFC" box="[626,829,1123,1145]" country="Botswana" county="Other" latitude="-22.216667" longLatPrecision="1260" longitude="29.133333" municipality="Selkirk Mine" name="Central Namib Desert" pageId="16" pageNumber="359" stateProvince="Limpopo">Central Namib Desert</location>
,
<locationDeviation box="[838,1100,1123,1145]" location="Swakopmund" pageId="16" pageNumber="359">
<quantity box="[838,896,1123,1145]" metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.9" pageId="16" pageNumber="359" unit="km" value="49.0">49 km</quantity>
ESE of Swakopmund
</locationDeviation>
,
<geoCoordinate box="[144,254,1147,1169]" degrees="22" direction="south" minutes="46.800" orientation="latitude" pageId="16" pageNumber="359" precision="1" value="-22.78">22°46.800'S</geoCoordinate>
<geoCoordinate box="[261,375,1147,1169]" degrees="14" direction="east" minutes="59.760" orientation="longitude" pageId="16" pageNumber="359" precision="1" value="14.996">14°59.760'E</geoCoordinate>
,
<quantity box="[385,445,1147,1169]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.41" pageId="16" pageNumber="359" unit="m" value="441.0">
<elevation box="[385,445,1147,1169]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.41" pageId="16" pageNumber="359" unit="m" value="441.0">441 m</elevation>
</quantity>
, leg.
<collectorName box="[496,584,1147,1169]" pageId="16" pageNumber="359">D. Jacobs</collectorName>
&amp;
<collectorName box="[615,730,1147,1169]" pageId="16" pageNumber="359">C. Deschodt</collectorName>
,
<date box="[739,825,1147,1169]" pageId="16" pageNumber="359" value="2013-06-07">
<collectingDate box="[739,825,1147,1169]" pageId="16" pageNumber="359" value="2013-06-07">7.vi.2013</collectingDate>
</date>
(
<collectingMethod box="[837,945,1147,1169]" pageId="16" pageNumber="359">pitfall traps</collectingMethod>
, Ongolo EIA site 09), 2sa
<specimenCount box="[219,231,1172,1193]" pageId="16" pageNumber="359" type="female"></specimenCount>
(NCA 2014/2095);
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:651E766CFF89C605FE5E0805B137FE82:E86891A1FF97C604FEBB08A0B067FB2D" box="[410,610,1172,1194]" country="Botswana" county="Other" latitude="-22.216667" longLatPrecision="1260" longitude="29.133333" municipality="Selkirk Mine" name="Central Namib Desert" pageId="16" pageNumber="359" stateProvince="Limpopo">Central Namib Desert</location>
,
<locationDeviation box="[618,824,1172,1194]" location="Walvis Bay" pageId="16" pageNumber="359">
<quantity box="[618,674,1172,1194]" metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.6" pageId="16" pageNumber="359" unit="km" value="66.0">66 km</quantity>
E of Walvis Bay
</locationDeviation>
,
<geoCoordinate box="[832,943,1171,1193]" degrees="23" direction="south" minutes="02.580" orientation="latitude" pageId="16" pageNumber="359" precision="1" value="-23.043">23°02.580'S</geoCoordinate>
<geoCoordinate box="[948,1062,1171,1193]" degrees="15" direction="east" minutes="08.460" orientation="longitude" pageId="16" pageNumber="359" precision="1" value="15.141">15°08.460'E</geoCoordinate>
, leg.
<collectorName box="[144,233,1196,1218]" pageId="16" pageNumber="359">D. Jacobs</collectorName>
&amp;
<collectorName box="[265,380,1196,1218]" pageId="16" pageNumber="359">C. Deschodt</collectorName>
,
<date box="[390,512,1196,1218]" pageId="16" pageNumber="359" value="2013-06-06" valueMax="2013-06-12" valueMin="2013-06-06">
<collectingDate box="[390,512,1196,1218]" pageId="16" pageNumber="359" value="2013-06-06" valueMax="2013-06-12" valueMin="2013-06-06">612.vi.2013</collectingDate>
</date>
(
<collectingMethod box="[524,633,1196,1218]" pageId="16" pageNumber="359">pitfall traps</collectingMethod>
, TUMAS site 09),
<specimenCount box="[811,839,1196,1217]" pageId="16" pageNumber="359" type="male">1♂</specimenCount>
(NCA 2013/5533);
<locationDeviation location="Okombahe" pageId="16" pageNumber="359">
<quantity box="[1025,1104,1196,1218]" metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.609344" pageId="16" pageNumber="359" unit="mi" value="10.0">10 miles</quantity>
W of Okombahe
</locationDeviation>
[
<geoCoordinate box="[307,379,1221,1242]" degrees="21" direction="south" minutes="22" orientation="latitude" pageId="16" pageNumber="359" precision="925" value="-21.366667">21°22'S</geoCoordinate>
<geoCoordinate box="[386,461,1220,1242]" degrees="15" direction="east" minutes="13" orientation="longitude" pageId="16" pageNumber="359" precision="925" value="15.216666">15°13'E</geoCoordinate>
],
<quantity box="[477,537,1221,1242]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="9.2" pageId="16" pageNumber="359" unit="m" value="920.0">
<elevation box="[477,537,1221,1242]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="9.2" pageId="16" pageNumber="359" unit="m" value="920.0">920 m</elevation>
</quantity>
, leg.
<collectorName box="[586,674,1221,1242]" pageId="16" pageNumber="359">E.S. Ross</collectorName>
&amp;
<collectorName box="[704,808,1221,1243]" pageId="16" pageNumber="359">R.E. Leech</collectorName>
,
<date box="[817,908,1220,1242]" pageId="16" pageNumber="359" value="1958-05-10">
<collectingDate box="[817,908,1220,1242]" pageId="16" pageNumber="359" value="1958-05-10">10.v.1958</collectingDate>
</date>
,
<specimenCount box="[918,946,1221,1242]" pageId="16" pageNumber="359" type="female">1♀</specimenCount>
(CAS, CASENT 9057491);
<collectorName box="[245,323,1245,1267]" pageId="16" pageNumber="359">Ugab R.</collectorName>
mouth,
<geoCoordinate box="[402,472,1245,1266]" degrees="21" direction="south" minutes="11" orientation="latitude" pageId="16" pageNumber="359" precision="925" value="-21.183332">21°11'S</geoCoordinate>
<geoCoordinate box="[480,554,1245,1266]" degrees="13" direction="east" minutes="37" orientation="longitude" pageId="16" pageNumber="359" precision="925" value="13.616667">13°37'E</geoCoordinate>
, leg.
<collectorName box="[607,736,1245,1267]" pageId="16" pageNumber="359">H. Kleynhans</collectorName>
,
<date box="[747,838,1245,1266]" pageId="16" pageNumber="359" value="1988-05-24">
<collectingDate box="[747,838,1245,1266]" pageId="16" pageNumber="359" value="1988-05-24">24.v.1988</collectingDate>
</date>
,
<specimenCount box="[850,877,1245,1266]" pageId="16" pageNumber="359" type="male">1♂</specimenCount>
(SMN 40904).
<collectingCountry name="South Africa" pageId="16" pageNumber="359">SOUTH AFRICA</collectingCountry>
:
<emphasis box="[238,319,1270,1291]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="359">
<collectingRegion box="[238,319,1270,1291]" country="South Africa" name="Limpopo" pageId="16" pageNumber="359">Limpopo</collectingRegion>
</emphasis>
:
<collectingRegion box="[331,414,1270,1292]" country="South Africa" name="Limpopo" pageId="16" pageNumber="359">Limpopo</collectingRegion>
<collectorName box="[419,478,1270,1292]" pageId="16" pageNumber="359">Valley</collectorName>
,
<collectorName box="[486,593,1270,1292]" pageId="16" pageNumber="359">Farm Stoke</collectorName>
,
<geoCoordinate box="[602,673,1270,1291]" degrees="22" direction="south" minutes="29" orientation="latitude" pageId="16" pageNumber="359" precision="925" value="-22.483334">22°29'S</geoCoordinate>
<geoCoordinate box="[678,752,1269,1291]" degrees="29" direction="east" minutes="52" orientation="longitude" pageId="16" pageNumber="359" precision="925" value="29.866667">29°52'E</geoCoordinate>
, leg.
<collectorName box="[800,895,1270,1292]" pageId="16" pageNumber="359">N. Theron</collectorName>
,
<date box="[904,981,1269,1291]" pageId="16" pageNumber="359" value="2009-05-06">
<collectingDate box="[904,981,1269,1291]" pageId="16" pageNumber="359" value="2009-05-06">6.v.2009</collectingDate>
</date>
(
<collectingMethod box="[993,1100,1270,1292]" pageId="16" pageNumber="359">pitfall traps</collectingMethod>
, site B),
<specimenCount box="[215,244,1294,1315]" pageId="16" pageNumber="359" type="female">1♀</specimenCount>
(NCA 2010/4878);
<collectingRegion box="[427,510,1294,1316]" country="South Africa" name="Limpopo" pageId="16" pageNumber="359">Limpopo</collectingRegion>
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:651E766CFF89C605FE5E0805B137FE82:E86891A1FF97C604FD22093AB0C6FAA0" box="[515,707,1294,1316]" country="Botswana" county="Other" latitude="-22.216667" longLatPrecision="1260" longitude="29.133333" municipality="Selkirk Mine" name="Valley National Park" pageId="16" pageNumber="359" stateProvince="Limpopo">Valley National Park</location>
,
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, leg.
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,
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(under rocks),
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(NCA 97/823)
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.
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Remarks: The abdomen of the female
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is somewhat shriveled in its present state.
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indicated its body length as
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, making this the largest specimen of
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<emphasis box="[175,301,1423,1449]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="359">Diploglena</emphasis>
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known. The other females collected within the distribution range of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="359">D. major</emphasis>
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are mostly less than
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in length, but considerable variation was also found amongst the males from the Selkirk Mine population in
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. The identical palpal structure of the single male from subcoastal
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(one of the southernmost localities in
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) with those from eastern
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indicates that this species is widespread across the arid and semi-arid northern parts of the subcontinent, and thus it is unlikely that the
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of
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<emphasis box="[368,468,1619,1644]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="359">D. major</emphasis>
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(northernmost Namibian locality in
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) represents a different species to the others, despite its considerably larger size.
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Distribution: Known from western
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, recorded from eastern
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and the northern parts of
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for the first time (
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).
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