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<paragraph id="C167322811C6339E327BF535C9B66874" pageId="0" pageNumber="649">Type material examined.</paragraph>
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MADAGASCAR: Province de Toliara [Menabe Region]: Holotype ♂ (CAS 9071518 [BLF4605]), allotype ♀ (ZMH-A0016707), paratypes: 9 ♂, 6 ♀ (CAS 9071518 [BLF4605]), 4 ♂, 4 ♀ (ZMH-A0016708 - ZMH-A0016715), Foret de Kirindy,
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, 28 November-2 December 2001, B.L. Fisher, Griswold et al.
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<paragraph id="A11595891003FB38EAED79B4CBB7C496" pageId="0" pageNumber="649">Additional material examined.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="3D8D2F17C54A211477376151C189588F" pageId="0" pageNumber="649">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="B357FE4F90AAC12B3FF473B690EF318A" pageId="0" pageNumber="649">Very similar to the type species but remarkably more granulated cuticle on the carapace, especially above the posterior pair of eyes; anterior lobes on the carapace are not pointed but rounded at the tip.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="C4178793AC7E3A98BDDA06CBE160978C" pageId="0" pageNumber="649">Etymology.</paragraph>
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This species is named after the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo de Rivera († 1954) whose unmistakable character were her striking eyebrows, which she included in many of her self-portraits. The species is reminiscent of her because of the strongly granulated cuticle above the second pair of eyes, which resemble
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<paragraph id="8B0A2E939D8B579A62BA94660BF66F4D" pageId="0" pageNumber="649">Description.</paragraph>
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The following description is based on holotype and allotype. -
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(Fig.
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): Cuticle strongly covered with granulate especially above the second eye pair which makes it look like an additional lateral pair of mounds behind the anterior margin; anterior lobes on carapace not pointed but rounded at the tips; 1.26-1.42 (♂), 1.18-1.34 (♀) times longer than broad. -
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): See trichobothrial pattern in genus description. Chelal fixed finger with 9-12 teeth in the OR, 14-15 in the MR and 8-12 in the IR; movable finger with 6-9 teeth in the OR, 9-11 in the MR and 9-10 in the IR; fixed finger with 6 equally sized and one larger terminal tooth, movable finger with 7 equally sized terminal teeth. -
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(mm):
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♂: Body length 1.71; abdomen length 1.15, width (with pleura) 1.01, width (without pleura) 0.90; carapace length 0.49, width 0.39. Pedipalp: trochanter 0.24; femur length 0.50, width 0.27; patella 0.34; chela (without pedicel) 0.41; hand length 0.08, width 0.12; movable finger 0.34. Leg I: trochanter 0.09; femur 0.14; patella 0.13; tibia 0.12; tarsus 0.21. Leg IV: trochanter 0.14; femur 0.10; patella 0.24; tibia 0.25; tarsus 0.23.
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♀: Body length 2.22; abdomen length 1.58, width (with pleura) 1.35, width (without pleura) 1.14; carapace length 0.60, width 0.45. Pedipalp: trochanter 0.26; femur length 0.54, width 0.35; patella 0.44; chela (without pedicel) 0.49; hand length 0.10, width 0.14; movable finger 0.37. Leg I: trochanter 0.10; femur 0.17; patella 0.19; tibia 0.14; tarsus 0.22. Leg IV: trochanter 0.18; femur 0.13; patella 0.29; tibia 0.30; tarsus 0.31.
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<emphasis id="02F0F57B23D1B1D60231ECF2E03AED7C" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="649">Figure 15.</emphasis>
Drawings of
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carapace from dorsal;
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leg IV;
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left chela from dorsal with trichobothrial pattern;
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right pedipalp from dorsal. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (
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<subSubSection id="94FADCFF0F27CD1B5A51250F78B31572" pageId="0" pageNumber="649" type="variation">
<paragraph id="BB4528BE1B93A71A4A652EF1EA5CF29B" pageId="0" pageNumber="649">Variation.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="58B360C1273C1B096E93CD3DECFFD39B" pageId="0" pageNumber="649">Body length 1.71-1.86 (♂), 1.92-2.26 (♀); abdomen length 1.15-1.27 (♂), 1.50-1.67 (♀); width (with pleura) 1.01-1.08 (♂), 1.20-1.41 (♀); width (without pleura) 0.90-0.99 (♂), 1.03-1.17 (♀); 1.22-1.35 (♂), 1.23-1.43 (♀) times longer than broad; carapace length 0.50-0.55 (♂), 0.52-0.61 (♀); width 0.38-0.41 (♂), 0.42-0.47 (♀); 1.26-1.42 (♂), 1.18-1.34 (♀) times longer than broad. Pedipalp: trochanter 0.19-0.24 (♂), 0.20-0.27 (♀); femur length 0.44-0.51 (♂), 0.53-0.60 (♀); width 0.26-0.30 (♂), 0.32-0.36 (♀); 1.57-1.85 (♂), 1.54-1.75 (♀) times longer than broad; patella 0.34-0.40 (♂), 0.44-0.47 (♀); chela (without pedicel) 0.39-0.45 (♂), 0.44-0.49 (♀); hand length 0.07-0.11 (♂), 0.90-0.12 (♀); width 0.12-0.13 (♂), 0.13-0.16 (♀); 0.54-0.92 (♂), 0.56-0.80 (♀) times longer than broad; movable finger 0.32-0.34 (♂), 0.37-0.40 (♀); femur 1.16-1.47 (♂), 1.20-1.36 (♀) times longer than patella; femur 1.04-1.22 (♂), 1.13-1.34 (♀) times longer than chela.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="71FF3BA46742420BE15F920160F853E0" pageId="0" pageNumber="649" type="habitat">
<paragraph id="17D4F4FA16CB18377EC1A8D34ED2205A" pageId="0" pageNumber="649">Habitat.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E639DED7401A5E5513D93E24ADAD4B91" pageId="0" pageNumber="649">Specimens were found in tropical dry forest in sifted litter (leaf mold, rotten wood) at an elevation of 100-150 m.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="5AE81F94115190D0C23D29D6CD98D6E7" pageId="0" pageNumber="649" type="genbank code">
<paragraph id="B25189EC14329A49484D3C65A7B8BD94" pageId="0" pageNumber="649">GenBank Code.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="784351FA7F637697F11D6642E978004D" pageId="0" pageNumber="649">OP589969. The species differs from all congeners by more than 6.5% in the H3 dataset.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="DE717DB65F02113EE7D891134B256AB2" pageId="0" pageNumber="649" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="385253F28190488F8BA86B15A59C0DE5" pageId="0" pageNumber="649">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="B10EB900ED7D24F92A8B94C845FCB5EA" pageId="0" pageNumber="649">Known from the type locality (BLF4605) and two additional localities (BLF4432 and BLF4726) in the Menabe Region (formerly Toliara Province) of western Madagascar.</paragraph>
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