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The family
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Opatova
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. The characters for distinguishing this genus thus applies to the family. The family differs from other Ctenizid-like taxa based on the following suite of characteristics based on
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: The tibia of leg III lacking a saddle-like excavation, the ocelli is twice as wide as it is long and the anterior lobe of the maxillae is anteriorly produced (
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;
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Opatova
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<emphasis id="B905EA82FFA88B62FF42FD37FE86F2BD" box="[199,300,716,742]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">General:</emphasis>
Medium to large bodied spiders (
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Cephalic region dome shaped with procurved fovea (
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). In
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the fovea forms into horn-like protrusion (
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).
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<emphasis id="B905EA82FFA88B62FF42FCC3FEBFF309" box="[199,277,824,850]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Ocelli:</emphasis>
The eyes occur in single cluster on forefront of cephalic region and eyes arranged in two transverse rows (
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;
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). Posterior row wider than anterior row (
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;
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).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B905EA82FFA88B62FF42FC5FFEE1F3E5" box="[199,331,932,958]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Chelicerae:</emphasis>
Distinct rastellum with thick spines, as well as cheliceral furrow with two rows of teeth (
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).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BCE3690FFA88B62FF42FC16FE30F4CC" blockId="14.[151,1437,464,1571]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
<emphasis id="B905EA82FFA88B62FF42FC16FD8CF45D" box="[199,550,1004,1031]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Sternum, labium and maxillae:</emphasis>
The sternum has single pair of sigilla present. Sigilla are situated opposite III coxa (
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;
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). In some male species sigilla are fused at anterior end, forming an arrow-like shape. Labium cuspules present in females and bare in males (
<bibRefCitation id="EFE04B61FFA88B62FC7CFBCFFA98F414" author="Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S." box="[1017,1330,1076,1103]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" pagination="29 - 38" refId="ref31060" refString="Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S. (2002) s. n. In: Baboon and Trapdoor Spiders of Southern Africa: An Identification Manual. Plant Production Research Institute, Agricultural Research Council, Pretoria, pp. 29 - 38." type="book chapter" year="2002">Dippenaar-Schoeman 2002</bibRefCitation>
). Maxilla has longer process only at distal end forming a long cone (
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;
<bibRefCitation id="EFE04B61FFA88B62FC4FFBA2FBFFF428" author="Raven, R. J." box="[970,1109,1112,1139]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" pagination="1 - 180" refId="ref33547" refString="Raven, R. J. (1985) The spider infraorder Mygalomorphae (Araneae): cladistics and systematics. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 182, 1 - 180." type="journal article" year="1985">Raven 1985</bibRefCitation>
). Maxilla has few basal teeth present (
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).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BCE3690FFA88B62FF42FB5BFEF6F484" blockId="14.[151,1437,464,1571]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
<emphasis id="B905EA82FFA88B62FF42FB5BFE90F4E1" box="[199,314,1184,1210]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Abdomen:</emphasis>
Varies in colour. Four spinnerets. Posterior spinnerets have domed apical segments (
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).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BCE3690FFA88B62FF42FB13FC48F558" blockId="14.[151,1437,464,1571]" box="[199,994,1256,1283]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
<emphasis id="B905EA82FFA88B62FF42FB13FEEAF559" box="[199,320,1256,1282]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Pedipalps:</emphasis>
Male bulb is simple pyriform (
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).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BCE3690FFA88B62FF42FAF6FC2FF535" blockId="14.[151,1437,464,1571]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
<emphasis id="B905EA82FFA88B62FF42FAF6FEACF57D" box="[199,262,1293,1318]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Legs:</emphasis>
Female legs are short and stocky. Three tarsal claws present, the paired claw with one large tooth and two smaller teeth below, third claw is untoothed (
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). Distal segments of leg I and II densely spined (
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). Males have long slender legs.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BCE3690FFA88B62FF42FA83FCFCF5C8" blockId="14.[151,1437,464,1571]" box="[199,854,1400,1427]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
<emphasis id="B905EA82FFA88B62FF42FA83FEC5F5C9" box="[199,367,1400,1426]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Spermathecae:</emphasis>
Multilobular (
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).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph id="8BCE3690FFA88B62FF42FA67FDDFF581" blockId="14.[151,1437,464,1571]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
<emphasis id="B905EA82FFA88B62FF42FA67FEC9F5ED" bold="true" box="[199,355,1436,1462]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Distribution:</emphasis>
The genus is currently recorded from
<collectingCountry id="F3667600FFA88B62FC8DFA67FCC8F5ED" box="[776,866,1436,1462]" name="Lesotho" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Lesotho</collectingCountry>
and
<collectingCountry id="F3667600FFA88B62FC13FA67FB8CF5ED" box="[918,1062,1436,1462]" name="South Africa" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">South Africa</collectingCountry>
, in all provinces except
<collectingRegion id="49B5F872FFA88B62FAAAFA67FA33F5ED" box="[1327,1433,1436,1462]" country="South Africa" name="Limpopo" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Limpopo</collectingRegion>
. It is an endemic to the Afrotropical region.
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<paragraph id="8BCE3690FFA88B62FF42FA1EFB13F679" blockId="14.[151,1437,464,1571]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
<emphasis id="B905EA82FFA88B62FF42FA1EFED2F5A4" bold="true" box="[199,376,1509,1535]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Included taxa:</emphasis>
In this paper, nine new species are described and a description of a
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<emphasis id="B905EA82FFA88B62FB26FA1EFAB3F5A5" box="[1187,1305,1509,1535]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">S. maraisi</emphasis>
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male. This increases the number of species in the genus to 56, with 23 of them found in the Karoo region.
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<emphasis id="B905EA82FFA88B62FF12F98EFC7DF6D5" bold="true" box="[151,983,1652,1679]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
Key to adult females of five
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<emphasis id="B905EA82FFA88B62FE71F98FFDD5F6D5" bold="true" box="[500,639,1652,1678]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Stasimopus</emphasis>
species
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in the Karoo region
</emphasis>
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1. Tuft of spines present ventrally on metatarsus III (
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).................................................... 2
</keyLead>
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<keyLead id="308095A5FFA88B62FF12F92AFA36F6BE" box="[151,1436,1744,1766]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">- Tuft of spines not present ventrally on metatarsus III......................................................... 3</keyLead>
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<keyLead id="308095A5FFA88B62FF12F915FA36F758" box="[151,1436,1772,1795]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
2. Patch of spinules on metatarsus I extends ½ the segment length (
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)........................
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- Patch of spinules on metatarsus I extends ¼ the segment length (
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)....................
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<emphasis id="B905EA82FFA88B62FB1BF8F0FAE0F77B" box="[1182,1354,1803,1824]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">S. venterstadensis</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B905EA82FFA88B62FAD5F8F0FA36F77B" bold="true" box="[1360,1436,1803,1824]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A23657F9FFA88B62FAD5F8F0FA36F77B" box="[1360,1436,1803,1824]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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<keyLead id="308095A5FFA88B62FF12F8D3FA36F766" box="[151,1436,1832,1854]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
3. Chelicera with extremely dense denticles (&gt;45) (
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)........................................
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</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B905EA82FFA88B62FAD5F8D3FA36F766" bold="true" box="[1360,1436,1832,1853]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A23657F9FFA88B62FAD5F8D3FA36F766" box="[1360,1436,1832,1853]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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<keyLead id="308095A5FFA88B62FF12F8BDFA36F700" box="[151,1436,1861,1883]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
- Chelicera with few denticles (&lt;15) (
<figureCitation id="134A2A15FFA88B62FDB9F8BEFD26F700" box="[572,652,1861,1883]" captionStart="FIGURE 23" captionStartId="35.[152,255,1277,1301]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1253]" captionTargetId="figure-20@35.[151,1436,181,1253]" captionTargetPageId="35" captionText="FIGURE 23. Female of Stasimopus ignis sp. nov. (NCA 2019/653). (A) Sternum with fused labium and visible sigilla (as shown by the arrows). (B) Labium teeth. (C) Fangs with cheliceral teeth. Scale: 1mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8323808" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8323808/files/figure.png" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Fig 23C</figureCitation>
)............................................................... 4
</keyLead>
</paragraph>
</keyStep>
<keyStep id="30852E35FFA88B62FF12F898FA36F7CE" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
<paragraph id="8BCE3690FFA88B62FF12F898FA36F723" blockId="14.[151,1436,1715,1942]" box="[151,1436,1891,1913]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
<keyLead id="308095A5FFA88B62FF12F898FA36F723" box="[151,1436,1891,1913]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
4. Metatarsus III with&gt;26 spines in each row dorsally (
<figureCitation id="134A2A15FFA88B62FD58F898FC84F723" box="[733,814,1891,1913]" captionStart="FIGURE 24" captionStartId="36.[152,255,1850,1874]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,181,1826]" captionTargetId="figure-27@36.[151,1435,181,1826]" captionTargetPageId="36" captionText="FIGURE 24. Female of Stasimopus ignis sp. nov. (NCA 2019/653). (A) Leg I tibia, metatarsus, tarsus. Dorsal aspect. (B) Leg II tibia, metatarsus, tarsus. Dorsal aspect. (C) Leg III tibia, metatarsus, tarsus. Dorsal aspect. (D). Leg IV partial tibia, metatarsus, tarsus. Prolateral aspect. (E) Leg IV metatarsus preening comb. Scale: 1mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8323810" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8323810/files/figure.png" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Fig 24C</figureCitation>
)......................................
<taxonomicName id="4C714D13FFA88B62FA86F898FAE0F723" authority="Brandt &amp; Sole &amp; Lyle, 2023" authorityName="Brandt &amp; Sole &amp; Lyle" authorityYear="2023" box="[1283,1354,1891,1912]" class="Arachnida" family="Stasimopidae" genus="Stasimopus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ignis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B905EA82FFA88B62FA86F898FAE0F723" box="[1283,1354,1891,1912]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">S. ignis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B905EA82FFA88B62FAD5F898FA36F723" bold="true" box="[1360,1436,1891,1912]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A23657F9FFA88B62FAD5F898FA36F723" box="[1360,1436,1891,1912]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
</keyLead>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BCE3690FFA88B62FF12F87AFA36F7CE" blockId="14.[151,1436,1715,1942]" box="[151,1436,1920,1942]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
<keyLead id="308095A5FFA88B62FF12F87AFA36F7CE" box="[151,1436,1920,1942]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
- Metatarsus III with &lt;21 spines in each row dorsally (
<figureCitation id="134A2A15FFA88B62FD58F87BFC86F7CE" box="[733,812,1920,1942]" captionStart="FIGURE 31" captionStartId="44.[152,255,1812,1836]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,181,1788]" captionTargetId="figure-27@44.[151,1435,181,1788]" captionTargetPageId="44" captionText="FIGURE 31. Female of Stasimopus teras sp. nov. (NCA 2019/643). (A) Sternum with fused labium and visible sigilla (as shown by the arrows). (B) Labium teeth. (C) Fangs with cheliceral teeth. (D) Leg I tibia, metatarsus, tarsus. Dorsal aspect. (E) Leg III tibia, metatarsus, tarsus. Dorsal aspect. Scale: 1mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8323822" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8323822/files/figure.png" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Fig 31E</figureCitation>
)......................................
<taxonomicName id="4C714D13FFA88B62FA87F87BFAE0F7CD" authority="Brandt &amp; Sole &amp; Lyle, 2023" authorityName="Brandt &amp; Sole &amp; Lyle" authorityYear="2023" box="[1282,1354,1920,1942]" class="Arachnida" family="Stasimopidae" genus="Stasimopus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="teras" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B905EA82FFA88B62FA87F87BFAE0F7CD" box="[1282,1354,1920,1942]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">S. teras</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B905EA82FFA88B62FAD5F87BFA36F7CE" bold="true" box="[1360,1436,1920,1941]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A23657F9FFA88B62FAD5F87BFA36F7CE" box="[1360,1436,1920,1941]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
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</paragraph>
</keyStep>
</key>
<caption id="DF0E6618FFA98B63FF1DF863FCADF7A3" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8323758" ID-Zenodo-Dep="8323758" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8323758/files/figure.png" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" startId="15.[152,255,1944,1968]" targetBox="[159,1427,181,1920]" targetPageId="15" targetType="figure">
<paragraph id="8BCE3690FFA98B63FF1DF863FCADF7A3" blockId="15.[151,1436,1944,2040]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">
<emphasis id="B905EA82FFA98B63FF1DF863FEB0F7EB" bold="true" box="[152,282,1944,1968]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">FIGURE 5.</emphasis>
Three
<taxonomicName id="4C714D13FFA98B63FEE3F863FD80F7EB" box="[358,554,1944,1968]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">
<emphasis id="B905EA82FFA98B63FEE3F863FE73F7F4" box="[358,473,1944,1967]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Stasimopus</emphasis>
species
</taxonomicName>
in habitus view. (A) Male of
<taxonomicName id="4C714D13FFA98B63FCE1F863FBB5F7EB" authority="Brandt &amp; Sole &amp; Lyle, 2023" authorityName="Brandt &amp; Sole &amp; Lyle" authorityYear="2023" box="[868,1055,1944,1968]" class="Arachnida" family="Stasimopidae" genus="Stasimopus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dylani" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B905EA82FFA98B63FCE1F863FBB5F7EB" box="[868,1055,1944,1968]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Stasimopus dylani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B905EA82FFA98B63FBA2F863FBD0F7EB" bold="true" box="[1063,1146,1944,1968]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A23657F9FFA98B63FBA2F863FBD0F7EB" box="[1063,1146,1944,1968]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
(NCA 2019/663). (B) Male of
<taxonomicName id="4C714D13FFA98B63FF30F847FEF5F78F" authority="Brandt &amp; Sole &amp; Lyle, 2023" authorityName="Brandt &amp; Sole &amp; Lyle" authorityYear="2023" box="[181,351,1980,2004]" class="Arachnida" family="Stasimopidae" genus="Stasimopus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="finni" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B905EA82FFA98B63FF30F847FEF5F78F" box="[181,351,1980,2004]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Stasimopus finni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B905EA82FFA98B63FEE2F847FE10F78F" bold="true" box="[359,442,1980,2004]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A23657F9FFA98B63FEE2F847FE10F78F" box="[359,442,1980,2004]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
(NCA 2019/605). (C) Female of
<taxonomicName id="4C714D13FFA98B63FC9FF847FC59F78F" authority="Brandt &amp; Sole &amp; Lyle, 2023" authorityName="Brandt &amp; Sole &amp; Lyle" authorityYear="2023" box="[794,1011,1980,2004]" class="Arachnida" family="Stasimopidae" genus="Stasimopus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hamartia" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B905EA82FFA98B63FC9FF847FC59F78F" box="[794,1011,1980,2004]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Stasimopus hamartia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B905EA82FFA98B63FC7EF847FBE4F78F" bold="true" box="[1019,1102,1980,2004]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A23657F9FFA98B63FC7EF847FBE4F78F" box="[1019,1102,1980,2004]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
(NCA 2017/1852). (D) Male of
<taxonomicName id="4C714D13FFA98B63FF12F81BFEC4F7A3" authority="Brandt &amp; Sole &amp; Lyle, 2023" authorityName="Brandt &amp; Sole &amp; Lyle" authorityYear="2023" box="[151,366,2016,2040]" class="Arachnida" family="Stasimopidae" genus="Stasimopus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hamartia" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B905EA82FFA98B63FF12F81BFEC4F7A3" box="[151,366,2016,2040]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Stasimopus hamartia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B905EA82FFA98B63FEF1F81BFE6FF7A3" bold="true" box="[372,453,2016,2040]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A23657F9FFA98B63FEF1F81BFE6FF7A3" box="[372,453,2016,2040]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
(NCA 2017/1891). Scale: 1cm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="DF0E6618FFB68B7CFF1DF86DFCA7F7AC" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8323760" ID-Zenodo-Dep="8323760" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8323760/files/figure.png" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" startId="16.[152,255,1942,1966]" targetBox="[157,1432,181,1918]" targetPageId="16" targetType="figure">
<paragraph id="8BCE3690FFB68B7CFF1DF86DFCA7F7AC" blockId="16.[151,1436,1942,2039]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">
<emphasis id="B905EA82FFB68B7CFF1DF86DFEB2F7F5" bold="true" box="[152,280,1942,1966]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">FIGURE 6.</emphasis>
Three
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<emphasis id="B905EA82FFB68B7CFEE5F86CFE79F7F5" box="[352,467,1943,1966]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Stasimopus</emphasis>
species
</taxonomicName>
in habitus view. (A) Female of
<taxonomicName id="4C714D13FFB68B7CFCE1F86CFBA5F7F5" authority="Brandt &amp; Sole &amp; Lyle, 2023" authorityName="Brandt &amp; Sole &amp; Lyle" authorityYear="2023" box="[868,1039,1943,1966]" class="Arachnida" family="Stasimopidae" genus="Stasimopus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ignis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B905EA82FFB68B7CFCE1F86CFBA5F7F5" box="[868,1039,1943,1966]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Stasimopus ignis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B905EA82FFB68B7CFB93F86CFBCCF7F4" bold="true" box="[1046,1126,1943,1967]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A23657F9FFB68B7CFB93F86CFBCCF7F4" box="[1046,1126,1943,1967]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
(NCA 2019/653). (B) Male of
<taxonomicName id="4C714D13FFB68B7CFF12F840FEE8F789" authority="Brandt &amp; Sole &amp; Lyle, 2023" authorityName="Brandt &amp; Sole &amp; Lyle" authorityYear="2023" box="[151,322,1979,2002]" class="Arachnida" family="Stasimopidae" genus="Stasimopus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ignis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B905EA82FFB68B7CFF12F840FEE8F789" box="[151,322,1979,2002]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Stasimopus ignis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B905EA82FFB68B7CFECFF840FE31F788" bold="true" box="[330,411,1979,2003]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A23657F9FFB68B7CFECFF840FE31F788" box="[330,411,1979,2003]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
(NCA 2019/642). (C) Male of
<taxonomicName id="4C714D13FFB68B7CFD5FF840FC6BF788" authority="Brandt &amp; Sole &amp; Lyle, 2023" authorityName="Brandt &amp; Sole &amp; Lyle" authorityYear="2023" box="[730,961,1979,2003]" class="Arachnida" family="Stasimopidae" genus="Stasimopus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="karooensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B905EA82FFB68B7CFD5FF840FC6BF788" box="[730,961,1979,2003]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Stasimopus karooensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B905EA82FFB68B7CFC4DF840FBB3F788" bold="true" box="[968,1049,1979,2003]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A23657F9FFB68B7CFC4DF840FBB3F788" box="[968,1049,1979,2003]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
(SAM- ENW-C007293). (D) Male of
<taxonomicName id="4C714D13FFB68B7CFF12F824FE3FF7AC" authority="Brandt &amp; Sole &amp; Lyle, 2023" authorityName="Brandt &amp; Sole &amp; Lyle" authorityYear="2023" box="[151,405,2015,2039]" class="Arachnida" family="Stasimopidae" genus="Stasimopus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="malesociatus" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B905EA82FFB68B7CFF12F824FE3FF7AC" box="[151,405,2015,2039]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Stasimopus malesociatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A23657F9FFB68B7CFE19F824FE44F7AD" box="[412,494,2015,2039]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" rank="species">
<emphasis id="B905EA82FFB68B7CFE19F824FE4DF7AC" bold="true" box="[412,487,2015,2039]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">sp. nov</emphasis>
.
</taxonomicNameLabel>
(AMGS-5367). Scale: 1cm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="DF0E6618FFB78B7DFF1DF876FD39F7B6" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8323764" ID-Zenodo-Dep="8323764" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8323764/files/figure.png" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" startId="17.[152,255,1933,1957]" targetBox="[151,1435,181,1909]" targetPageId="17" targetType="figure">
<paragraph id="8BCE3690FFB78B7DFF1DF876FD39F7B6" blockId="17.[151,1436,1933,2029]" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">
<emphasis id="B905EA82FFB78B7DFF1DF876FEB2F7FE" bold="true" box="[152,280,1933,1957]" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">FIGURE 7.</emphasis>
Four
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<emphasis id="B905EA82FFB78B7DFED6F876FE6CF7FF" box="[339,454,1933,1956]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Stasimopus</emphasis>
species
</taxonomicName>
in habitus view. (A) Female of
<taxonomicName id="4C714D13FFB78B7DFCD7F876FC54F7FE" authority="Brandt &amp; Sole &amp; Lyle, 2023" authorityName="Brandt &amp; Sole &amp; Lyle" authorityYear="2023" box="[850,1022,1933,1957]" class="Arachnida" family="Stasimopidae" genus="Stasimopus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="teras" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B905EA82FFB78B7DFCD7F876FC54F7FE" box="[850,1022,1933,1957]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Stasimopus teras</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B905EA82FFB78B7DFB86F876FBF9F7FE" bold="true" box="[1027,1107,1933,1957]" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A23657F9FFB78B7DFB86F876FBF9F7FE" box="[1027,1107,1933,1957]" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
(NCA 2019/643). (B) Female of
<taxonomicName id="4C714D13FFB78B7DFF12F84AFEE5F792" authority="Brandt &amp; Sole &amp; Lyle, 2023" authorityName="Brandt &amp; Sole &amp; Lyle" authorityYear="2023" box="[151,335,1969,1993]" class="Arachnida" family="Stasimopidae" genus="Stasimopus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="theaei" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B905EA82FFB78B7DFF12F84AFEE5F792" box="[151,335,1969,1993]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Stasimopus theaei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B905EA82FFB78B7DFED1F84AFE0EF792" bold="true" box="[340,420,1969,1993]" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A23657F9FFB78B7DFED1F84AFE0EF792" box="[340,420,1969,1993]" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
(NCA 2019/606). (C) Female of
<taxonomicName id="4C714D13FFB78B7DFD70F84AFBA0F792" authority="Brandt &amp; Sole &amp; Lyle, 2023" authorityName="Brandt &amp; Sole &amp; Lyle" authorityYear="2023" box="[757,1034,1969,1993]" class="Arachnida" family="Stasimopidae" genus="Stasimopus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="venterstadensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B905EA82FFB78B7DFD70F84AFBA0F792" box="[757,1034,1969,1993]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Stasimopus venterstadensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B905EA82FFB78B7DFB95F84AFBCAF792" bold="true" box="[1040,1120,1969,1993]" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A23657F9FFB78B7DFB95F84AFBCAF792" box="[1040,1120,1969,1993]" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
(NCA 2019/610). (D). Male of
<taxonomicName id="4C714D13FFB78B7DFF12F82EFEF4F7B6" ID-CoL="6ZG8X" baseAuthorityName="Hewitt" baseAuthorityYear="1927" box="[151,350,2005,2029]" class="Arachnida" family="Stasimopidae" genus="Stasimopus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="maraisi">
<emphasis id="B905EA82FFB78B7DFF12F82EFEF4F7B6" box="[151,350,2005,2029]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Stasimopus maraisi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(NCA 2019/630). Scale: 1cm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="8BCE3690FFB48B7EFF12FF6CFC6EF0EA" blockId="18.[151,964,151,177]" box="[151,964,151,177]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">
<emphasis id="B905EA82FFB48B7EFF12FF6CFC6EF0EA" bold="true" box="[151,964,151,177]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">
Key to adult males of six
<taxonomicName id="4C714D13FFB48B7EFE57FF6CFD10F0EA" box="[466,698,151,177]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">
<emphasis id="B905EA82FFB48B7EFE57FF6CFDF7F0EA" bold="true" box="[466,605,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Stasimopus</emphasis>
species
</taxonomicName>
in the Karoo region*
</emphasis>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BCE3690FFB48B7EFF12FF24FD11F0A1" blockId="18.[151,699,223,250]" box="[151,699,223,250]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">
*
<taxonomicName id="4C714D13FFB48B7EFF29FF24FE85F0A2" authorityName="Brandt &amp; Sole &amp; Lyle" authorityYear="2023" box="[172,303,223,249]" class="Arachnida" family="Stasimopidae" genus="Stasimopus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hamartia">
<emphasis id="B905EA82FFB48B7EFF29FF24FE85F0A2" box="[172,303,223,249]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">S. hamartia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
not included due to damaged state.
</paragraph>
<key id="FFE061A1FFB48B7EFF12FEE5FA36F260" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">
<keyStep id="30852E35FFB48B7EFF12FEE5FA36F10B" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">
<paragraph id="8BCE3690FFB48B7EFF12FEE5FA36F168" blockId="18.[151,1436,285,571]" box="[151,1436,285,307]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">
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1. The largest eye is the AME (
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)..................................................................... 2
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<keyLead id="308095A5FFB48B7EFF12FEC0FA36F10B" box="[151,1436,315,337]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">
- The largest eye is the ALE (
<figureCitation id="134A2A15FFB48B7EFE68FEC0FD97F10B" box="[493,573,315,337]" captionStart="FIGURE 11" captionStartId="21.[152,255,1615,1639]" captionTargetBox="[281,1306,181,1591]" captionTargetId="figure-20@21.[281,1306,181,1591]" captionTargetPageId="21" captionText="FIGURE 11. Ocular patterns for the male Stasimopus Simon, 1892 species. (A) S. dylani sp. nov. (NCA 2019/663). (B) Stasimopus finni sp. nov. (NCA 2019/605). (C) Stasimopus ignis sp. nov. (NCA 2019/642). (D) Stasimopus karooensis sp. nov. (SAM-ENW-C007293). Scale: 1mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8323776" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8323776/files/figure.png" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Fig 11B</figureCitation>
)...................................................................... 3
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<paragraph id="8BCE3690FFB48B7EFF12FEA3FA36F136" blockId="18.[151,1436,285,571]" box="[151,1436,344,366]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">
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2. Embolus extends posteriorly in relation to pedipalp tibia (
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)............................
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<emphasis id="B905EA82FFB48B7EFB31FEA3FAE3F136" box="[1204,1353,344,365]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">S. malesociatus</emphasis>
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- Embolus extends perpendicularly in relation to pedipalp tibia (
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)..........................
<taxonomicName id="4C714D13FFB48B7EFB4FFE8DFAE3F1D1" authority="Brandt &amp; Sole &amp; Lyle, 2023" authorityName="Brandt &amp; Sole &amp; Lyle" authorityYear="2023" box="[1226,1353,373,395]" class="Arachnida" family="Stasimopidae" genus="Stasimopus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="karooensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B905EA82FFB48B7EFB4FFE8DFAE3F1D1" box="[1226,1353,373,395]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">S. karooensis</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B905EA82FFB48B7EFAD5FE8DFA36F1D0" bold="true" box="[1360,1436,374,395]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A23657F9FFB48B7EFAD5FE8DFA36F1D0" box="[1360,1436,374,395]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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<paragraph id="8BCE3690FFB48B7EFF12FE68FA36F1F3" blockId="18.[151,1436,285,571]" box="[151,1436,403,425]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">
<keyLead id="308095A5FFB48B7EFF12FE68FA36F1F3" box="[151,1436,403,425]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">3. Pedipalp reaches &lt;1/5 of tibia I length..................................................................... 4</keyLead>
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<keyLead id="308095A5FFB48B7EFF12FE4BFA36F19D" box="[151,1436,432,454]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">- Pedipalp reaches&gt;1/3 of tibia I length..................................................................... 5</keyLead>
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<paragraph id="8BCE3690FFB48B7EFF12FE36FA36F1B8" blockId="18.[151,1436,285,571]" box="[151,1436,461,483]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">
<keyLead id="308095A5FFB48B7EFF12FE36FA36F1B8" box="[151,1436,461,483]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">
4. The carapace is smooth in texture (
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)...................................................
<taxonomicName id="4C714D13FFB48B7EFB6DFE35FAE3F1B8" ID-CoL="6ZG8X" authority="Brandt &amp; Sole &amp; Lyle, 2023" authorityName="Brandt &amp; Sole &amp; Lyle" authorityYear="2023" box="[1256,1353,462,483]" class="Arachnida" family="Stasimopidae" genus="Stasimopus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="maraisi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B905EA82FFB48B7EFB6DFE35FAE3F1B8" box="[1256,1353,462,483]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">S. maraisi</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B905EA82FFB48B7EFAD5FE35FA36F1B8" bold="true" box="[1360,1436,462,483]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A23657F9FFB48B7EFAD5FE35FA36F1B8" box="[1360,1436,462,483]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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<keyLead id="308095A5FFB48B7EFF12FE10FA36F25B" box="[151,1436,491,513]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">
- The carapace is rugose in texture (
<figureCitation id="134A2A15FFB48B7EFDAEFE10FDC5F25A" box="[555,623,491,513]" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="15.[152,255,1944,1968]" captionTargetBox="[159,1427,181,1920]" captionTargetId="figure-20@15.[159,1427,181,1920]" captionTargetPageId="15" captionText="FIGURE 5. Three Stasimopus species in habitus view. (A) Male of Stasimopus dylani sp. nov. (NCA 2019/663). (B) Male of Stasimopus finni sp. nov. (NCA 2019/605). (C) Female of Stasimopus hamartia sp. nov. (NCA 2017/1852). (D) Male of Stasimopus hamartia sp. nov. (NCA 2017/1891). Scale: 1cm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8323758" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8323758/files/figure.png" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Fig 5B</figureCitation>
)......................................................
<taxonomicName id="4C714D13FFB48B7EFA83FE10FAE0F25B" authority="Brandt &amp; Sole &amp; Lyle, 2023" authorityName="Brandt &amp; Sole &amp; Lyle" authorityYear="2023" box="[1286,1354,491,512]" class="Arachnida" family="Stasimopidae" genus="Stasimopus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="finni" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B905EA82FFB48B7EFA83FE10FAE0F25B" box="[1286,1354,491,512]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">S. finni</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B905EA82FFB48B7EFAD5FE10FA36F25B" bold="true" box="[1360,1436,491,512]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A23657F9FFB48B7EFAD5FE10FA36F25B" box="[1360,1436,491,512]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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5. Embolus extends almost parallel in relation to pedipalp tibia (
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)..............................
<taxonomicName id="4C714D13FFB48B7EFB73FDF3FAE0F246" authority="Brandt &amp; Sole &amp; Lyle, 2023" authorityName="Brandt &amp; Sole &amp; Lyle" authorityYear="2023" box="[1270,1354,520,541]" class="Arachnida" family="Stasimopidae" genus="Stasimopus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dylani" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B905EA82FFB48B7EFB73FDF3FAE0F246" box="[1270,1354,520,541]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">S. dylani</emphasis>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="A23657F9FFB48B7EFAD5FDF3FA36F246" box="[1360,1436,520,541]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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- Embolus extends distally in relation to pedipalp tibia (
<figureCitation id="134A2A15FFB48B7EFD6FFDDEFC90F260" box="[746,826,549,571]" captionStart="FIGURE 25" captionStartId="37.[152,255,1904,1928]" captionTargetBox="[164,1423,181,1880]" captionTargetId="figure-20@37.[164,1423,181,1880]" captionTargetPageId="37" captionText="FIGURE 25. Male of Stasimopus ignis sp. nov. (NCA 2019/642). (A) Pedipalp tibia, bulb, retrolateral aspect. (B) Pedipalp tibia, bulb, prolateral aspect. (C) Pedipalpal bulb, ventral aspect. (D) Cheliceral teeth. (E) Sternum with fused labium and visible sigilla (as shown by the arrows). (F) Leg I tibia, metatarsus, tarsus. Ventral aspect. (G) Leg III metatarsus, tarsus. Ventral aspect. (H) Leg IV metatarsus. Ventral aspect. Scale: 1mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8323812" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8323812/files/figure.png" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Fig 25B</figureCitation>
).....................................
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<emphasis id="B905EA82FFB48B7EFA86FDDDFAE0F260" box="[1283,1354,550,571]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">S. ignis</emphasis>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="A23657F9FFB48B7EFAD5FDDDFA36F260" box="[1360,1436,550,571]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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