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(
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,
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<emphasis id="B95DEAA6DA564508FF4FF89D650CF89E" bold="true" box="[151,272,1880,1906]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Diagnosis</emphasis>
. Females of this species can be easily recognised by the broad fine anterior hood of the epigyne and the distinctive C-shaped spermathecal ducts, visible through the integument (
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); males can be recognised by the simple structure of the distal margin of the embolus, and the distinctly shaped lobes of the retrolateral tibial apophysis of the palp (
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).
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<emphasis id="B95DEAA6DA574509FF1EFF5265EDFF5D" bold="true" box="[198,497,151,177]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Female. Measurements:</emphasis>
CL 2.902.95, CW 2.002.07, FL 0.230.25, AL 3.453.95, AW 2.002.50, SL 1.651.70, SW 1.151.20, TL 6.156.95, AMEAME 0.05, AMEALE 0.02, ALEALE 0.24, PMEPME 0.06, PMEPLE 0.08, PLEPLE 0.38.
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<emphasis id="B95DEAA6DA574509FF4FFAAE657EFA6F" bold="true" box="[151,354,1387,1411]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">FIGURES 6067.</emphasis>
Genitalic morphology of
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species. (6063)
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: female epigyne, ventral view (60), dorsal view (61), male palp, ventral view (62), retrolateral view (63); (6467)
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: female epigyne, ventral view (64), dorsal view (65), male palp, ventral view (66), retrolateral view (67). Scale bars = 0.1mm.
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Carapace yellow-brown, paler along midline (
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); AER strongly procurved, laterals larger than medians; AME separated by distance equal to ½ their diameter, AME separated from ALE by distance equal to ¼ AME diameter; clypeus height equal to 1¼ times AME diameter at AME, equal to ½ ALE diameter at ALE; PER very slightly recurved, nearly straight, laterals larger than medians; PME separated by distance equal to ½ their diameter, PME separated from PLE by distance equal to PME diameter. Chelicerae deep redbrown; promargin with four equally spaced teeth; proximal tooth smallest, second tooth largest, third and distal teeth subequal in size; retromargin with single small tooth, situated at third promarginal tooth. Legs all uniform yellow-orange in colour. Leg spination: femora: I pl 1 do 1, II pl 1 do 1, III pl 2 do 2 rl 1, IV do 2; patellae: spineless; tibiae: I &amp; II spineless, III pl 3 rl 2 plv 2 rlv 1 vt 2, IV pl 3 rl 2 plv 2 rlv 1 vt 2; metatarsi: I &amp; II spineless, strongly scopulate, III &amp; IV scopulate in distal half, III pl 6 rl 4 plv 1 rlv 1 vt 2, IV pl 6 rl 5 plv 2 rlv 1 vt 2; palp: femora do 2, patellae spineless, tibiae pl 3 rl 2, tarsus pl 3 rl 2 plv 1 rlv 1. Abdomen grey dorsally, with cream chevron (
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), cream laterally and ventrally; dorsum and venter lacking scutum or other sclerites. Epigyne with broad anterior hood; copulatory openings anteriorly situated, entering spermathecae through elongate entrance ducts (
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); ST 2 small, sharply bent, situated anteriorly; ST 2 connected by broad C-shaped duct to oval posterior ST 1 (
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).
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CL 3.603.95, CW 2.702.88, FL 0.300.40, AL 3.353.65, AW 1.952.00, SL 2.002.10, SW 1.481.53, TL 6.907.65, AMEAME 0.04, AMEALE 0.02, ALEALE 0.30, PMEPME 0.07, PMEPLE 0.10, PLEPLE 0.48.
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<paragraph id="8B9636B4DA54450AFF1DFE8965D5FE42" blockId="22.[151,1437,152,1294]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Length of leg segments (sequence from femur to tarsus, and total): I 2.48 + 1.48 + 1.80 + 1.43 + 1.00 = 8.19; II 2.33 + 1.43 + 1.70 + 1.35 + 0.93 = 7.74; III 1.97 + 1.08 + 1.15 + 1.53 + 0.83 = 6.56; IV 2.80 + 1.43 + 2.03 + 2.27 + 1.05 = 9.58.</paragraph>
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Carapace deep orange-brown, paler along midline (
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); AER strongly procurved, laterals slightly larger than medians; AME separated by distance equal to ½ their diameter, AME separated from ALE by distance equal to ¼ AME diameter; clypeus height equal to 1¼ AME diameter at AME, slightly less than ALE diameter at ALE; PER very slightly recurved, nearly straight, laterals larger than medians; PME separated by distance equal to ½ their diameter, PME separated from PLE by distance equal to PME diameter. Chelicerae pale yellow-orange; promargin with three teeth, proximal tooth smallest, median tooth largest, closer to each other than to distal tooth; retromargin with single small tooth, similar in size to promarginal proximal tooth, closest to fang base of all teeth. Legs all yellow-brown, slightly darker distally. Leg spination: femora: I pl 1 do 1, II pl 1 do 1, III pl 2 do 2 rl 1, IV do 2; patellae: spineless; tibiae: I &amp; II spineless, III pl 3 rl 2 plv 2 rlv 1 vt 2, IV pl 3 rl 2 plv 2 rlv 2 vt 2; metatarsi: I &amp; II spineless, strongly scopulate, III &amp; IV scopulate in distal half, III pl 6 rl 45 plv 1 rlv 1 vt 2, IV pl 6 rl 5 plv 2 rlv 2 vt 2. Abdomen grey with paler grey chevron (
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), cream laterally and ventrally; dorsum with small anterior scutum, venter without any sclerites. Palp with broad median apophysis; embolus triangular along distal margin (
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); palpal tibia with hook-like ventral retrolateral apophysis, and lobed dorsal retrolateral apophysis with two small denticles (
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); palpal spination: femora do 2.
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:
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Ƥ, deposited in
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,
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, Estcourt [
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,
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],
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, R.F. Lawrence (
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1725).
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<emphasis id="B95DEAA6DA54450AFF1DFBDE6654FBD9" bold="true" box="[197,584,1051,1077]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Additional material examined</emphasis>
:
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:
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, Durban, dunes north of Durban,
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,
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,
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, R. Jocqué (sieved litter), 1Ƥ (
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,
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, M. Alderweireldt &amp; R. Jocqué (pitfall in grassy vegetation), 1Ƥ (
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171737); Shongweni [
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, W.O. Rump, 1Ƥ (
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2988); Umgeni Valley Nature Reserve,
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,
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,
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, C. Haddad (leaf litter at tree base), 13 (NCA 2006/1543).
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<emphasis id="B95DEAA6DA54450AFF1EFB366543FAE1" bold="true" box="[198,351,1267,1293]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Distribution</emphasis>
. Known from the KwaZulu-Natal midlands and coastal regions (
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).
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