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<paragraph id="1FABCC9E47B2F2669A31DB7766789C63" pageId="0" pageNumber="93">Type material.</paragraph>
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♂, Kenya, Taita Taveta County, Taita Hills, Mbololo Forest, 
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, 
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, 1631 m, 2.VIII.2018, Ambata Oketch leg. 
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1 ♂, 2 ♀, same data as holotype.
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<paragraph id="2E672DEBFC5548047C652E7FE35230B1" pageId="0" pageNumber="93">Etymology.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="D8C81B74A3DE9954C765FD2EAE75BC79" pageId="0" pageNumber="93">The specific name is a combination of Taita and Taveta, the county from which the specimens were collected; noun in apposition.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="95166FB49EFB8CEBCCC9AF2DE9CF96D1" pageId="0" pageNumber="93">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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Males of this species differ from those of other members of 
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by the uniquely spiral-shaped embolus (Fig. 
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cf. 
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, fig. 3; de 
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, fig. 4; 
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, figs 2A, B, 4a, b). Females of 
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sp. nov. differ from those of other species by the structure of the endogyne; the orientation of sac-like receptacles (touching medially, with a space below them) mounted on oval, membranous receptive chambers and the outline of a rigid extension of the posterior wall of the epigastric fold (Fig. 
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; 
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, figs 1, 3).
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<emphasis id="DB21990ADB9623A76CF1C3DEDDF49E83" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="93">Figure 3.</emphasis>
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sp. nov., male holotype 
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dorsal and ventral habitus respectively 
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palp: 
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prolateral 
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ventral 
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retrolateral aspects. Abbreviations: am - accompanying membrane, cl - claw like extension, co - 
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, em - embolus, cy - cymbium rt - retrolateral thorns, sco scopula. Scale bars: 1mm (
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), 0.2mm (
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).
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<paragraph id="314B6450340DF185FDCBB728AB07B1E9" pageId="0" pageNumber="93">Description.</paragraph>
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Fig. 
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. Total body length 3.90. Color in alcohol: carapace and chelicerae orange-red, legs I, endites, sternum and labium orange, legs II-IV lighter, yellowish. Carapace 1.88 long, 1.50 wide at leg II, oval in dorsal view, finely granulate, cephalic part slightly elevated behind eye area. Thoracic fovea a longitudinal, deep slit, approximately 0.10 long. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.13, ALE 0.06, PLE 0.06, PME 0.06, AME-AME 0.05, AME-ALE 0.08, PME-PME 0.09, AME-PLE 0.04, ALE-PLE &lt;0.01, PLE-PME 0.24. AER slightly procurved, almost straight, PER strongly recurved. Chelicerae flattened anteriorly towards the fangs, 1.60 long, cheliceral furrow with several peg-like teeth. Stridulatory mound absent. Clypeus approximately 2 times shorter than length of chelicerae. Sternum 1.09 long, 0.86 wide at leg II; shield shaped, rebordered, finely granulate. Endites almost D-shaped, labium notch 0.13 long, about a quarter of labium length. Leg I: coxa, patella and tibia possess dark, thorn-like outgrowths and well developed prolateral scopula on tibia and metatarsus. Tarsus I with weakly developed scopula. Leg and palp measurements as in Table 
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. Abdomen oval with short, grey setae, dorsal portion of epigastric scutum very small, pedicel short, spinnerets short and unsegmented. Palp (Fig. 
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): tibia, as long as wide, approximately 2.5 times wider than femur. Cymbium long and thin, tapering distally. 
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bifurcate; embolus long and spiral, obscuring some parts of tegulum. Embolus ends with a bleached, claw-like structure at apex.
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<emphasis id="F7554309FBA208F774C15F9F4066D404" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="93">Table 2.</emphasis>
Type male (female) palp and leg measurements.
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<paragraph id="2821F8A594F99D659F1EF6096EDF4FEE" pageId="0" pageNumber="93">
<table id="812EAC932B812F5DB01D8829DD8EB444" pageId="0" pageNumber="93">
<tr id="F557E7A48E790F291B206F2CFAD5973A" pageId="0" pageNumber="93">
<th id="F4FAFA686957B8A5B11292723FD9BC46" colspan="1" isEmpty="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" rowspan="1">-</th>
<th id="042F9CEFB86D0718D784BFA00085957D" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" rowspan="1">Femur</th>
<th id="DABE6E344783294B22D3D41A57205D52" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" rowspan="1">Patella</th>
<th id="132DC4CD0D3D50169B16DAAB04078C1D" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" rowspan="1">Tibia</th>
<th id="40C605A14A0E4831F662CBC1C9566A04" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" rowspan="1">Metatarsus</th>
<th id="802024ACD179D36B7D6499C7B7A83312" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" rowspan="1">Tarsus</th>
<th id="6DDB96981DAEAE134F1532E3CA006DE6" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" rowspan="1">Total</th>
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<tr id="737349350BBA2EC2C0A524DC1143EAC2" pageId="0" pageNumber="93">
<td id="A6763022E4D657CE66ECBB0299EA1DE9" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" rowspan="1">Palp</td>
<td id="0A739222A7940303EEECC14C28C72D92" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" rowspan="1">0.66 (0.61)</td>
<td id="E2698AFA59E489894B45930EE60018DE" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" rowspan="1">0.24 (0.21)</td>
<td id="E29C24CE8B3FEAFDE49CBEF60FA9D291" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" rowspan="1">0.38 (0.37)</td>
<td id="80090356147100286B53553DD791078D" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" rowspan="1">-</td>
<td id="4EE6DA7090CFB6E6A120E82AA2378E39" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" rowspan="1">0.35 (0.39)</td>
<td id="5DE3D0DA02C6AE18F155625EF6F42960" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" rowspan="1">1.63 (1.58)</td>
</tr>
<tr id="C01D7F169421C9B7F6E9199093CF5E3A" pageId="0" pageNumber="93">
<td id="03F371D06871806E1F98EF9A41909A97" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" rowspan="1">I</td>
<td id="2935F6460662B54A73ABE70C36F9CD68" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" rowspan="1">1.38 (1.41)</td>
<td id="C5587E82F304E95A2A374BAD1449E121" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" rowspan="1">0.65 (0.81)</td>
<td id="68A61A62B83D726019E77289C2663CAE" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" rowspan="1">1.00 (1.09)</td>
<td id="039759D5B5F52CEB46A5208ECB538CF7" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" rowspan="1">0.38 (0.38)</td>
<td id="FFCD6BB1CBAFD16DC4B0D9C113D59E21" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" rowspan="1">0.40 (0.38)</td>
<td id="FC5A74121EA0AD30E9F4B6943866F91B" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" rowspan="1">3.81 (4.07)</td>
</tr>
<tr id="A14EE429FE79013F4EB7DFF631D94F1D" pageId="0" pageNumber="93">
<td id="CAB614E43170B2A16EE67E0550567A1F" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" rowspan="1">II</td>
<td id="5F7E84E2BE404876D59EB89D0D83FE7F" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" rowspan="1">0.88 (0.85)</td>
<td id="84F4E18BA12D6DE29CBC641BB1118749" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" rowspan="1">0.69 (0.70)</td>
<td id="83CB7249B7464ECEB28B180644F3CBEC" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" rowspan="1">0.80 (0.80)</td>
<td id="9FE1944191692FDFC7D4B888E100AB41" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" rowspan="1">0.50 (0.41)</td>
<td id="582EB3FBCECE93450100EEE8E7C80D31" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" rowspan="1">0.40 (0.28)</td>
<td id="009B99D71515153184FAA85D68CD4960" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" rowspan="1">3.27 (3.04)</td>
</tr>
<tr id="6B9FED59BA22EC0FCCFB75F37E7B66B2" pageId="0" pageNumber="93">
<td id="65EB8A80BA3BA1E1288E936F288A8485" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" rowspan="1">III</td>
<td id="1A89A3D5A33E2D5941526E47D59923F3" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" rowspan="1">0.90 (1.00)</td>
<td id="121DB2D6B3D80A788A62C133893FD489" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" rowspan="1">0.60 (0.75)</td>
<td id="644AE7EA8C1B53EC6F5ABBE94DDEFD30" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" rowspan="1">0.60 (0.69)</td>
<td id="DE5C220D72DC2767C7653A036BDD1743" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" rowspan="1">0.60 (0.74)</td>
<td id="56B175CE61A6D09E88D0BF25B23EB70B" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" rowspan="1">0.40 (0.44)</td>
<td id="2097F262BF4E4FC2FA08C9E1F6912A1D" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" rowspan="1">3.10 (3.62)</td>
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<tr id="9881A2D8EF51D190A50311EDD4C8494D" pageId="0" pageNumber="93">
<td id="0CE2C0B7A298984D227171ABA17A5941" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" rowspan="1">IV</td>
<td id="DBF8AC932450A64F6A478E1E737479BF" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" rowspan="1">0.90 (1.38)</td>
<td id="7B648862B3EC33E4B76DCBBE23CE315A" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" rowspan="1">0.80 (0.80)</td>
<td id="425B3E915B779BBC34ABC1CB25CF180F" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" rowspan="1">0.90 (1.00)</td>
<td id="3BC2583997D9F22A99242917225480E7" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" rowspan="1">0.84 (1.00)</td>
<td id="F98843E696B9ECCF92EC3669549047D1" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" rowspan="1">0.40 (0.50)</td>
<td id="5F1195CAC401199A5E966BDEC04D9624" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" rowspan="1">3.84 (4.68)</td>
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</paragraph>
<paragraph id="9C85595FDF53A52832B930007C0E8592" pageId="0" pageNumber="93">
<emphasis id="214DC3C7D7E919E336D8E46B73B90681" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="93">Female.</emphasis>
General appearance as in Fig. 
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. Coloration as in male. Total length 4.88. Carapace 2.19 long, 1.72 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.13, ALE 0.06, PLE 0.06, PME 0.06, AME-AME 0.05, ALE-AME 0.08, ALE-PLE &lt;0.01, PLE-PME 0.20, PME-PME 0.7. Sternum 1.25 long, 1.00 wide, labium 0.5 long, 0.44 wide at the base, labium notch 1/3 length of labium. Vulva with fine, thread-like structures and 3 pairs of stalked, grape-shaped glands attached to a pair of relatively ovate and membranous receptive chambers.
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<caption id="54749AB3EB47A1D7249191A0EBCBBE08" doi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.61.54004.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/436655" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" start="Figure 4" startId="F4">
<paragraph id="5B4F00AD1BFDD39ED719B5BDBE0A8CB8" pageId="0" pageNumber="93">
<emphasis id="A64FB295F7AD724E2E668665AA30CA6F" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="93">Figure 4.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="99E315436FB115C3D83582E6310FFA6D" authorityName="Oketch &amp; Li" authorityYear="2020" class="Arachnida" family="Palpimanidae" genus="Scelidocteus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Scelidocteus taitave" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="taitave">
<emphasis id="44B1AA71DBCD459A84751251D1831B61" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="93">Scelidocteus taitave</emphasis>
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sp. nov., female paratype 
<emphasis id="84331ABF9E8B7914E21B191BE2249E18" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="93">A, B</emphasis>
habitus 
<emphasis id="869A73F550907B10DDDDFFA187D18367" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="93">C</emphasis>
endogyne ventral 
<emphasis id="05871B2D62F39EAFF92084F8196DB9CA" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="93">D</emphasis>
same, ventral 
<emphasis id="3C075501CBA010BC7849244B64DC7FB0" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="93">E</emphasis>
same, enlarged 
<emphasis id="883798594A2FDE6B5B189F6461835C95" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="93">F</emphasis>
leg I. Abbreviations: ch - receptive chamber, Ft - fine threads, Gr - grape-shaped glands, Re - rigid extensions of posterior wall of epigastric fold, Sr - sac like receptacle. Scale bars: 1mm (
<emphasis id="583ACC64CCF1A0D70ECFCC9B9C96FD56" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="93">A, B</emphasis>
).
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<subSubSection id="A93EB28F73F1E38E47844F14116034A0" pageId="0" pageNumber="93" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="E2C47FE5148E836DFBDFE73CB6359851" pageId="0" pageNumber="93">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2CA5084D2E5DD488D6E71CA0B8E39A2B" pageId="0" pageNumber="93">This species is currently known only from the type locality.</paragraph>
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