Description

Male (based on holotype; WAM T148307). Total length 4.5.

Colour in ethanol: Pars cephalica, chelicerae and pars thoracica bright orange-red (Fig. 11a). Faint, mottled black pigmentation around AME (Fig. 11a, e). Sternum pale orange, with eight sigilla of same colour as sternum; maxillae and labium darker orange-brown (Fig. 11b). Abdomen with a strong, metallic blue-purple-turquoise sheen dorsally, ventrally dark brown, with lighter brown over the book lungs; spinnerets dark olive-brown (Fig. 11c, d). Legs olive-brown, metatarsus of all legs paler cream-olive-brown; tarsus I, II pale cream-olive-brown; tarsus III, IV darker olive-brown.

Carapace: 2.17 long and 2.44 wide; pars cephalica height 1.04, pars cephalica covers 0.58 of carapace length. Pars cephalica coarsely granulated; pars thoracica coarsely granulated. Posterior and lateral edges recurved, lateral edges undulating; posterior edge with a shallow medial notch (Fig. 11a). Pars cephalica strongly elevated (Fig. 11i). Chelicerae: 1.11 long; inflated and broadly cylindrical; dorsally moderately granulated (Fig. 11a). Sternum: ovoid with sparse, scattered setae, denser laterally (Fig. 11b); four pairs of sigilla, all lightly depressed and indistinct. Anterior pair small, oval; second pair around the same size as the first; third pair around twice size as the second pair; fourth pair largest, ca. twice the size of the third pair (Fig. 11b). Labiosternal junction distinct (Fig. 11b). Eyes: OQ length 0.32 of width; anterior eyes slightly recurved; posterior eyes strongly recurved (Fig. 11e). Cheliceral furrow with row of five teeth prolaterally, two small and widely separated teeth retrolaterally (Fig. 11h). Maxillae: with a dense covering of setae, anteriorly with ca. 54 cuspules, the anterior most cuspules long and well developed (Fig. 11f). Labium: arrow shaped, basally with two defined lateral ridges, extending medially to around a quarter of the labium width, with sparse covering of setae, anteriorly with ca. 27 cuspules, better developed and longer anteriorly (Fig. 11f). Rastellum moderately pronounced, with 15 (14 right) conical spines (Fig. 11f, g). Around 14 setae forming a fringe over the base the fang of each chelicera.

Abdomen: 2.29 long and 2.28 wide; rounded trapezoid; four spinnerets (Fig. 11c, d).

Legs: sparse and scattered brown-black setae on all surfaces. Metatarsus IV inflated ventrally. Leg spination: leg I: tibia rv0, v6, pl2, d0; metatarsus rv0, v5, pl2, d0; tarsus rv2, v4, pl2, d2; leg II: tibia rv4, v6, pl1, d0; metatarsus rv2, v7, pl4, d2; tarsus rv2, v3, pl1, d0; leg III: tibia rv4, v7, pl4, d8; metatarsus rv6, v6, pl1, d5; tarsus rv3, v4, pl3, d4; leg IV: tibia rv3, v4, pl5, d5; metatarsus rv7, v0, pl9, d8; tarsus rv4, v4, pl4, d4. Patella I with two dorsal spines apically (Fig. 11k); patella II with two dorsal spines (Fig. 11l); patella III with covering of ca. 41 spinules on the dorsal and retrolateral surfaces (Fig. 11m); patella IV with ca. 35 spinules on dorsal, retrolateral and prolateral surfaces (Fig. 11n). Tarsus I with a small number of sparse scopulose setae apically; metatarsus II, III with no scopulae; metatarsus IV with scopulae along ventral surface (Fig. 11j). Leg measure­ments: Leg I: femur 1.89, patella 0.95, tibia 1.32, meta­tarsus 1.32, tarsus 0.89, total 6.37. Leg II: femur 2.69, patella 1.15, tibia 1.77, metatarsus 1.92, tarsus 1.38, total 8.91. Leg III: femur 1.72, patella 0.94, tibia 1.11, meta­tarsus 1.39, tarsus 1.11, total 6.27. Leg IV: femur 2.22, patella 0.81, tibia 1.63, metatarsus 1.72, tarsus 1.25, total 7.63. Formula: II>IV>I>III.

Pedipalp: femur 2.05, patella 0.89, tibia 1.71, tarsus 0.66; all segments with scattered setae, sparse dorsally and those of the tibia thickest and longest ventrally (Fig. 12a–c). Tibia elongate, inflated and bulbous ventrally, 0.63 wide at the widest point from retrolateral view; bulb roughly pyriform (Fig. 12a, b). Embolus elongate, thin and curved, tip with a small embolar tooth (Fig. 12d).

Variation (n = 4). There was very little variation in the colouration of the material examined, the carapace of one specimen was a paler orange-red. Total length 4.14–5.10, mean 4.69. Number of maxillary cuspules: 52–60; number of labial cuspules: 20–27; number of spines in the rastellum: left 14–17, mean 15.67, right 15–16; mean 15.67. Number of spinules on the left patella (n = 4): Leg I 0–7, mean 4; Leg II 0–2; mean 1; Leg III 29–39, mean 34.25; Leg IV 20-40, mean 29.