Description

Male (based on holotype; WAM T96170). Total length 8.25.

Colour in ethanol: Pars cephalica and chelicerae dark red-brown, pars thoracica lighter red-brown (Fig. 12a). Faint, mottled darker brown pigmentation around AME (Fig. 12a, e). Sternum pale orange-brown, with eight sigilla of same colour as sternum (Fig. 12b). Maxillae and labium darker orange-brown (Fig. 12b, f). Abdomen pale cream, ventrally pale cream; spinnerets pale orange-cream (Fig. 12c, d). Legs orange-brown, more or less uniform in colour.

Carapace: 3.67 long and 4.11 wide; pars cephalica height 1.6; pars cephalica covers 0.62 of carapace length. In dorsal view carapace rounded, with pronounced lateral flanges at the midpoint (Fig. 12a). Pars cephalica smooth with little granulation; with two small, indistinct, rounded indentations posterior to AME (Fig. 12a, e). Pars thoracica with fine granulation; posterior edge strongly recurved and with a shallow medial notch. Lateral edges recurved and undulating (Fig. 12a). Pars cephalica strongly elevated (Fig. 12i). Chelicerae: 1.53 long; elongate, and broadly cylindrical; dorsally smooth, and with strong and distinct, regular dorsal and prolateral transverse striations starting at the midpoint and extending to the apex (Fig. 12a). Sternum: ovoid, with sparse, scattered setae. 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. 12b). Labiosternal junction fused (Fig. 12b). Eyes: OQ 3.42 times wider than long; anterior eyes slightly procurved; posterior eyes strongly recurved (Fig. 12e). Cheliceral furrow with row of eight strong pyramidal teeth prolaterally, retrolateral edge with one large basal tooth and one small apical tooth (Fig. 12h). Maxillae: with ca. 60–80 weakly developed cuspules anteriorly, the anterior most cuspules better developed (Fig. 12f). Labium: conical, anteriorly with 15–20 weakly developed cuspules, better developed anteriorly (Fig. 12f). Rastellum moderately pronounced, with three (two right) strong, conical spines (Fig. 12d). Around 11 setae forming a fringe over the base the fang of each chelicera and around five over the base of the rastellum.

Abdomen: 3.84 long and 3.32 wide; rounded oval; four spinnerets (Fig. 12c, d).

Legs: sparse scattered brown-black setae on all surfaces. Leg spination: leg I: tibia rv3, v4, pl7, d0; metatarsus rv5, v6, pl1, d0; tarsus rv5, v2, pl2, d0; leg II: tibia rv4, v4, pl5, d2; metatarsus rv4, v7, pl3, d0; tarsus rv5, v3, pl5, d0; leg III: tibia rv5, v5, pl6, d3; metatarsus rv3, v0, pl3, d8; tarsus rv11, v0, pl4, d2; leg IV: tibia rv1, v4, pl0, d0; metatarsus rv5, v0, pl5, d2; tarsus rv11, v0, pl9, d2. Patella I rasp consisting of 18 spinules prolaterally, forming a narrow band; with two spines ventrally (Fig. 12k); patella II with ca. seven spines prolaterally, forming a narrow band, ventrally with two spines (Fig. 12l); patella III with dense covering of c. 40–60 spinules on the dorsal and retrolateral surfaces (Fig. 12m); patella IV with three spines retrolaterally (Fig. 12n). Tarsus I, II with scopulae ventrally; tarsus and metatarsus III, IV with scopulae along ventral surfaces (Fig. 12j). Leg measure­ments: Leg I: femur 3.09, patella 1.40, tibia 2.16, meta­tarsus 1.82, tarsus 1.24, total 9.71. Leg II: femur 3.09, patella 1.50, tibia 1.82, metatarsus 1.87, tarsus 1.27, total 9.55. Leg III: femur 2.97, patella 1.48, tibia 1.58, meta­tarsus 1.93, tarsus 1.68, total 9.64. Leg IV: femur 3.72, patella 1.71, tibia 2.45, metatarsus 2.00, tarsus 1.36, total 11.24. Formula: 4>1>3>2.

Pedipalp: femur 2.14, patella 0.98, tibia 1.94, tarsus 0.93; all segments with scattered setae, sparse dorsally and those of the tibia thickest and longest ventrally Fig. 13a–c. Tibia stout, inflated, broadly rectangular in shape, with rounded ventral swellings basally and apically, 1.07 wide at the widest point from dorsal and prolateral view, 1.7 the length times width (Fig. 13a, b). Bulb roughly pyriform; embolus moderately short and gently curved with a small embolar tooth apically (Fig. 13a, b) and a distinct BEI, inflated until just prior to midpoint, from where it narrows to the apex (Fig. 13d).

Variation (n = 8). All material examined had pars cephalica and chelicerae dark brown, pars thoracica lighter red-brown. The dorsal surface of the abdomen varied from pale cream to dark cream-grey. Total length 6.57–9.41, mean 7.74. Number of maxillary cuspules 55–72, mean 63.13; number of labial cuspules 17–27, mean 21.88; number of spines on the rastellum 3–5 left, mean 3.75, 3–4 right, mean 3.37. Number of spinules in the left patella (n = 9): Leg I 13–32, mean 17.71; Leg II 3–16, mean 8.25; Leg III 50–67, mean 59.71; Leg IV 1–18, mean 11.13.