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Description. Male. Total length 5.0. Carapace 2.4 long, 2.7 wide. Eyes, AME 0.11, ALE 0.17, PME 0.08, PLE 0.14, AME–AME 0.11, AME–ALE 0.07, ALE–PLE 0.03, PME–PLE 0.17, PME–PME 0.11. Carapace pattern and eye arrangement as in Fig. 9.1. Palp as in Figs 3.4, 4.6, 5.6, femur as long as cymbium, patella+tibia length about 2/3 of cymbium or femur length; bulbus globular, seminal duct thin; embolus thick, long and screw-shaped, terminal portion tapering, tip sharply pointed; tegular apophysis massive, with two arms: a large membranous apical arm, and a bill-shaped retrolateral arm.
Female. Total length 6.0-7.0. Carapace 2.1-2.3 long, 2.4-2.5 wide (wider than long). Carapace pattern and eye arrangement as in Figs 9.4-5. Abdominal pattern as in Fig. 9.3, dorsal side with a dark heart band and four transverse stripes, sides of abdomen with dark spots, venter without pattern. Epigynal plate 1.00-1.14 wide, fovea 0.47-0.57 wide, plate/fovea ratio 2-2.1. Epigyne as in Figs 10.1-3, with distinct windows, well-separated septum, median plate anchor-like, epigynal opening distinct (with well-expressed borders), opening diameter larger than septum width and equal to median plate height; translucent spermathecae elongate and located aside of openings. Vulva simple, with large pockets (continuation of epigynal opening), with oval spermathecae separated by more than three times their widths; insemination duct short, accessory gland globular, poorly visible.
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A survey of East Palaearctic Hersiliola Thorell, 1870 (Araneae, Hersiliidae), with a description of three new genera.
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Distribution

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Distribution. Turkmenistan (southwest), Kazakhstan (southwest).
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