Epigastrina typhlops Rix & Harvey 2010

Description. Holotype male: Total length 1.18. Carapace 0.53 long, 0.39 wide. Abdomen 0.70 long, 0.47 wide. Leg I femur 0.48. Cephalothorax, legs very pale tan-yellow; abdomen pale cream. Carapace raised anteriorly, not fused to sternum except around petiole; dorsal surface of pars cephalica slightly convex in lateral view. Eyes absent. Chelicerae each with large, bulging anterior projection; promargin with three peg teeth. Legs relatively short (leg I femur-carapace ratio 0.91); distal, prolateral macroseta present on tibia I. Abdomen oval, covered with hair-like setae; dorsal scute large, indistinct, covering most of dorsal surface of abdomen; lateral sclerotic strips absent. Pedipalpal patella with retrolaterally-directed, hooked lRPA and ornate, ridged cuticular microstructure; tegulum large, bulging posteriorly, with excavate ETR and very large, divergent, fleshy medial conductor bearing rod-like prolateral process and massive, fleshy retrolateral process; embolus short (length < 5× width), spur-like, distally hooked, situated between divergent processes of conductor (Fig. 66).
Allotype female: Total length 1.12. Carapace 0.49 long, 0.40 wide. Abdomen 0.76 long, 0.55 wide. Leg I femur 0.43. Cephalothorax, legs very pale tan-yellow; abdomen pale cream, with darker tan-yellow epigyne. Carapace raised anteriorly, not fused to sternum except around petiole; dorsal surface of pars cephalica slightly convex in lateral view. Eyes absent. Chelicerae without bulging anterior projections; promargin without peg teeth. Legs relatively short (leg I femur-carapace ratio 0.88); macrosetae absent. Abdomen oval, covered with hair-like setae; dorsal scute and lateral sclerotic strips absent. Pedipalp entire, five-segmented. Epigyne heavily sclerotised externally, with distinctive, wedge-shaped epigastric plate (Fig. 65D); spermathecae globular, connecting to parallel, filiform insemination and fertilisation ducts (Fig. 63E).

Distribution. Known only from the cave Kubla Khan in the Mole Creek karst of north-central Tasmania (Fig. 213).