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Holotype:Color: carapace uniformly yellow-brown; sternum pale yellow-brown; chelicerae yellow-brown; maxillae pale yellow-brown; labium pale brown; abdomen dorsally pale creamy-yellow with a few darker flecks; ventrally pale yellow-brown; legs uniformly pale red-brown. Cephalothorax:setae long and thin; carapace strongly flattened; 0.71 times longer than broad; fovea longitudinal, broad, very shallow. Eyes:AER nearly straight; PER slightly recurved; AME slightly larger than PME, PLE largest, ALE smallest; eye group width 1.55; eye diameters, AME 0.15, ALE 0.10, PME 0.15, PLE 0.17; interdistances AME-ALE 0.38, PME-PLE0.36, ALE-PLE 0.27, AME-PME 0.13; ocular quadrangle AME-AME 0.21, PME-PME 0.84; clypeus 0.04 high. Mouthparts:chelicerae with a few stout setae medially and anteriorly; lateral boss present, smooth; promargin with 4 teeth, retromargin with 3 teeth; maxillae longer than broad, with tuft of conspicuous setae distally; labiumdistally rounded. Sternum:0.69 times longer than broad, posteriorly indented. Pedipalp:tarsus slightly swollen, claw present, with c. 6 teeth. Legs:leg I much shorter than legs II, III and IV; leg formula 3241; scopulae absent on all legs; tarsus I–IV with strong claw tufts; pr claw with less than 10 teeth, rl claws with none; spination: leg I, Fm pr 0, dorsal 1–1–1, rl 0; Ti d 0, v 2–2–2–2–2–2; Mt v 2–2–2–2; Ti and Mt I and II with strong spines; leg II, Fm pr 0, d 1–1–1, rl 0; Ti v 2–2–2–2–2; Mt v 2–2–2; leg III, Fm pr 0, d 1–1–1, rl 0; Ti 1–0–0; mt 1–0; leg IV, Fm pr 0, d 1–1–1, rl 0; Ti v 1–0–0; Mt 0. Abdomen:possible setal tufts, hairs worn off. Epigyne:two lateral lobes, forming a diamond shaped median area, copulatory openings located anteromedially, epigynal pockets absent; internally, wide ducts coil 2–3 times and lead to oval spermathecae that are close together, fertilization ducts located posteriorly, posterodorsal fold absent (Figs 27–28). Dimensions:Total length 5.81. Cephalothorax length 2.77, width 3.88. Sternum length 1.43, width 2.07. Abdomen length 2.04, width 3.70. Pedipalp: Fm 0.86, Pt 0.57, Ti 0.59, Ta 0.71, (total) 2.73. Leg I: Fm 3.37, Pt 1.44, Ti 2.93, Mt 3.07, Ta 1.15, (total) 11.96. Leg II: Fm 4.68, Pt 1.72, Ti 4.07, Mt 2.82, Ta 1.32, (total) 14.61. Leg III: Fm 5.36, Pt 1.66, Ti 4.45, Mt 3.70, Ta 1.43, (total) 16.60. Leg IV: Fm 4.77, Pt 1.34, Mt 2.82, Ta 1.15, (total) 13.60.
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Sarah C. Crews, Mark S. Harvey
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Crews S, Harvey M (2011) The spider family Selenopidae (Arachnida, Araneae) in Australasia and the Oriental Region ZooKeys 99: 1–104
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The type locality only (Map 7).
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Sarah C. Crews, Mark S. Harvey
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Crews S, Harvey M (2011) The spider family Selenopidae (Arachnida, Araneae) in Australasia and the Oriental Region ZooKeys 99: 1–104
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Sarah C. Crews
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Mark S. Harvey
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