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Description

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Description. Holotype male: Total length 1.51. Carapace 0.76 long, 0.61 wide. Abdomen 0.88 long, 0.71 wide. Leg I femur 0.62. Cephalothorax dark brown; legs dark tan-yellow; abdomen dark grey with paler, chequered pattern posteriorly and laterally. Carapace raised anteriorly, not fused to sternum except around petiole; dorsal surface of pars cephalica slightly convex in lateral view. Eight subequal eyes present on anterior margin of pars cephalica; PME separated by their own diameter. Chelicerae without bulging anterior projections; promargin without peg teeth. Legs relatively short (leg I femur-carapace ratio 0.82); macrosetae absent. Abdomen oval-globose, covered with hair-like setae, each seta projecting from small sclerotic spot; dorsal scute and lateral sclerotic strips absent. Pedipalpal patella with distally-directed, forked lRPA and strongly-recurved distal apophysis; tegulum smooth, with curved ETR; embolus long (length > 5× width), sinuous, curving distally (Fig. 196).
Allotype female: Total length 1.59. Carapace 0.78 long, 0.60 wide. Abdomen 1.00 long, 0.82 wide. Leg I femur 0.65. Cephalothorax dark brown; legs dark tan-yellow; abdomen dark grey with paler, chequered pattern posteriorly and laterally. Carapace raised anteriorly, not fused to sternum except around petiole; dorsal surface of pars cephalica slightly convex in lateral view. Eight subequal eyes present on anterior margin of pars cephalica; PME separated by their own diameter. Chelicerae without bulging anterior projections; promargin without peg teeth. Legs relatively short (leg I femur-carapace ratio 0.83); macrosetae absent. Abdomen oval-globose, covered with hair-like setae, each seta projecting from small sclerotic spot; dorsal scute and lateral sclerotic strips absent. Pedipalp entire, five-segmented. Epigyne with distinctive external morphology (Fig. 194D); receptacula globular, bilobate; insemination ducts looping dorsally; fertilisation ducts simple, curved (Figs 197A–B).
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Rix MG, Harvey MS (2010) The spider family Micropholcommatidae (Arachnida, Araneae, Araneoidea): a relimitation and revision at the generic level. ZooKeys 36: 1–321.
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Distribution

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Distribution. Known from the Yarra Ranges and Otway Ranges of Victoria, and from Tasmania (Fig. 211).
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