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Description

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Description. Holotype male: Total length 0.84. Carapace 0.41 long, 0.31 wide. Abdomen 0.45 long, 0.30 wide. Leg I femur 0.31. Cephalothorax, legs tan-yellow; abdomen olive-cream. Carapace raised anteriorly, not fused to sternum except around petiole; dorsal surface of pars cephalica slightly convex in lateral view. Eight eyes present on anterior margin of pars cephalica; AME 0.5x diameter of ALE; PME separated by half their own diameter. Chelicerae each with bulging anterior projection; promargin with three peg teeth. Legs relatively short (leg I femur-carapace ratio 0.76); macrosetae absent. Abdomen oval, covered with hair-like setae; dorsal scute and lateral sclerotic strips absent. Pedipalpal patella with retrolaterally-directed, hooked lRPA and rounded, depressed distal region with ornate, ridged cuticular microstructure; tegulum smooth, with excavate ETR and curved, subtriangular distal conductor; embolus long (length > 5× width), looping dorsal to conductor (Fig. 91).
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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 only from south-eastern Queensland.
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