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Description

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Description. Holotype male: Total length 1.10. Carapace 0.54 long, 0.49 wide. Abdomen 0.73 long, 0.50 wide. Leg I femur 0.86. Cephalothorax, abdominal sclerites brown; legs, abdomen dark tan yellow. Carapace raised anteriorly, fused to sternum via pleural sclerites; dorsal surface of pars cephalica strongly convex in lateral view; carapace and sternum heavily punctate. Eyes absent. Chelicerae each with large, bulging anterior projection; promargin without peg teeth. Legs relatively long (leg I femur-carapace ratio 1.59); macrosetae absent. Abdomen subtriangular, covered with hair-like setae, each seta projecting from small sclerotic spot; dorsal scute and lateral sclerotic strips absent. Pedipalpal patella with retrolaterally-directed, hooked lRPA and strongly recurved, sickle-shaped distal apophysis; tibia with two thorn-like prolateral macrosetae; tegulum smooth, with curved, marginal ETR; embolus long (length > 5× width), looping around prolateral margin of bulb (Fig. 183).
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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 the cave Splash Pot in the Junee-Florentine karst of south-central Tasmania (Fig. 213).
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