Karaops badgeradda Crews & Harvey 2011

Holotype:Color: carapace yellow-brown, with slightly darker marks laterally and medially; sternum pale yellow; chelicerae pale yellow with darker infuscations anteriorly and laterally; maxillae pale yellow; labium pale yellow-brown, lightening distally; abdomen dorsally reddish with darker red brown cardiac mark, many dark spots medially and laterally; ventrally pale yellow-brown; legs pale yellow, with all segments clearly annulated, though those on femur not entirely encircling it, also hollow in center, giving femora a ‘leopard spot’ appearance. Cephalothorax:setae long and thin; carapace flattened; 0.78 times longer than broad; fovea longitudinal, broad, somewhat shallow. Eyes:AER slightly recurved; PER recurved; PME larger than AME, PLE largest, ALE smallest; eye group width 1.49; eye diameters, AME 0.19, ALE 0.06, PME 0.25, PLE 0.38; interdistances AME-ALE 0.57, PME-PLE 0.33, ALE-PLE 0.38, AME-PME 0.04; ocular quadrangle AME-AME 0.19, PME-PME 0.55; clypeus 0.1 high. Mouthparts:chelicerae with a few stout setae medially and anteriorly; lateral boss present, smooth; promargin with 3 teeth, retromargin with 2 teeth; maxillae longer than broad, with tuft of conspicuous setae distally. Sternum:0.83 times longer than broad, posteriorly indented. Pedipalp:claw present with more than 6 teeth. Legs:leg I much shorter than legs II, III and IV; leg formula 3421; scopulae absent on all legs; tarsus I–IV with strong claw tufts; claws without teeth; spination: leg I, Fm pr 1–1–1, d 1–1–1, rl 0; Ti d 0, v 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, dorsal 1–1–1, rl 0; Ti v 2–2–2–2–2; Mt v 2–2–2–2; leg III, Fm pr 0, d 1–1–1, rl 0; Ti v 1–1–0; Mt 2–0; leg IV, Fm pr 0, d 1–1–1, rl 0; Ti v 1–0; Mt 0. Abdomen:terminal setal tufts present. Epigyne:lateral lobes fused, small medial depression in lower third of plate, bilobed sclerotized hood, epigynal pockets absent, copulatory openings located under hood; copulatory ducts in contact medially, then both curve outward, then back inward becoming darker and more sclerotized, then outward again before twisting around to the small ovoid, folded spermathecae, fertilization ducts located posteriorly, small posterodorsal fold present, not covering any part of the internal genital (Figs 33–34).Dimensions:Total length 7.33. Cephalothorax length 2.89, width 3.52. Sternum length 1.57, width 1.90. Abdomen length 4.44, width 3.88. Pedipalp: Fm 0.86, Pt 0.46, Ti 0.54, Ta 0.94, (total) 2.80. Leg I: Fm 3.51, Pt 1.29, Ti 2.99, Mt 2.77, Ta 1.20, (total) 11.76. Leg II: Fm 4.44, Pt 1.56, Ti 3.22, Mt 3.08, Ta 1.27, (total) 13.57. Leg III: Fm 4.77, Pt 1.51, Ti 3.73, Mt 3.52, Ta 1.39, (total) 14.92. Leg IV: Fm 4.68, Pt 1.53, Ti 3.44, Mt 3.03, Ta 1.53, (total) 14.21.

This species is only known from the Muggon Station area of Western Australia (Fig. 98;Map 8).