Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum . 6, 710-775 m, 1 6(damaged), 1 juv. Description Female. Size moderately small, leg span 27,8 mm. General habitus slender,tenuous. Trunk long, completely segmented, with lateral processes separated bytwice their diameters, less than twice as long as their diameters, glabrous. Neckmoderately long, triangular in dorsal profile anterior to ocular tubercle andoviger implantation, which are well anterior to first lateral processes in aninflation of the neck. Ocular tubercle low, rounded, wider than tall, eyespresent, with li
Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum . 6, 710-775 m, 1 6(damaged), 1 juv. Description Female. Size moderately small, leg span 27,8 mm. General habitus slender,tenuous. Trunk long, completely segmented, with lateral processes separated bytwice their diameters, less than twice as long as their diameters, glabrous. Neckmoderately long, triangular in dorsal profile anterior to ocular tubercle andoviger implantation, which are well anterior to first lateral processes in aninflation of the neck. Ocular tubercle low, rounded, wider than tall, eyespresent, with little pigmentation. Proboscis slender, moderately short, withslight median inflation, lips rounded. Abdomen very short, not extendingbeyond distal fourth lateral processes, with few dorsodistal setae. Chelifores large, scape 1,2 times longer than proboscis, glabrous. Chelaeslightly longer than scapes, curved inward, palm less than half length of fingers,with few short distal setae. Fingers very slender, slightly curved, overlapping at 178 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM. Fig. 14. Nymphon serratidentatum sp. nov. Holotype, female. A. Trunk, dorsalview. B. Trunk, lateral view. C. Chela, with enlargements of teeth. D. Thirdleg, terminal segments. E. Oviger. F. Strigilis, with enlargements of denticulate spines. tips, armed with very many closely crowded narrow teeth, numbering 95 onimmovable finger, 118 on movable finger. Some proximal teeth on movablefinger with finely serrate edges with two to four tiny serrations per margin. Noserrate teeth on immovable finger, plain spine-like teeth on both fingers tips slightly curled laterally. Palps long, tenuous, third segment longest, 1,3 times longer than second,fourth almost as long as third, fifth segment shorter, half as long as third, withslight endal curve. Third to fifth segments armed with few very short ventral anddistal setae. THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUMS MEIRING NAUDE CRUISES 179 Ovigers broken off and missing be
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