Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum . endage lengths, and in the presence of auxiliary claws on thetwo known species. Safropallene longimana sp. 6 Material Transkei area. Holotype, SAM-A10243, SM 226, 32°28,6S 28°58,8E,710-775 m, 1 6\ Paratypes, SAM-A10244, 5 99; SAM-A10245, 4 66, SAM-A10229, 15 specimens, all SM 226, 710-775 m. Paratypes, USNM 216760,SM 226, 710-775 m, 2 66, 2 99. Durban area. Paratypes, SAM-A10246, SM 129, 30°53,4S 30°31,7E,850 m, 18 66, 99. Paratypes, MNHN-Py 599, SM 129, 850 m, 2 66, 2 99. Description Male. Moderately small,
Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum . endage lengths, and in the presence of auxiliary claws on thetwo known species. Safropallene longimana sp. 6 Material Transkei area. Holotype, SAM-A10243, SM 226, 32°28,6S 28°58,8E,710-775 m, 1 6\ Paratypes, SAM-A10244, 5 99; SAM-A10245, 4 66, SAM-A10229, 15 specimens, all SM 226, 710-775 m. Paratypes, USNM 216760,SM 226, 710-775 m, 2 66, 2 99. Durban area. Paratypes, SAM-A10246, SM 129, 30°53,4S 30°31,7E,850 m, 18 66, 99. Paratypes, MNHN-Py 599, SM 129, 850 m, 2 66, 2 99. Description Male. Moderately small, extremely tenuous, leg span 12,3 mm. Trunk fullysegmented, slender, with moderately long neck bearing oviger implantationbulges at midlength, armed with two small anterolateral knobs at chelifore inser-tion. Lateral processes separated by more than twice their diameters, abouttwice their diameters in length, without adornment. Ocular tubercle low, broad-based, with small unpigmented eyes, situated at anterior of cephalic segment. 148 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM. Fig. 6. Safropallene longimana gen. et sp. no v. A-F. Holotype, male. A. Trunk, dorsal view. B. Trunk, lateral view. C. Trunk anterior, ventral view. D. Third leg. E. Chela, with enlargement of teeth. F. Oviger. G. Paratype, female. Oviger with enlargements of denticulate spine and terminal claw. THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUMS MEIRING NAUDE CRUISES 149 Proboscis fairly short, cylindrical, slightly swollen distally, lips moderately long, sausage-shaped, glabrous, extending to distal rim offirst coxae of fourth legs. Chelifores scapes almost twice proboscis length, armed with few distal setaenot longer than scape diameter. Chelae as long as scapes, carried folded inwardabove proboscis, cylindrical, slightly curved. Fingers 0,3 of chela length, cross-ing at tips, armed with 15 large teeth on immovable finger and 12-13 onmovable finger, teeth separated by gaps holding one or two very small teeth ineach
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