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TABLE 1. Approximate leg measurements of right legs. 
F 
P 
Ti 
Mt 
Ta 
Total 
Palp 
8.1 
3.9 
6.7 
— 
3.6 
22.3 
1 
12.3 
5.8 
11.3 
14.3 
6.7 
50.4 
II 
12.1 
5.4 
12.1 
14.6 
6.2 
50.4 
III 
10.7 
4.0 
10.2 
14.0 
5.0 
43.9 
IV 
12.7 
4.2(?) 
12.6 
18.3 
5.0 
52.8+ 
Width of patella 1 at knee = 1.6; Tibial index 
= 9.41. 
An absence of eyes distinguishes Troglodiplura from all other 
Australian Diplurinae. It is further distinguished from the Anamini 
and Teylini by the maxillary cuspule arrangement which it shares 
with Ixamatus, Xamiatus, Stanwellia (in part) and Kiama. It differs 
from these four genera by the presence of a tibial spur in the male. 
Troglodiplura lowryi Main 
Figs 1-18, Table 1 
Troglodiplura lowyri Main, 1969: 9-11. Holotype, indeterminate 
sex, western Australia: Roaches Rest Cave, NE Madura (Western 
Australian Museum) 
Metallotype, Australia: South Australia, Nullarbor Plain, Cave 
NR. 6 Bore NNW of head of BIGHT, 27.V.1982 (A.D. Davey) 
(Australian Museum K.S 13389). [“Metallotype” — as defined by 
Smith, 1983]. 
Condition of specimen poor, dismembered parts of a dried 
carcase, some colour still apparent as the dark reddish brown of 
carapace, chelicerae and tibiae and metatarsi of first legs; many 
bristles, hairs and spines lost, including trichobothria. Carapace and. 
sternum slightly distorted at margin; left posterior region of cara- 
pace missing. Abdomen absent. 
Figures 11-16. Metallotype S Troglodiplura lowryi. Fig. 1 1. Left palp, retro- 
lateral aspect. Fig. 12. Bulb and embolus enlarged. Fig. 13. Left palp, prolat- 
eral aspect. Fig. 14. Left leg, retrolateral aspect tibia and metatarsus. Fig. 
15. Right tarsus 1, retrolateral aspect. Fig. 16. Right tarsus 1, retrolateral aspect 
of retroclaw. Scale bars = 1.0 mm; fig. 16 not to scale. 
