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Psyche 
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sternum width 0.95 mm; sternum index (width -i- length X 100) 
80. 
Femur IV length 1.75-1.85 mm; femur IV width 0.45-0.55 mm; 
leg thickness index (femur IV width femur IV length X 100) 
26-29; leg length index (femur IV length carapace length X 
100) 67. 
Abdomen length 4.00 mm; abdomen width 2.30-2.35 mm; abdo- 
men index (width length X 100) 57-58. 
Description. Carapace orange-brown and hairless, with cephalic 
region dark brown (Fig. 1). Carapace moderately narrow in head 
region (width at level of second eye row 0.59-0.61 times the maxi- 
mum width of the carapace) and smoothly truncated anteriorly. 
Eyes moderately small, equal with posterior row somewhat wider 
than anterior. Distinct thoracic groove. 
Abdomen oval, grey-brown, with a large anterior dorsal dark 
red-brown scutum (about one-third the length of the abdomen) 
(Fig. 1); covered with sparce, fine setae. Epigastric and small in- 
framammiliary scuta red-brown. Both pairs of anterior abdominal 
setae hairlike. 
Sternum orange-brown with light, thin setae. 
Chelicerae dark-brown (like cephalic region of carapace) with 
two moderate retromargin teeth and two slightly larger promargin 
teeth. Pedipalps with red-brown femur and rest yellow. 
Coxa I yellow-brown, rest of coxae yellow. A small notch on 
trochanter IV. 
Femur I dark brown with yellow distal end, rest of leg I and 
leg II and III yellow; leg IV dark yellow with orange metatarsus. 
Tibia I ventral spination: 2 (prolateral) -2 (retrolateral) and small. 
External genitalia with a pair of wide, flared openings (Fig. 2). 
Internal structure with globose spermathecae drawn out into narrow 
straight posterior necks ( Fig. 3 ) . 
MALE 
Measurements. Based on two males: carapace length 2.05 mm; 
carapace width 1.25- 1.30 mm; carapace index 61-63; sternum length 
0.95-1.00 mm; sternum width 0.75 mm; sternum index 73-77. 
Femur IV length 1.40- 1.45 mm; femur IV width 0.35 mm; leg 
thickness index 24-25 ; leg length index 69-71. 
Abdomen length 2.45-2.60 mm; abdomen width 1.15 mm; abdo- 
men index 45-47. 
Embolus length 0.06-0.07 mm; genital bulb length 0.63-0.65 mm; 
male genital index (embolus length bulb length X 100) 9.5-10. 
