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Figures 4-10. Opopaea brasima sp. nov. Fig. 4. Eyes of holotype from 
above. Figs. 5-6. Left palp of holotype; prolateral and retrolateral views, 
respectively. Fig. 7. Left palp of male from Homestead; prolateral view. 
Fig. 8. Left palp of male from Haines City; retrolateral view. Fig. 9. 
Genital area of male holotype. Fig. 10. Epigynal area of described female 
paratype. 
4123 in order of length; no true spines observed; many hairs and 
spiniform bristles. Palp: essential features shown in Figures 5-8; 
femur short and moderately inflated ; patella strongly inflated ; tibia 
very short; tarsus with distinctive features obscure and difficult to 
observe clearly; a slight change of position greatly alters appearance. 
Abdomen : typically flattened ; dorsal scutum covers entire dorsal 
area; ventral and epigastric scuta cover entire ventral surface back 
to bases of normal spinnerets; the expected sclerite at base of spin- 
nerets shows dorsal to posterior border of ventral scutum; genital 
area very similar to that of Opopaea calona sp. nov. (Fig. 9). Color 
in alcohol : essentially as recorded for other species in the genus 
Opopaea. 
Female paratype. Total length 1.67 mm. Carapace 0.59 mm long; 
about 0.46 mm wide opposite posterior borders of second coxae; 
