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Carico — Pisciurina 
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AME subequal and larger than ALE. ALE tuberculate, anterior 
row nearly straight or strongly procurved, ocular quadrangle 
wider at top than at bottom. Sternum: lanceolate, longer than wide. 
Chelicerae : moderately robust with three promarginal, three retro- 
marginal teeth on fang furrow. Legs: spinose, variable in length, 
third pair always shortest. Abdomen: moderately long to quite longer 
than wide, slightly overlaps carapace, male: Bulb of pedipalp: Me- 
dian apophysis directed somewhat retro-laterally, flattened, simple or 
bifid; conductor distal, usually broad, flattened with spine projecting 
retrolaterally ; embolus long, slender, quite flexible, arising proximally 
or prolaterally, curving around behind distal margin of conductor. 
female. Epigynum : three elevations with concavity anterior to me- 
dian concavity, carina along ental side of each lateral elevation. 
Internal copulatory apparatus : bursa copulatrix empties directly into 
conspicuous seminal receptacle, fertilization tubes loop back and 
forth several times across chitinous ridge. 
Key to species of pisaurina 
1. Height of clypeus at ALE less than half height of clypeus at 
AME; abdomen usually wider than carapace 2 
Height of clypeus at ALE more than half height of clypeus at 
AME ; carapace usually wider than abdomen 3 
2. Width of ALE divided by width of PME = less than 1.5; con- 
spicuous tuft O'f white hairs directed anteriorly from area be- 
tween PME (missing from rubbed specimens) (Figs. 10, 11) .. 
Pisaurina dubia 
Width of ALE divided by width of PME = more than 1.5; 
tuft of white hairs absent from area between PME 
Pisaurina undulata 
3. Median dark band on dorsum of abdomen distinct and with 
straight or nearly straight border (Figs. 7, 8) ; patella-tibia I 
length/carapace length ratio less than 2.0 in males and usually 
less than 1.37 in females Pisaurina brevipes 
Median dark band on dorsum of abdomen indistinct, or if dis- 
tinct then with undulated border (Figs. 1, 2) ; patella-tibia I 
length/carapace length ratio more than 2.0 in males and usually 
more than 1.37 in females Pisaurina mira 
Figures 1-12, Color patterns of the dorsum. Figs. 1-6, Pisaurina mira . 
1-5, Female. 6, Male. Figs. 7-8, P. brevipes. 7, Male. 8, Female. Figs. 
9-10, P. undulata. 9, Male. 10, Female. Figs. 11-12, P. dubia. 11, Female. 
12, Male. 
