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M.S. Harvey 
Penemideopsis pusilla sp. nov. 
Figures 1-6 
Material Examined 
Holotype 
6, Gooralong Brook, west end of Jarrahdale, 
Western Australia, Australia, 32°20'S, 116°03'E, 17 
June 1986, M. DeHaan (WAM 95/772). 
margins not protruding (Figure 2); and its smaller 
size (e.g. dorsal shield 339 pm in P. pusilla, 395 mm 
in P. phreatica). It differs from P. angovmsis by the 
dorsoglandularial setae being situated close to the 
glandularia (Figure 1). It differs from both species 
by the posterior margin of coxa IV extending well 
past the anterior margin of the genital field (Figure 
2 ) 
Diagnosis 
Penemideopsis pusilla differs from P. phreatica as 
follows: projections covering openings of leg IV not 
greatly enlarged (Figure 2); capitular bay projecting 
far forward of ventral shield (Figure 2); outer coxal 
Description 
Male 
Dorsal and ventral shields present. Lateral eyes 
present; medial eye present, but very small (Figure 
1). Dorsal shield (Figure 1) entire and ovoid, widest 
