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Figures 10-11 Hesperopilio mainae n. gen., n. sp., $. 10, palpus, mesal view; 11, Ovipositor. Scale line = 0.3 mm. 
who has for many years been a leading figure in 
Australian arachnology. 
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 
I thank Dr Mark Harvey, curator of arachnids at 
the Western Australian Museum, for sending the 
specimens to me, and James C. Cokendolpher and 
Glenn Hunt for their helpful advice. 
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