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Description (Figs. 17-23: o, Figs. 24-27: 9).

Malc Holotypc (total body Icngth: 1.53 mm).

Colour: Carapacc light brown. rims of cyes sufTuscd with black. sccmum ycllowish; legs uniformly ycllow-brown; abdomcn: dorsal and vcntral scutum and latcral sclcritcs of a dccpcr brown. (hc dorsal scutum with faint pat tern of black ish arcas.

Carapacc (Figs. 17, 18 and 19): Lcngth: 0.59 mm; width: 0.58 mm; hcight: 0.34 mm. Highcst point of carapacc at PM-eyes level, curving further slightly downwards. and abruptly slooping downwards at it*s sccond half.

Eyes: L’s ncarly contiguous; AM-eyes very close to AL-eyes; AM-eyes 4/5th of their diameter apart; PM-eyes approximatc l/3th of their diameter apart.

Chcliccrac: Smali, conical, ending into a long fang, without tccth or any other particular structure.

Clypcus: High, 7/10th of carapacc hcight.

Maxillac: Convcrging in front of labium, apcx blunt and covcrcd with a dense scopula, antcrolatcral scrrula of about 16 tccth (sccms to be variablc).

Stemum (Fig. 20): Ncarly as widc as long, postcriorly strongly truncatcd separating the fourth coxac by a distancc cqual to their lcngth; middlc of sternum smooth; sub-marginal region elothed with sctac pointing inward.

Legs: Threc claws of which the main ones arc pcctinatcd; Mt with one and Ti with two cxtrcmcly long trichobothriac; Ta I swollcn. vcntrally elothed with numerous

suckcrlikc adhcsivc hairs, no visible Approximate mcasurcments (in mm):			constriction	bctwccn	Ta and	Mt of
	Fm	Pa	77	Mt	Ta	Total
i	.47	.22	.33	.22	.33	1.57
li	.41	.21	.28	.20	.30	1.40
lll	.42	.21	.28	.21	.30	1.42
IV	.48	.29	.42	.26	.34	1 .79

Małe palpus (t^;igs. 21,22 and 23): Ti sauccrlikc. Ta as dcscribcd in generie diagnosis.

Abdomcn (ligs. 17. 19 and 20): Dorsal scutum covcring w fiole doreum; epygastrie scutum procent with well defined booklungiircas, hind corners extcnding into the post-epygastrie half of abdomcn and splitting into three to four smallcr scutcllar plutcs; postępy gastric region covcred with numerous smali sclcritcs; sides of abdomcn foldcd and covcrcd with three large striplikc sclcritcs.

Spinnerets: Six with two nicdians cxtrcmcly rcduccd. surroundcd by a chitinous ring; inner stridulating ridges on anterior spinnerets present; vcry smali colulus providcd with iwo pseudoserrated hairs.

Femulc Alloiype (total body lcngth: 1.41 mm)

As in mnie but for the following charactcristics:

Colour: Dccper brown. dorsum black ish with creamy pattern. smali sclerites brown.

Carapacc (Figs. 24. 25 and 26): Lcngth: 0.60 mm; width: 0.57 mm; hcight: 0.33 mm.

Eyes: AM-eyes approximatc 4/7th of their diameter apart; PM-eyes a littlc less than half their diameter apart.

Palpus: Ti with I crichobothrium. terminal pcctinatcd claw present.

Legs: Approximatc mcusurcmcnts (in mm):

	Fe	Pa	Ti	Mt	Ta	Total
I	.45	.22	.30	.20	.31	1.48
II	.41	.21	.27	.19	.30	1.38
III	.41	.23	.31	.20	.31	1.46
IV	.51	.32	.44	.29	.35	1.91

Abdomcn: No dorsal scutum; surfacc covered with numerous smali sclcritcs. cach bcaring a hair; epygastrie scutum present. posterior corners cxtcnding baekwards into postepygastric arca. followed by a pair of greater sclerites; postepygastric half of venier covcrcd with numerous smali sclcritcs. cach bcaring a hair. vcry smali colulus with two pseudoserrated hairs.

Vulva: Sec Fig. 27.

I)crivalio nominis: This spccics is dcdicatcd to Dr. V. Mahntrt, who gavc mc the opportunity to discovcr and dcscribc tlić Hadrotarsid materiał of Paraguay.