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Plazi
Description: Male ( holotype ). Total length 7.81; prosoma 3.85 long, 3.06 wide; opisthosoma 3.96 long, 2.83 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME>PME>ALE=PLE; ratio: AME 1.0, ALE 0.82, PME 0.80, PLE 0.88, AME-AME 0.40, AME-ALE 0.96, PME-PME 0.70, PME-PLE 1.72; MOQ: 1.00 anterior width, 0.85 posterior width, 1.08 long. Leg formula: 4123. Leg measurements: I 12.1 (3.2, 3.5, 3.3, 2.1), II 11.5 (3.0, 3.2, 3.2, 2.1), III 11.2 (2.9, 3.2, 3.1, 2.0), IV 13.2 (3.4, 3.7, 3.6, 2.5). Pattern and coloration ( Fig. 14–16 ): Carapace dark reddish brown. Chelicerae brown. Sternum reddish brown. Legs yellowish orange; proximal portion of femur I & II with distinct dorsal swelling ( Fig. 14 , arrow) carrying numerous stridulating ridges (cf. Jocqué, 2005 ). Dorsum of opisthosoma dark brown, mottled with numerous pale spots. Dorsal pattern: first and second pairs fused, forming reniform patches; third to fifth pairs represented by pale oval spots; short patch situated medially in between the fifth pair; sixth pair represented by short transverse band. Venter pale. Palp ( Fig. 46–50 ): RTA digitiform, apex bluntly pointed, directed ventrad in lateral view. TA apically with triangular tooth directed mesad; apico-prolateral process short, triangular, its apex sharply pointed; basal tooth distally bluntly pointed, directed anteriad. Embolic base oval, in transverse direction; anterior membranous portion narrowed, triangular. Embolus broad, grooved, originating at 270°; terminally strongly modified: mesal ramus subapically with thin flanges, distally digitiform; lateral ramus longer than mesal one, digitiform, distally blunt. Male ( paratype ): Coloration and pattern somewhat different ( Fig. 17 ) but similar in male palpal morphology: carapace dark chestnut brown; sternum orange; leg yellowish, except femur greenish; opisthosoma purplish, cardiac region pale; dorsal scutum lightly sclerotized, poorly delimited; dorsal pattern with four pairs of pale round spots, followed by two short, transverse, medial bands. Natural history: The paratype was collected by sifting leaf and decomposing organic litter in primary island forests between 150– 450 m .