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Opisthoncus squint (New species)

Salticidae Opisthoncus 'squint' because of very small posterior lateral eyes, apparently covered with short cream and ginger hairs, smalll body length 4mm, no teeth at all on promargin two pairs of very obvious apodemes on dorsus abdomen, classic palp 4 o'clock, dark femurs, thin moustache at lower margin of short clypeus, a small 'running squidge' tooth like rounded plurident getting smaller, then one cathedral spire tooth proximally, teeth most like O. mandibularis which has giant squidge and is anyway 10mm body length.

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Opisthonchus
Photo: Iain R. Macaulay

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Opisthonchus
Photo: Iain R. Macaulay

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Opisthonchus
Photo: Iain R. Macaulay

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Opisthonchus
Photo: Robert Whyte

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squint
Photo: Robert Whyte

 

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