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Description

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Holotype female:Color: carapace dusky orange with white setae; sternum light yellow; chelicerae same color as carapace, with dusky longitudinal lateral stripes and one dusky area in the center, not extending all the way to the top of the chelicerae; maxillae dusky yellow brown, darker on sides; abdomen dorsally grey to cream-colored with dark laterocaudal festoon; legs light yellow, darkening distally, with annulations on anteroventral faces of anterior femora. Carapace:0.95 times longer than broad. Eyes:AER nearly straight; PER recurved; PME larger than AME, PLE largest, ALE smallest; eye diameters, AME 0.15, ALE 0.03, PME 0.18, PLE 0.30; interdistances AME-PME 0.10, PME-ALE 0.28, ALE-PLE 0.30. PME-PME 1.00. ALE-ALE 1.83; ocular quadrangle AME-AME 0.38, PLE-PLE 1.80. Legs:leg formula 4321 (Muma, 1953); spination not available, legs completely disarticulated. Mouthparts:chelicerae with stout setae medially and anteriorly; maxillae longer than broad, with tuft of conspicuous setae distally; labium distally rounded. Abdomen:without terminal setal tufts. Epigyne:angular to quadrate median lobe, truncate posteriorly, epigynal pockets present, genital openings located at anterolateral margins of median lobe; internally, ducts large, branching into two heavily sclerotized lateral branches, fertilization ducts located posterolaterally and directed posteriorly, small posterodorsal fold present, does not cover ducts (Figs 85–86).Dimensions:Total length 10.45. Carapace length 3.60, width 3.80. Abdomen length 6.85, width 4.65.
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Crews S (2011) A revision of the spider genus Selenops Latreille, 1819 (Arachnida, Araneae, Selenopidae) in North America, Central America and the Caribbean ZooKeys 105: 1–182
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Distribution

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Known only from the type locality (Map 8).
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Crews S (2011) A revision of the spider genus Selenops Latreille, 1819 (Arachnida, Araneae, Selenopidae) in North America, Central America and the Caribbean ZooKeys 105: 1–182
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