(The male is known only by the cephalothorax and the left palp of one specimen). Palp: tibia with a proximal, very strong, long spine, followed by a series of 4 spines.
Prosoma pale yellow. Eyes reduced, anterior medians discernible as small pale pustules. Chelicerae: promargin with 7 teeth, retromargin with 4 teeth. Legs yellowish, femur I with one prolateral spine, tibia I and tibia II with 7 spines, tibia III and tibia IV with 4 spines, metatarsus without spines.
Body length female: 2 mmIn caves.
Troglobiont species (Mammola et al. 2018)
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