Conductor with slender terminal part, very long and uniformly bent.
Prosoma light yellow-brown. Sternum yellow-brown. Legs yellow-brown. Opisthosoma light yellowish, sometimes with brownish or blackish vague pattern.
Epigyne posteriorly with bright median area, entrance ducts very thin and densely convoluted.
Body length female: 3.0-3.5 mmUnder bark or in formicaries
Troglophile species (Mammola et al., 2022)
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