Males with embolus arising in 1- to 2-o’clock-position (in left palpus in ventral view), retrotibial apophysis with 1 long dorsal extension.
Females with median septum visible between lateral lobes. Copulatory ducts twisted in wide coils, extending posterior spermathecae laterally.
In caves, cellars, under stones in the eastern Mediterranean region.
Troglophile species (Mammola et al. 2018)
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