Prosoma deep brown with striae. Sternum purplish black. Chelicerae relatively slender. Legs yellowish to dark brown. Opisthosoma purplish black, with white markings dorsally and a white median line ventrally.
Body length male: 3.5 mmColouration as in male.
Body length female: 3.8-6.1 mmUnder stones, in burrows and in fissures. Egg sac about 5 mm in diameter, with over 30 eggs.
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