Body colouration: pale yellow to orange-brown. Prosoma pale yellow-brown with reticulate greyish markings at sides. Eyes surrounded by dark pigmentation. Sternum pale yellow with thin dark margins. Legs pale yellow or reddish brown. Opisthosoma uniformly light brown or reddish brown, sometimes with some dusky patches (after Knoflach et al. 2009)
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