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Femur IV basally with a robust tooth; sternum with elevation in median region; cymbium tapering, with teeth; opisthosoma uniformly dark; legs uniformly light yellow; pedipalp as fig. Neottiura bimaculata (Linnaeus, 1767) |
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- | Femur IV without tooth; sternum flat; cymbium rounded; opisthosoma mostly with pattern; legs mostly with dark pattern | ||||||||||
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Opisthosoma with tubercle, dorsally dark with white spots; pedipalps dark; eyes approx. equally large | ||||||||||
- | Opisthosoma without tubercle, dorsally brown with black and white spots; pedipalps only partly dark; anterior median eyes smaller than remaining eyes | ||||||||||
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Cymbium strongly bent and swollen; bulbus comparatively small Neottiura suaveolens (Simon, 1880) |
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- | Cymbium long and straight; bulbus strongly developed Neottiura uncinata (Lucas, 1846) |
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Prosoma with median elevation on posterior margin; stridulatory ring on opisthosoma forming 2 lobes; femora rugose, ventrally with haired warts; femora and patella of pedipalps swollen; cymbium comparatively small Neottiura herbigrada (Simon, 1873) |
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- | Posterior margin of prosoma and stridulatory ring not strikingly modified; femora smooth; cymbium very large Neottiura curvimana (Simon, 1914) |
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Opisthosoma dorsally with a white-yellowish median stripe or completely dark, ventrally dark; legs uniformly light yellow; epigyne strongly protruding Neottiura bimaculata (Linnaeus, 1767) |
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- | Opisthosoma spotted, dorsally mostly light white with dark spots, ventrally dark except a white band posterior to epigastric furrow; legs light yellow with dark annulations; epigyne not protruding | ||||||||||
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Opisthosoma with tubercle, sometimes inconspicuous; epigaster not swollen; pedipalps with dark spots; entrance ducts forming one or two loops | ||||||||||
- | Opisthosoma without tubercle; epigaster swollen; pedipalps uniformly light yellow; entrance ducts strongly spiral, forming a double helix Neottiura curvimana (Simon, 1914) |
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Tubercle on opisthosoma large; opisthosoma rather high; body length 3.2-3.4 mm; epigyne and vulva as figs. Neottiura uncinata (Lucas, 1846) |
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- | Tubercle on opisthosoma small; body length 2.3-3.1 mm | ||||||||||
9 (8) |
Pedipalps dark brown, only tarsi lighter; femora of legs light yellow; eyes approx. equal in size Neottiura suaveolens (Simon, 1880) |
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- | Pedipalps annulated; femora of legs with many dark spots; anterior median eyes smaller than remaining eyes Neottiura herbigrada (Simon, 1873) |
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1. Neottiura bimaculata pellucida (Simon, 1873) |
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