Embolus and conductor beak-shaped. Gnathocoxae with enlarged posterior projection. Opisthosoma: venter with a pair of dark spots anterior of spinnerets.
Body length male: 1.6-1.7 mmVulva: anterior receptaculum large, spherical, posterior receptaculum triangular.
Body length female: 1.8-1.9 mmGreenhouse of Botanical Garden Berlin-Dahlem, Germany (Kielhorn 2008), tropical pavillon in Czechia (Růžička & Dolanský 2018) and tropical greenhous Amazonica in Rotterdam, Netherlands (Bloem & Noordijk 2021) .
This species of American origin is not native to Europe (alien species). It had been introduced to Europe at least once and it is unknown if it could establish meanwhile.
"No references" does not mean that the species does not occur in this country, but that we have not yet inserted the reference for it. We are working on it.
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