. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. Fig. 8.—Cryptopygoplus rhodesianus. a, chelicera ; 6, apex of anterior surface of segment II. 3 short, 1 long, 1 short; inner side—1 short, 1 long, 2 short, 1 long, 1 short; tarsus similarly on both sides with 2 short, 1 long, 2 short, 1 long, 1 short. Chelicerae.—Segment I as in other species, segment II shiny, with some spine-like teeth basally on the inner side ; near distal apex on the inner side there is a stout pear-shaped tooth on the anterior surface just above the insertion of the immovable
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. Fig. 8.—Cryptopygoplus rhodesianus. a, chelicera ; 6, apex of anterior surface of segment II. 3 short, 1 long, 1 short; inner side—1 short, 1 long, 2 short, 1 long, 1 short; tarsus similarly on both sides with 2 short, 1 long, 2 short, 1 long, 1 short. Chelicerae.—Segment I as in other species, segment II shiny, with some spine-like teeth basally on the inner side ; near distal apex on the inner side there is a stout pear-shaped tooth on the anterior surface just above the insertion of the immovable finger of the claw (figs. 8, a, b); this tooth is quite absent in the other species. Tarsal segments I, 5 ; II, 8 ; III, 6 ; IV, 7. Measurements.—Total length 3-2-3-6 mm. Types, 4 specimens from Umtali, Rhodesia (3 males, 1 female ?) The chelicerae of the specimens I take to be ^S are in this genus larger than those of the $?. In one of the smaller specimens of C. rhodesianus, which is presumably a $, the II leg is much longer in proportion to the remaining legs than in the SS- There is no large tooth on the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original South African Museum. Cape Town : The Museum
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