Distribution Records
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Adult phenology:
High Mountains (HM) ≥ 4,000 ft.
Low Mountains (LM) < 4,000 ft.
Piedmont (Pd)
Coastal Plain (CP)
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Male Carapace 2 .20 mm long, 1 .57 mm wide, without markings . Legs and carapace from above amber in color ,dorsum of abdomen light yellow, almost white in color . Ventrally there is no pattern, the sternum and venter slightly lighter in color than the legs . The muscles in the cephalothorax are faintly visible from above giving the carapace a faint striated appearance .
The anterior eye row is wider than the posterior median row, and is straight . The
anterior median eyes are twice as large as the anterior laterals and the same size as th e
posterior laterals; and are closer to each other than to the laterals. The clypeus height
equals the diameter of an anterior median eye . Lower margin of the furrow of the
chelicerae with three, almost equally spaced teeth, the median tooth the largest, the othe r
two similar in size . Legs 4123, unbanded. Tibia I with twelve long, overlapping ventrolateral, two pro -lateral, and retrolateral spines . Metatarsus I with nine ventrolateral and lateral spines, the distal pair far removed from the apical position . Tibia II with 12 long overlapping, ventrolateral, two prolateral, and two retrolateral spines. Metatarsus II with nine ventrolateral and lateral spines . Palpus very similar to that of P. sedentarius .
Female Carapace 2 .25 mm long, 1 .68 mm
wide, immaculate . Female resembles the male in lacking pigmented pattern, in coloration ,
in eye arrangement, and cheliceral dentition . The epigynum appears to be identical with
that of P. sedentarius (Fig. 168). Legs 4123 . Tibia I with 11 ventrolateral, three prolateral, one retrolateral, and on dorsal spine . The ventrolateral spines are long and overlapping . Tibia II with ten long ,
overlapping ventrolateral spines ; and two prolateral, two retrolateral and one dorsal spine .
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Male Carapace 2 .20 mm long, 1 .57 mm wide; Female Carapace 2 .25 mm long, 1 .68 mm |
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. It appears to be a species developed in cavernicolous isolation, perhaps during periods of glaciation, where it acquired some of the modifications, i .e ., reduced eyes, reduced pigment, spine and sense organ modifications, not unusual in cave-dwelling species . |
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Summer |
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Southeastern United States |
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Dry forests, mixed pine and hardwood, oak, turkey oak. |
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Pitfall traps, litter sifting. |
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