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female in form of an elongated sac with a small terminalcribriform plate and a short slender tubuleleading into a single median chamber with a largeovoid cribriform plate (Fig. 20).Chelicera with 4 setae on hand, bs denticulate,others long, acuminate; flagellum of 3 setae, at leastthe distal 2 denticulate; galea fairly robust, but withonly a few small rami, smaller in male than in female.Palp rather robust (Fig. 21), more so in malethan in female; trochanter 1.45-1.8, femur 2.55-3.2,tibia 2.1-2.7, and chela (without pedicel) 2.95-3.3times as long as broad; hand (without pedicel)1.4-1.7 times as long as deep; movable finger0.94-1.04 times as long as hand. Surfaces partlygranulate; setae strong, narrow clavodentate todenticulate. Trichobothria as shown in Fig. 22; onmovable finger st close to t and sb close to b, thedistances between each pair about equal; on fixedfinger ist distal to level of est near middle of fingerand eb, esb, ib and isb close together on base offmger, at or proximal to level of last marginal tooth.Each fmger with 35-45 cusped marginal teeth andseveral accessory teeth, internal and external.Movable finger with well developed venedens andvenom duct, nodus ramosus at or proximal to levelof trichobothrium st; fixed finger with shortvenedens and vestigial venom duct.Legs rather slender; leg IV with entire femur3.6-4.1 and tibia 5.3-6.2 times as long as deep. Tarsusof leg IV with a long, denticulate"pseudotactile" seta about 3/4 length of segmentfrom proximal end.Measurements (mm).-Male (figures given firstfor holotype, followed in parentheses by ranges forthe 4 mounted paratypes). Body length 3.02(2.38-2.97). Carapace length 0.95 (0.79-0.95).Chelicera length 0.265 (0.245-0.27). Palpal trochanter0.48 (0.40-0.49) by 0.33 (0.24-0.30); femur0.93 (0.75-0.90) by 0.37 (0.27-0.35); tibia 0.82(0.67-0.81) by 0.39 (0.28-0.36); chela (withoutpedicel) 1.27 (1.04-1.25) by 0.44 (0.33-0.41); hand(without pedicel) 0.66 (0.53-0.67) by 0.48(0.34-0.44); pedicel 0.08-0.11 long; movable fingerlength 0.63 (0.54-0.65). Leg IV: entire femur 0.87(0.71-0.87) by 0.24 (0.19-0.24); tibia 0.71(0.58-0.71) by 0.13 (0.10-0.13); tarsus 0.52(0.45-0.525) by 0.085 (0.08-0.085).I192120Figs. 19-22.-Neoallochemes cubanus, new species: 19, internal genitalia ofholotype male, ventral view; 20, spermathecae of al1otypefemale; 21, right palp of holotype male,. dorsal view; 22, left chela of holotype, lateral view (darkened areoles are underneath).Scale lines = 0.1 mm for Figs. 19 and 20, 0.5 mm for Figs. 21 and 22.142