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asitarsal-tarsal proportions: 15:4:6:5:6:6:20. FemurIV about 3.7 times as long as deep.Male unknown.Measurements (mm).-Female holotype: Pedipalp:trochanter 0.20; femur 1.02; patella 0.92; tibia0.98; basitarsus-tarsus 0.48; total 3.60. Leg I: trochanter0.62; femur 2.30; patella 2.10; tibia 1.80;basitarsus 0.36; tarsus 0.96; total 8.14. Leg II: trochanter0.34; femur 1.64; patella 0.88; tibia 1.00;basitarsus 0.82; tarsus 0.74; total 5.42. Leg III: trochanter0.44; femur 1.56; patella 0.74; tibia 0.90;basitarsus 0.98; tarsus 0.78; total 5.40. Leg IV: trochanter0.84; femur 1.84; patella 0.92; tibia 1.40;basitarsus 1. 32; tarsus O. 86; total 7. 18.Habitat.-Cueva del Borrego is an extensivecave with 1,186 m of surveyed passage and a totaldepth of 58 m.?Protoschizomus sp.Material examined.-MEXICO: Tamaulipas:Cueva de Encino Magico, Los San Pedro, 1,465 melev., 27 Nov. 1986 (D. Pate), 1 immature(TMM).Comment.-This is probably an early instar orvery small species and is only tentatively placed inProtoschizomus.Genus Agastoschizomus RowlandSchizomus: Reddell, 1967:106; Reddell, 1971:28(part).Agastochizomus Rowland, 1971:13 (lapsus calami);Reddell and Mitchell, 1971 b: 1.Agastoschizomus Rowland, 1971: 13-14; Reddell andMitchell, 1971a: 145, 165; Reddell and Mitchell,1971 b: 1; Briggs and Hom, 1972: 1; Dumitresco,1973:282; Reddell, 1973:33, 38; Reddell andElliott, 1973:171; Rowland, 1973a:5-6, 8-10;Rowland, 1973b: 197,200-203; Rowland, 1973c:136; Brignoli, 1974:150; Rowland, 1975a:8-9,14-15, 27-28, 40, 43-50, 167-168, 181, 211,334, 338-339, 343-346, 378; Rowland,1975b: 1-2, 5, 8-10; Rowland and Reddell,1977:80-82, 85, 96; Rowland and Reddell,1979a: 162, 167-170, 174; Rowland and Reddell,1980:21; Anonymous, 1982:961.New genus of schizomid: Mitchell et al., 1977:56.Agostoschizomus: Levi, 1982:76 (lapsus calami).Diagnosis.-Cavernicoles. Large species, 7.00 to12.40 mm total length excluding flagellum. Propeltidiumwith one seta on anterior process. Anteriorprocess downturned or not apically. Anteriorsternum with one or two sternapophysial setae. Gapbetween mesopeltidial plates 0.1 to 0.3 anteriorwidth of one plate. Sternites V-VIII of male withtwo distinct rows of setae. Stemite VI 2.0 to 2.4times as wide as long; width/length ratio versusbody length 3.4 to 5.4. Female flagellum with orwithout segments and articles. Male flagellum notexpanded distally, with or without retractable ventrolaterallobes. Female pedipalp in proportion tobody length 0.9-1.2 pedipalp length of male. Pedipalpalspur about 0.5-0.7, claw about 1.1 to 1.3dorsal length of basitarsus-tarsus. Femur IV 4.8 to8.2 times longer than deep. Legs I and IV longerthan body length.Type-species.-Agastoschizomus lucifer Rowland,1971 (by monotypy and original designation).Agastoschizomus lucifer RowlandFigs. 2-3,16-17,32-33,82-87Agastoschizomus lucifer Rowland, 1971:14-17, figs.1-8; Reddell and Mitchell, 1971a:145, 165, figs.3-4; Dumitresco, 1973:282; Reddell, 1973:33,38; Reddell and Elliott, 1973: 171; Rowland,1973a: 10; Rowland, 1973b: 197, 200-202, figs.2, 4; Rowland, 1973c:136; Brignoli, 1974:150;Rowland, 1975a:8-9, 14-15, 27-28, 43-50,167-168, 181, 211, map 3, figs. 1, 8, 13, 16;Rowland, 1975b:8-1O, fig. 4; Rowland and Reddell,1977:80-82, 85, 96, fig. 1; Rowland andReddell, 1979a:162, 167-170, 174, figs. 3, 7;Rowland and Reddell, 1980:21; Reddell, 1981:16, 36, 65, 125-127, 320, 324, fig. 21; Anonymous,1982:961, unnumbered fig.Agastochizomus lucifer: Rowland, 1971: 13 (lapsuscalami).New genus of schizomid: Mitchell et al., 1977:56.Material examined.-MEXICO: San Luis PotOSI:Sotano de Matapalma, 21 km N of CiudadValles, 242 m elev., 29 May 1969 (R.W. Mitchell,F.E. Abernethy, T. Albert), 1 immature (AMNH);30 Dec. 1972 (R. Fieseler), 1 immature (AMNH);EI Sotano de la Tinaja, 10 Ian NNE of CiudadValles, 165.5 m elev., 9 April 1966 (J. Fish, D.McKenzie), male holotype, female paratype, 1 immature(AMNH); 18 Feb. 1970 (J.A.L. Cooke), 2males, 1 female, 4 immatures (AMNH); 29 May1974 (J. Prentice), 1 female (TMM); S6tano deYerbaniz, 22.5 km N of Ciudad Valles, 241.5 melev., 7 Jan. 1970 (colI. unknown), 1 female, 1 immature(TMM); 7 Jan. 1970 (S. Wiley), 1 female,Simmatures (TMM); 9 Jan. 1970 (W. Elliott, S.63