Flat Ground Spiders

Longrita Platnick, 2002

Type species: Hemicloea insidiosa Simon, 1908

Fauna Portal Genus Number: 3092

(after Platnick 2002): Members of this genus resemble those of Morebilus in having smooth tarsal claws and a distinct (if somewhat less pronounced) anterior lip on the sternum, but can easily be distinguished by their bizarre genitalia. Males have the retrolateral tibial apophysis enormously elongated, extending almost to the tip of the palpal cymbium. Females show a presumably concomitant elongation of the epigynum, with an anterior hood situated just behind the pedicel, and separated from the remainder of the epigynum by easily extensible cuticle.