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endites with an apical, retrolateral excavation bearing a sub-apical teeth-like,
curved apophysis, accompanied by a single hair and a slit sensilla (Figs. 25 – 30);
males with unarmed femora (Fig. 32); palpal bulb strongly inflated, completely
fused to cymbium (Figs. 37 – 44); embolus a compact, “s”-shaped sclerite, with an
excavated basis and an apical projection (Figs. 45 – 53); ejaculatory opening large,
round, located prolaterally (Fig. 53, 68, 233, 270), or apically (Fig. 303); epyginal
atrium large, ellipsoid, strongly rebordered, with angular laterals (Fig. 54, 181, 217,
288).
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ESCRIPTION: Total length 1.49-3.33. CEPHALOTHORAX: Carapace without
any color pattern, ovoid in dorsal view (Fig. 11, 309), pars cephalica slightly
elevated in lateral view (Fig. 1, 3, 124), narrowed to between 0.5 and 0.75 times its
maximum width, with rounded posterolateral corners (Figs. 57, 155, 275),
posterolateral edge without pits, posterior margin not bulging below posterior rim,
anterolateral corners without extension or projections, posterolateral surface
without spikes (N. hispidus, N. barreirosi, N. brega, N. caterete, Figs. 5 – 8, 102,
260, 294); 2 pairs of spikes (N. termitophilus, N. petrogoblin, N. gregoblin, Figs. 9 –
11, 61, 149, 177) or 3 pairs of spikes (N. xyphinoides, N. axe, Figs. 12, 89, 186,
187, 207), surface and sides of elevated portion of pars cephalica smooth (N.
hispidus, N. petrogoblin, N. gregoblin, N. axe, N. brega, Figs. 116, 140, 170, 209,
275), reticulate (N. barreirosi, Fig. 240) or granulate (N. termitophilus, N. caterete,
Fig. 74, 309), carapace without depressions, fovea absent, without radiating rows
of pits; lateral margin straight, rebordered, generally with blunt denticles (Figs. 139,
170, 203), except in N. barreirosi and N. caterete (Figs. 240, 308); plumose setae