Key Identification Features
- Their bodies are typically brownish, and they have a distinct black patch that covers the anterior three-quarters of their ventral surface.
- The male carapace is orange, with a red cephalic region and a distinct orange median Y-shaped band.
- The female epigyne is characterized by a T-shaped septum that is shorter longitudinally and wider transversally than that of A.
- ocreata, paired tufts of bristles act as a secondary sexual characteristic, and this is the only physical feature that separates this species from its close sibling species.
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