Paracladopelma tamahikawai Sasa

(Figs 41–43)

Paracladopelma tamahikawai Sasa, 1983: 4 .

Paracladopelma tamahikawai Sasa; Sasa and Kikuchi (1995: 103); Sasa (1998: 31); Saether et al. (2000: 191).

Material examined: Holotype male (NSM no. A 67: 23B), JAPAN: Hikawa, 17.vi.1981.

Diagnostic characters. See key.

Male. Description as in Sasa (1983: 4, figs 1A–F) with the following corrections: frontal tubercles absent; anal point constricted near base and expanded in distal one-third, with ridge extending to tergite IX. The wing and hypopygium of the holotype are re-drawn in Figs 41–43; the setae on squama are not drawn as they are broken.

Distribution. The species is recorded from Japan.