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3(1). Foreleg with femur (F) relatively narrow; trochanter (T) without a stout apical spine; chela (C) strongly developed, at least 2X long as wide and extending to end of tarsus (Ta); abdominal proleg without ventral spine at base of lateral sclerite (LS), but with a long seta (S) further posteriorly on ventral margin of the sclerite
Distribution: S WA, N Qld, SE Qld, NSW, Vic, Tas, SA
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Taschorema evansi  

Ptychobiosis sp. 

femur relatively narrow
trochanter without apical spine
Taschorema evansi  

chela 2X long as wide
Taschorema evansi  

no spine or seta at base of sclerite
long seta on ventral margin

-Foreleg with femur (F) broader; trochanter (T) bearing a stout apical spine (AS); chela (C) absent, OR short and not well developed; abdominal proleg with ventral spine (S) at base of lateral sclerite (LS)
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Ulmerochorema  

femur broader
Ulmerochorema  

trochanter with apical spine
Genus B 

chela absent

Ulmerochorema  

chela short, not well developed
Moruya  

spine at base of lateral sclerite