Genus Deione Thorell, 1898

Type species: Deione thoracica Thorell, 1898

Diagnosis. The genus Deione is most similar to Chorizopes in coloration, but it differs from the latter by the following features: cephalic region narrower than thoracic region and slightly elevated (wider and extremely elevated in Chorizopes); abdomen having two pairs of vertically arranged posterior lateral humps (one pair of lateral humps and one pair of median humps in Chorizopes); male tibia II extremely enlarged, with several large macrosetae (unmodified in Chorizopes); chelicerae with pro- and retromaginal teeth (only on promargin in Chorizopes); and absence of paramedian apophysis (present in Chorizopes).

Description. Total length: 3.95-6.25 (female), 3.45-4.00 (male). Carapace longer than wide, dark brown, covered with thin setae, cervical groove obvious, cephalic region slightly elevated (Figs 1, 2, 10, 11). Legs yellowish with dark annuli, tibia II of males expanded with several macrosetae (Figs 3, 12). Abdomen longer than wide, with pairs of macrosetae anteriorly and two pairs of vertically arranged lateral humps posteriorly (Figs 1, 2, 10, 11). Epigynum with grooved scape (Figs 4-7) or scape absent (Fig. 13); copulatory ducts long and twisted; spermathecae kidney-shaped (Figs 6, 7) or ovoid (Fig. 14). Male palp with two patellar macrosetae; paracymbium small, basally located (Figs 9, 16); median apophysis foliiform (Fig. 8) or hooked (Fig. 15); conductor membranous (Figs 8, 9, 15, 16); embolus slender and long (Figs 8, 15); terminal apophysis obvious (Figs 8, 15).