TRIBE ROQUETTEINI MEDRANO, KURY & MENDES TRIB. NOV.

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Diagnosis: Median-sized, delicate cosmetids with long and unarmed legs (Fig. 50C). Area III of mesotergum armed with two spines in females (Figs 52C, 59B), males of Roquettea may have modifications in abdomen and carapace, never yellow-coloured. Roquettea and Gryne have major and minor forms of males. Area I with small tubercles or unarmed (Figs 50B, 59B). Other areas unarmed. Dorsal scutum (DS) beta-type, with small coda and abdomen covering entirely the coxa IV in dorsal view (Fig. 54A). Chelicerae monomorphic without basal spine in movable finger (Fig. 58E). Yellowish spots (if present) mostly as small dots or reticulate patterns covering mostly lateral margins of DS, sometimes occupying mesotergum (Figs 54A, 59A). Legs III–IV with pectinate claws forming two rows (Fig. 55E). Basitarsomeres slightly enlarged in males, but not inflated. Five or six tarsomeres in leg I. VP rectangular with lateral margins sub-parallel (Fig. 55A) (a modification exists in the core group of Gryne that have an inverted trapezium shape with base larger, Fig. 51A). Three pairs of MS-C and two pairs of long MS-A (Fig. 55A–C).

Type genus: Roquettea Mello-Leitão, 1931 .

Included genera: Roquettea Mello-Leitão, 1931 and Gryne Simon, 1879 .