Fork-palped Harvestman 

Dicranopalpus ramosus agg.

Females have lighter colouration. Males have bodies up to 4mm long, whereas females can be up to 6mm. Both sexes have very long legs which can be up to 50mm in length. The resting posture with legs stretched out at the sides and forked pedipalps are useful characteristics for identification purposes.

See also page 16.

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