Robert Nordledge collected some specimens from a park in Reading in 1998 that I originally thought might be Tomocerus minutus. However, Arne Fjellberg has examined these and has said that they are definitely NOT Tomocerus minutus. The mucro is about a fifth the length of the dens and is distinctive having only one medial tooth (Fig. 1). The empodial appendage of the foot is about two-thirds as long as the claw (Fig. 2). The spines on the inner side of the dens are simple and there are no large leaf-shaped scales close to the point where the dentes join the manubrium (Fig. 3). The closest species in Gisin (1960) is Tomocerus catalanus Denis, 1924. However, the exact identity of these specimens is currently uncertain.

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Fig. 1 (above): Mucro of Tomocerus catalanus (?) collected from Dinton Pastures Country Park near Reading in January 1998 by Robert Nordledge.

Fig. 3 (above): Part of the furca of the of the same specimen shown in Fig. 1. There are no large leaf scales at the base of the dens (*) - the scale under the tip of the arrow has fallen off the body. man, manubrium.

Fig. 2 (above): Foot of the third leg of the same specimen shown in Fig. 1.