A. Morondavania mineti sp. nov., holotype, male, with unique banana-like large phallus (a), Madagascar, Western Region, north of Morondava, Marofandilia Forest; B. M. mineti sp. nov., paratype, male, Madagascar, Western Region, north of Morondava, western part of Marofandilia Forest, with ventrally connected gnathal arms (b) and below, in horizontal position, with a broad, well sclerotized transtilla (c) that represents a synapomorphy shared with species of Shimbania gen. nov. The transtilla is rarely present among Metarbelidae and if so, it is narrow and often only thinly sclerotized.