Paratropis tuxtlensis anatomy 29645

Description:

Summary[edit] Description: English: Figures 1–13. Paratropis tuxtlensis. Male. 1 Carapace, dorsal view 2 Prosoma, ventral view, showing the sternum, labium, endites and chelicerae 3 Opisthosoma, dorsal view 4 Carapace, right lateral view 5–6 Ocular region, dorsal and lateral views, respectively 7 Endites and labium, ventral view 8 Spinnerets, ventral view (arrows indicate the PMS) 9 Left chelicerae, teeth on promargin (left) and retromargin (right) 10–13 Bulb and embolus, prolateral, retrolateral, dorsal, and ventral views respectively. Scales: 0.4 mm (Figures 5, 6), 0.5 mm (Figures 7, 9–13), 1 mm (Figure 8), 2 mm (Figures 1–4). Date: 16 June 2014. Source: Valdez Mondragon A, Mendoza J, Francke O (2014) First record of the mygalomorph spider family Paratropididae (Arachnida, Araneae) in North America with the description of a new species of Paratropis Simon from Mexico, and with new ultramorphological data for the family. ZooKeys 416: 1-21. doi:10.3897/zookeys.416.7253. Author: Alejandro Valdez-Mondragón, Jorge I. Mendoza, Oscar F. Francke.