Thaida chepu male, palp morphology

Description:

Summary[edit] Description: English: Left male palp of a male of Thaida chepu (Araneomorphae: Austrochilidae) from a wet lowland mixed forest at Lago Huillinco (Chiloé, Chile). 5–7 – extended focal plane images of male palp in prolateral (5), ventral (6) and retrolateral (7) view. 8–10 – surface model of the spermophor superimposed on the volume rendering of the male palp to illustrate dimension and shape of the spermophor. The views correspond to figs 5–7. The cymbium, subtegulum and tegulum are (partly) removed in fig. 8 to show tendons and muscles. The arrows point to the opening of the embolus. Abbreviations: Cb cymbium E embolus HSthook of subtegulum m29muscle 29 m30muscle 30 mAmedian apophysis mHmedian hematodocha PStprocess of subtegulum Sspermophor Stsubtegulum Tetegulum tm29tendon of muscle 29 tm30tendon of muscle 30. Date: 2013. Source: Michalik, P., M. J. Ramírez (2013). "First description of the male of Thaida chepu Platnick, 1987 (Araneae, Austrochilidae) with micro-computed tomography of the palpal organ". ZooKeys 352: 117–125. DOI:10.3897/zookeys.352.6021. Author: Peter Michalik, Martin J. Ramírez.