FIGURES 1 – 8. Micrathena shealsi Chickering 1960. 1 – 7 in The spider Micrathena shealsi Chickering, 1960 (Araneae, Araneidae): description of the male, with new data on its geographic distribution

Abstract

FIGURES 1 – 8. Micrathena shealsi Chickering 1960. 1 – 7, male from Cochuna, Tucumán (MACN-Ar 27856); body view (1, dorsal; 2, front; 3, ventral; 4, lateral), and palpal morphology (5, prolateral; 6, ventral; 7, retrolateral). 8, female (cleared epigynum, ventral). Abbreviations: a = terminal apophysis; c = conductor; e = embolus; m = median apophysis; pm = paramedian apophysis; sr = seminal receptacles; t = tegulum. Scale bars: (1, 3 – 4) 1 mm; (2) 0.5 mm; (5 – 8) 0.2 mm