Paratropis tuxtlensis anatomy 29652

Description:

Description: English: Figures 49–56. Paratropis tuxtlensis. Female. 49 Carapace, dorsal view 50 Prosoma, ventral view, showing the sternum, labium, endites and chelicerae 51 Opisthosoma, dorsal view 52 Carapace, left lateral view 53 Ocular region, dorsal view 54 Spinnerets, ventral view (arrows indicate the PMS) 55 Endites and labium, ventral view 56 Spermathecae, dorsal view. Scales: 0.25 mm (Figure 56), 0.6 mm (Figure 53), 1 mm (Figures 54, 55), 2 mm (Figures 49–52). 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.