Paredes-Munguía, Williams; Brescovit, Antonio D.; Teixeira, Renato A.
Tropicosa chelifasciata Paredes-Munguía & Brescovit & Teixeira 2023, comb. nov.
Tidying things up: Tropicosa, a new Neotropical wolf spider genus (Araneae: Lycosidae: Lycosinae)
(Mello-Leitao, 1943) Paredes-Munguía & Brescovit & Teixeira, 2023
FIGURE 31. Geographic distribution records of Tropicosa chelifasciata (Mello-Leit„o, 1943) comb. nov. (Red star). White star, type locality
FIGURE 10. Tropicosa chelifasciata (Mello-Leit„o, 1943), comb. nov., copulatory bulb (MHNCI 1371-1377), a ventral view, b retrolateral, c prolateral, d apical. Scale bars, a–d 1mm. E embolus, MA median apophysis, P palea, ST subtegulum, T tegulum, TA, terminal apophysis, TL tegular lobe, VP ventral process.
FIGURE 11. Tropicosa chelifasciata (Mello-Leit„o, 1943), comb. nov., copulatory bulb (MHNCI 1371-1377), a retrolateral view, b ventral, c prolateral, d basal, e apical, f stridulatory organ. Scale bars, a–e 0.2mm, f 0.1mm. E embolus, MA median apophysis, P palea, pp pars pendula, S scrapper, SD seminal duct, ST subtegulum, T tegulum, TA, terminal apophysis, TDF tibial distal file, TF tegular furrow, TLB tegular lobe, VP ventral process.
FIGURE 7. Tropicosa chelifasciata (Mello-Leit„o, 1943), comb. nov., female genitalia (MHNCI 1371-1377), a epigyne, ventral view, b vulva, dorsal view, c epigyne, lateral view, d epigyne, posterior view, e epigyne, apical view. Scale bars, a–e 1 mm. BS base of spermathecae, CO copulatory opening, FD fertilization duct, H hood, HS head of spermatheca, MS median septum, TS transversal septum.
FIGURE 8. Tropicosa chelifasciata (Mello-Leit„o, 1943), comb. nov., female genitalia (MHNCI 1371-1377), a epigyne, ventral view, b vulva, dorsal view, c epigyne, lateral view, d epigyne, apical view, e epigyne, posterior view, f female sternum. Scale bars, a–e 0.2 mm, f 1mm. CO copulatory opening, FD fertilization duct, H hood, HS head of spermatheca, MS median septum, SS stalk of spermatheca, TS transversal septum.
FIGURE 13. Tropicosa chelifasciata (Mello-Leit„o, 1943), comb. nov., male (MHNCI 1371-1377), a habitus, dorsal view, b frontal, c lateral, d spinnerets, ventral view e habitus, ventral view, f tarsus I, lateral view. Scale bars, a, c, e 2mm b 1mm, d 0.2mm, f 0.5mm. ALS anterior lateral spinneret, LMB longitudinal median band, PLS posterior lateral spinneret, SB submarginal band.
FIGURE 12. Tropicosa chelifasciata (Mello-Leit„o, 1943), comb. nov., expanded male palp (MHNCI 1371-1377), a apical view, b ventral, c dorsal, d prolateral. Scale bars, a–d 0.5 mm. BH basal hematodocha, DC dorsal channel, DH distal hematodocha, E embolus, MA median apophysis, pp pars pendula, SD seminal duct, ST subtegulum, T tegulum, TA, terminal apophysis, TLB tegular lobe, TK tegular keel, VP ventral process.
FIGURE 9. Tropicosa chelifasciata (Mello-Leit„o, 1943), comb. nov., female (MHNCI 1371-1377), a habitus, dorsal, b spinnerets, lateral view, c habitus, lateral, d spinnerets, ventral view, e habitus, ventral, f tarsus I, lateral view. Scale bars, a, c, e 2mm, b, d 0.2 mm, f 0.5mm. ANT anal tubercule, ALS anterior lateral spinneret, PLS posterior lateral spinneret.
FIGURE 14. Tropicosa chelifasciata (Mello-Leit„o, 1943) comb. nov., female (MHNCI 1371-1377), a vulva, dorsal view, b head of spermatheca, c detail of primary pore with cuticular ductules, d bud-like projection with cuticular ductules on head of spermatheca. Scale bars, a 0.2 mm, b 0.1mm, c 5µm, d 20µm. BS base of spermatheca, PP primary pore, FD fertilization duct, H hood, HS head of spermatheca, SS stalk of spermatheca.
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