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<emphasis id="BEB7EA94FFB5FF95FF497ED85518FB6F" bold="true" box="[151,355,1162,1188]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="390">Messapus megae</emphasis>
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<figureCitation id="14F82A03FFB5FF95FF497EFF5481FB0D" box="[151,250,1197,1222]" captionStart="FIGURES 3 10" captionStartId="2.[151,264,1661,1683]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,749,1639]" captionTargetId="figure@2.[151,1436,749,1640]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURES 3 10. Digital microscope photographs of Messapus species, female right chelicerae in posterior view (3) and dorsal habitus (4 10): 3, 8 M. tigris sp. n., female; 4 M. megae sp. n., female; 5 Same, male; 6 M. meridionalis sp. n., female; 7 M. seiugatus sp. n., female; 9 M. tropicus sp. n., female; 10 Same, male. Scale bars: 3 = 1 mm, 4 10 = 2 mm. Abbreviations: CPPM—cheliceral promarginal pronounced mound; F—fang; P—paturon; PMT—promarginal teeth; RMT—retromarginal teeth." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/238362/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="390">Figs 4, 5</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="14F82A03FFB5FF95FED87EFC5502FB0D" box="[262,377,1198,1222]" captionStart="FIGURES 32 40" captionStartId="6.[151,264,1663,1685]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,193,1641]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[151,1436,193,1642]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURES 32 40. Digital microscope photographs of Messapus species, cleared female epigynes in ventral view (32 36) and male palps in ventral (37, 39) and retrolateral views (38, 40): 32, 37, 38 M. megae sp. n.; 33 M. meridionalis sp. n.; 34 M. seiugatus sp. n.; 35 M. tigris sp. n.; 36, 39, 40 M. tropicus sp. n.. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/238365/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="390">32, 37, 38</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="14F82A03FFB5FF95FE5A7EFC55B1FB0D" box="[388,458,1198,1222]" captionStart="FIGURES 41 44" captionStartId="7.[151,264,1585,1607]" captionTargetBox="[164,1423,743,1568]" captionTargetId="figure@7.[163,1428,735,1571]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURES 41 44. Genitalic morphology of Messapus megae sp. n.: 41 Female epigyne, ventral view; 42 Same, dorsal view; 43 Male palp, ventral view; 44 Same, retrolateral view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/238366/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="390">4144</figureCitation>
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material.
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♀:
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: Harare, Highlands, Walmer drive,
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, leg. M. Cumming,
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(in tree) (NCA 2014/1857).
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<typeStatus id="53788824FFB5FF95FF197F6C5555FA9D" box="[199,302,1342,1366]" pageId="5" pageNumber="390" type="paratype">Paratype</typeStatus>
: Same data as
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,
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(NCA 2014/1858).
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<emphasis id="BEB7EA94FFB5FF95FF197F335535FAB1" bold="true" box="[199,334,1377,1402]" pageId="5" pageNumber="390">Etymology.</emphasis>
Named after the collector of the
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specimens, Meg Cumming.
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<emphasis id="BEB7EA94FFB5FF95FF197FD7553AFA55" bold="true" box="[199,321,1413,1438]" pageId="5" pageNumber="390">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="BEB7EA94FFB5FF95FDD17FD7562BFA55" bold="true" box="[527,592,1413,1438]" pageId="5" pageNumber="390">sp. n.</emphasis>
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can be recognised by the females having oblique-oval epigynal ridges that are posterolaterally situated and two spermathecae that are widely separated and anteriorly positioned in the epigyne (
<figureCitation id="14F82A03FFB5FF95FEDF7F9F5520FA2D" box="[257,347,1485,1510]" captionStart="FIGURES 32 40" captionStartId="6.[151,264,1663,1685]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,193,1641]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[151,1436,193,1642]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURES 32 40. Digital microscope photographs of Messapus species, cleared female epigynes in ventral view (32 36) and male palps in ventral (37, 39) and retrolateral views (38, 40): 32, 37, 38 M. megae sp. n.; 33 M. meridionalis sp. n.; 34 M. seiugatus sp. n.; 35 M. tigris sp. n.; 36, 39, 40 M. tropicus sp. n.. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/238365/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="390">Figs 32</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="14F82A03FFB5FF95FEB77F9C55F3FA2D" box="[361,392,1486,1510]" captionStart="FIGURES 41 44" captionStartId="7.[151,264,1585,1607]" captionTargetBox="[164,1423,743,1568]" captionTargetId="figure@7.[163,1428,735,1571]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURES 41 44. Genitalic morphology of Messapus megae sp. n.: 41 Female epigyne, ventral view; 42 Same, dorsal view; 43 Male palp, ventral view; 44 Same, retrolateral view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/238366/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="390">41</figureCitation>
). Males have a very distinctive palp, with a long embolus originating prolaterally, curving distally and ending medially along the retrolateral margin of the tegulum. They also possess a characteristic very fine, weakly sclerotised prolateral conductor, and a very long narrow RTA (
<figureCitation id="14F82A03FFB5FF95FC3A7C475040F9E5" box="[996,1083,1557,1582]" captionStart="FIGURES 32 40" captionStartId="6.[151,264,1663,1685]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,193,1641]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[151,1436,193,1642]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURES 32 40. Digital microscope photographs of Messapus species, cleared female epigynes in ventral view (32 36) and male palps in ventral (37, 39) and retrolateral views (38, 40): 32, 37, 38 M. megae sp. n.; 33 M. meridionalis sp. n.; 34 M. seiugatus sp. n.; 35 M. tigris sp. n.; 36, 39, 40 M. tropicus sp. n.. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/238365/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="390">Figs 37</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="14F82A03FFB5FF95FB997C44501CF9E5" box="[1095,1127,1558,1582]" captionStart="FIGURES 41 44" captionStartId="7.[151,264,1585,1607]" captionTargetBox="[164,1423,743,1568]" captionTargetId="figure@7.[163,1428,735,1571]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURES 41 44. Genitalic morphology of Messapus megae sp. n.: 41 Female epigyne, ventral view; 42 Same, dorsal view; 43 Male palp, ventral view; 44 Same, retrolateral view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/238366/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="390">43</figureCitation>
).
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Female (
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, Harare, NCA 2014/1857).
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Measurements: CL 2.85, CW 2.65, AL 4.45, AW 2.85, TL 7.10, FL 0.25, SL 1.45, SW 1.69,
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0.08, AMEAME 0.10, AMEALE 0.03, ALEALE 0.56, PMEPME 0.15, PMEPLE 0.14, PLEPLE 0.76,
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0.98, MOQAW 0.52, MOQPW 0.51, MOQL 0.54.
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<paragraph id="8C7C3686FFB5FF95FF197CF75557F8CD" blockId="5.[151,1437,1269,2014]" pageId="5" pageNumber="390">Length of leg segments (sequence from femur to tarsus, and total): I 2.75 + 1.25 + 2.05 + 1.92 + 1.17 = 9.14; II 2.55 + 1.10 + 1.80 + 1.78 + 1.05 = 8.28; III 2.50 + 1.00 + 1.75 + 2.08 + 1.15 = 8.48; IV 2.90 + 1.10 + 2.30 + 2.50 + 1.20 = 10.00.</paragraph>
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General appearance as in
<figureCitation id="14F82A03FFB5FF95FDDF7D435637F8E1" box="[513,588,1809,1834]" captionStart="FIGURES 3 10" captionStartId="2.[151,264,1661,1683]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,749,1639]" captionTargetId="figure@2.[151,1436,749,1640]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURES 3 10. Digital microscope photographs of Messapus species, female right chelicerae in posterior view (3) and dorsal habitus (4 10): 3, 8 M. tigris sp. n., female; 4 M. megae sp. n., female; 5 Same, male; 6 M. meridionalis sp. n., female; 7 M. seiugatus sp. n., female; 9 M. tropicus sp. n., female; 10 Same, male. Scale bars: 3 = 1 mm, 4 10 = 2 mm. Abbreviations: CPPM—cheliceral promarginal pronounced mound; F—fang; P—paturon; PMT—promarginal teeth; RMT—retromarginal teeth." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/238362/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="390">Fig. 4</figureCitation>
. Carapace yellow-brown, paler laterally, with broad mediolateral black markings, black marking in front of fovea; markings covered in black FS, silver-white FS between them. All eyes surrounded by black rings; clypeus height equal to distance 0.37 times AME diameter; AER slightly procurved; AME larger than ALE; AME separated by distance 0.44 times their diameter; AME separated from ALE by distance 0.15 times AME diameter; PER slightly procurved; PME slightly larger than PLE; PME separated by distance 0.86 times their diameter; PME separated from PLE by distance 0.82 times PME diameter. Chelicerae orange-brown with black mottled markings, with dark brown setae on paturon; CPPM present; promargin with three teeth, median tooth largest, slightly larger than proximal tooth, distal tooth tiny, median and distal teeth closest together; retromargin with four teeth, proximal largest, separate from remaining teeth that are adjacent, decreasing in size distally. Endites creamy-brown, cream distally; serrula distinct; labium yellow-brown, cream distally; sternum shield-shaped, broader than long, cream, with scattered straight brown setae. Legs creamy-yellow, distal segments slightly darker; markings covered in black FS; femora with broad black band at 2/3 their length, scattered small black spots in proximal half; patellae with lateral black marking, proximal median stripe; tibiae with broad median black band; metatarsi with proximal black band, faint narrow distal ring; tarsi without markings. Leg spination: femora: I pl 1 do 3, II pl 2 do 2 rl 1, III pl 2 do 1 rl 2, IV do 1 rl 1; tibiae: I plv 2 rlv 1, II and III spineless, IV plv 1; metatarsi: I plv 2 rlv 2 vt 2, II spineless, III vt 2, IV vt 2. Palpal spination: femora: pl 1 do 2; patellae: do 1; tibiae: pl 3 plv 2. Abdomen cream dorsally and laterally, with black patches anteriorly and chevrons in posterior half; markings covered in black FS, silver-white FS between them; venter cream, covered in short straight brown setae and cream FS. Epigyne with slightly separated posterolaterally situated oblique-oval epigynal ridges (
<figureCitation id="14F82A03FFB7FF97FF357BC65538FE67" box="[235,323,404,429]" captionStart="FIGURES 32 40" captionStartId="6.[151,264,1663,1685]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,193,1641]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[151,1436,193,1642]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURES 32 40. Digital microscope photographs of Messapus species, cleared female epigynes in ventral view (32 36) and male palps in ventral (37, 39) and retrolateral views (38, 40): 32, 37, 38 M. megae sp. n.; 33 M. meridionalis sp. n.; 34 M. seiugatus sp. n.; 35 M. tigris sp. n.; 36, 39, 40 M. tropicus sp. n.. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/238365/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="392">Figs 32</figureCitation>
,
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); copulatory openings entering spermathecae posteromedially; spermathecae widely separated and positioned anterolaterally in epigyne (
<figureCitation id="14F82A03FFB7FF97FDAE7BE556BFFE1B" box="[624,708,439,464]" captionStart="FIGURES 41 44" captionStartId="7.[151,264,1585,1607]" captionTargetBox="[164,1423,743,1568]" captionTargetId="figure@7.[163,1428,735,1571]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURES 41 44. Genitalic morphology of Messapus megae sp. n.: 41 Female epigyne, ventral view; 42 Same, dorsal view; 43 Male palp, ventral view; 44 Same, retrolateral view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/238366/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="392">Fig. 42</figureCitation>
).
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<emphasis id="BEB7EA94FFB6FF96FF497C2D552FF95E" bold="true" box="[151,340,1663,1685]" pageId="6" pageNumber="391">FIGURES 3240.</emphasis>
Digital microscope photographs of
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<emphasis id="BEB7EA94FFB6FF96FD1D7CD3575CF95D" box="[707,807,1665,1686]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="391">Messapus</emphasis>
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species, cleared female epigynes in ventral view (3236) and male palps in ventral (37, 39) and retrolateral views (38, 40): 32, 37, 38
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<emphasis id="BEB7EA94FFB6FF96FC507CCD578FF97F" box="[910,1012,1695,1716]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="391">M. megae</emphasis>
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; 33
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<emphasis id="BEB7EA94FFB6FF96FBB67CCD5177F97F" box="[1128,1292,1694,1716]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="391">M. meridionalis</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="BEB7EA94FFB6FF96FACA7CCC5134F97F" bold="true" box="[1300,1359,1694,1716]" pageId="6" pageNumber="391">sp. n.</emphasis>
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; 34
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<emphasis id="BEB7EA94FFB6FF96FA5E7CCD548CF918" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="391">M. seiugatus</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="BEB7EA94FFB6FF96FF237CEE554DF919" bold="true" box="[253,310,1724,1746]" pageId="6" pageNumber="391">sp. n.</emphasis>
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; 35
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<emphasis id="BEB7EA94FFB6FF96FEBD7CEC55C2F918" box="[355,441,1726,1747]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="391">M. tigris</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="BEB7EA94FFB6FF96FE1E7CEE5582F919" bold="true" box="[448,505,1724,1746]" pageId="6" pageNumber="391">sp. n.</emphasis>
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; 36, 39, 40
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<emphasis id="BEB7EA94FFB6FF96FDAC7CEC569DF918" box="[626,742,1726,1747]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="391">M. tropicus</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="BEB7EA94FFB6FF96FD327CEE575EF919" bold="true" box="[748,805,1724,1746]" pageId="6" pageNumber="391">sp. n.</emphasis>
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. Scale bars: 0.5 mm.
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Male (
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, Harare, NCA 2014/1858).
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Measurements: CL 2.79, CW 2.43, AL 4.30, AW 2.40, TL 7.05, FL 0.11, SL 1.37, SW 1.49,
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0.11, AMEAME 0.13, AMEALE 0.02, ALEALE 0.49, PMEPME 0.13, PMEPLE 0.09, PLEPLE 0.63,
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0.87, MOQAW 0.50, MOQPW 0.47, MOQL 0.54.
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<paragraph id="8C7C3686FFB7FF97FF1978155538FD63" blockId="7.[151,1437,151,680]" pageId="7" pageNumber="392">Length of leg segments (sequence from femur to tarsus, and total): I 2.92 + 1.10 + 2.28 + 2.55 + 1.35 = 10.20; II 2.60 + 1.00 + 1.90 + 1.85 + 1.20 = 8.55; III 2.55 + 1.02 + 1.92 + 2.10 + 1.25 = 8.84; IV 2.85 + 1.10 + 2.30 + 2.50 + 1.35 = 10.10.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="BEB7EA94FFB7FF97FF497C63552EF98C" bold="true" box="[151,341,1585,1607]" pageId="7" pageNumber="392">FIGURES 4144.</emphasis>
Genitalic morphology of
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: 41 Female epigyne, ventral view; 42 Same, dorsal view; 43 Male palp, ventral view; 44 Same, retrolateral view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm.
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General appearance as in
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; colouration, markings and cheliceral morphology as for female, except male slightly darker. Clypeus height equal to distance 0.48 times AME diameter; AER slightly procurved; AME larger than ALE; AME separated by distance 0.34 times their diameter; AME separated from ALE by distance 0.10 times AME diameter; PER slightly procurved; PME very slightly smaller than PLE; PME separated by distance 0.57 times their diameter; PME separated from PLE by distance 0.38 times PME diameter. Leg spination: femora: I pl 1 do 2, II pl 1 do 2, III pl 2 do 1 rl 2, IV pl 1 do 1; tibiae: I plv 2 rlv 1, II spineless, III plv 1, IV plv 1; metatarsi: I plv 2 rlv 2 vt 2, II spineless, III vt 2, IV vt 2. Palpal spination: femora: pl 1 do 1; patellae: pl 1; tibiae: pl 1 plv 1. Abdomen with yellow-brown anterior scutum extending abdomen length. Palps yellow-brown, embolus long, originating prolaterally, curving distally in broad arc, ending medially along retrolateral margin of tegulum, distal end forming a loop; conductor very fine, weakly sclerotised, situated prolaterally at embolus base, extending approximately 1/3 of embolus length (
<figureCitation id="14F82A03FFB8FF98FD9B7AC556E5FF7B" box="[581,670,151,176]" captionStart="FIGURES 32 40" captionStartId="6.[151,264,1663,1685]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,193,1641]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[151,1436,193,1642]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURES 32 40. Digital microscope photographs of Messapus species, cleared female epigynes in ventral view (32 36) and male palps in ventral (37, 39) and retrolateral views (38, 40): 32, 37, 38 M. megae sp. n.; 33 M. meridionalis sp. n.; 34 M. seiugatus sp. n.; 35 M. tigris sp. n.; 36, 39, 40 M. tropicus sp. n.. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/238365/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="393">Figs 37</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="14F82A03FFB8FF98FD777ACA56B2FF7B" box="[681,713,152,176]" captionStart="FIGURES 41 44" captionStartId="7.[151,264,1585,1607]" captionTargetBox="[164,1423,743,1568]" captionTargetId="figure@7.[163,1428,735,1571]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURES 41 44. Genitalic morphology of Messapus megae sp. n.: 41 Female epigyne, ventral view; 42 Same, dorsal view; 43 Male palp, ventral view; 44 Same, retrolateral view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/238366/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="393">43</figureCitation>
); RTA very long and narrow, slightly curved in retrolateral view (
<figureCitation id="14F82A03FFB8FF98FF417AEE548EFF1F" box="[159,245,188,213]" captionStart="FIGURES 32 40" captionStartId="6.[151,264,1663,1685]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,193,1641]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[151,1436,193,1642]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURES 32 40. Digital microscope photographs of Messapus species, cleared female epigynes in ventral view (32 36) and male palps in ventral (37, 39) and retrolateral views (38, 40): 32, 37, 38 M. megae sp. n.; 33 M. meridionalis sp. n.; 34 M. seiugatus sp. n.; 35 M. tigris sp. n.; 36, 39, 40 M. tropicus sp. n.. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/238365/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="393">Figs 38</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="14F82A03FFB8FF98FEDF7AEE555AFF1F" box="[257,289,188,212]" captionStart="FIGURES 41 44" captionStartId="7.[151,264,1585,1607]" captionTargetBox="[164,1423,743,1568]" captionTargetId="figure@7.[163,1428,735,1571]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURES 41 44. Genitalic morphology of Messapus megae sp. n.: 41 Female epigyne, ventral view; 42 Same, dorsal view; 43 Male palp, ventral view; 44 Same, retrolateral view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/238366/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="393">44</figureCitation>
).
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<emphasis id="BEB7EA94FFB8FF98FF197A8D551BFF33" bold="true" box="[199,352,223,248]" pageId="8" pageNumber="393">Distribution.</emphasis>
Known only from the
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locality (
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).
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