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<figureCitation id="460625471EB3FD088CA1E45F1ABF1911" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Microdipoena elsae Saaristo, 1978, male (A-C) and female (D-F) from Seychelles A habitus, dorsal B habitus, ventral C habitus, lateral D habitus, lateral E habitus, dorsal F habitus, ventral. Abbrrviations: FS = femoral spot, MC = Metatarsal clasping spine, TS = tibial spine on male leg I. Scale bars: 0.50 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1175.90920.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/894915" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">Figs 3</figureCitation>
<figureCitation id="93190DFC90E0428A7310279CA787D023" captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Microdipoena elsae Saaristo, 1978, from Seychelles A male palp, apical B male palp, dorsal C male palp, prolateral D male palp, retrolateral. Abbreviations: Cy = cymbium, CyC = cymbial conductor, CyFs = setae on cymbial fold, E = embolus, Pa = patella, PC = paracymbium, SD = spermatic duct, T = tegulum, Ti = tibia. Scale bars: 0.10 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1175.90920.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/894916" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">, 4</figureCitation>
<figureCitation id="9E5C8AEE6513F2C379FA547F788FC501" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Microdipoena elsae Saaristo, 1978, from Seychelles A conductor, from behind B tegulum, from behind C male palp, ventral D bulbus with conductor and tegulum removed, dextrolateral. Abbreviations: E = embolus, T = tegulum. Scale bars: 0.10 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1175.90920.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/894917" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">, 5</figureCitation>
<figureCitation id="CF0E42E4B31C0502E128F41EBB532A07" captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Microdipoena elsae Saaristo, 1978, from Seychelles A conductor, dorsal B conductor, ventral C embolic distal end, dextrolateral D tegulum, dorsal E tegulum, ventral F cymbium, dorsal G cymbium, apical-lateral H cymbium, prolateral. Abbreviations: Cy = cymbium, CyC = cymbial conductor, CyF = cymbial fold, CyFs = setae on cymbial fold, CyP = cymbial process, PC = paracymbium. Scale bars: 0.10 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1175.90920.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/894918" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">, 6</figureCitation>
<figureCitation id="742889DEA29156AEBB1211CE1E7C5E9A" captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Microdipoena elsae Saaristo, 1978, from Seychelles A epigyne, ventral B vulva, ventral C vulva, dorsal. Abbreviations: CD = copulatory duct, FD = fertilization duct, S = spermathecal, Sp = scape. Scale bars: 0.10 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1175.90920.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/894919" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">, 7</figureCitation>
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Saaristo, 1978: 124, figs 255-265 (♂♀); Saaristo 2010: 92, fig. 17.1-17.8 (♂♀);
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: 287, fig. 9a (♂);
<bibRefCitation id="CE721DD9C3B8E78A8B71820232F63F29" DOI="https://doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12199" author="Lopardo, L" journalOrPublisher="Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" pagination="527 - 786" refId="B25" refString="Lopardo, L, Hormiga, G, 2015. Out of the twilight zone: Phylogeny and evolutionary morphology of the orb-weaving spider family Mysmenidae, with a focus on spinneret spigot morphology in symphytognathoids (Araneae, Araneoidea). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 173 (3): 527 - 786, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12199" title="Out of the twilight zone: Phylogeny and evolutionary morphology of the orb-weaving spider family Mysmenidae, with a focus on spinneret spigot morphology in symphytognathoids (Araneae, Araneoidea)." url="https://doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12199" volume="173" year="2015">Lopardo and Hormiga 2015</bibRefCitation>
: 783, figs 17A-D, 129D, 132A, 141M, N (♂♀).
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<taxonomicName id="4D1ADB66A516C99B3DDA7F808A1846B5" class="Arachnida" family="Mysmenidae" genus="Mysmena" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mysmena elsae" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="elsae">Mysmena elsae</taxonomicName>
: Roberts 1978: 932, figs 65-73 (♂♀);
<bibRefCitation id="589D2B8B0C24EDE7EB5EFD28F34FCE1C" DOI="https://doi.org/10.13156/arac.2022.19.sp1.77" author="Logunov, DV" journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" refId="B24" refString="Logunov, DV, 2022. John Alan Murphy (1922-2021) and his contribution to arachnology. Arachnology 19(Special Issue): 77-103. https://doi.org/10.13156/arac.2022.19.sp1.77" title="John Alan Murphy (1922 - 2021) and his contribution to arachnology. Arachnology 19 (Special Issue): 77 - 103." url="https://doi.org/10.13156/arac.2022.19.sp1.77" year="2022">Logunov 2022</bibRefCitation>
: 89, fig. 18 (♂).
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♀ (ZMUTU),
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1♀ 4♂ (ZMUTU), and
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8♀ (ZMUTU)
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:
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near La
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, sieving leaf litter, 600 m elev., 30.V.1975, M. Saaristo leg. Not examined.
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elev.),
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,
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leg.
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;
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(NHMSU-SEY01),
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</collectorName>
,
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(
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,
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elev.),
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,
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leg.
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<paragraph id="34A68FA1E9B418DE1C5555EDA5C0A27D" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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Male of
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differs from other congeners except for
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(Baert, 1986),
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Banks, 1895,
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Baert, 1989,
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Baert, 1985 by the filiform embolus without a distal twisted complex structure. Its male seems to be most similar to
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<emphasis id="C6ACFB91383B74413ABCC367C31B0A3C" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">M. nyungwe</emphasis>
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, but can be distinguished by the embolus having a small membranous hook at the intermediate constriction and the absence of cymbial groove (cf. Figs
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,
<figureCitation id="5A8F5432B2306C06F2B16F9CD03B2952" captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Microdipoena elsae Saaristo, 1978, from Seychelles A conductor, dorsal B conductor, ventral C embolic distal end, dextrolateral D tegulum, dorsal E tegulum, ventral F cymbium, dorsal G cymbium, apical-lateral H cymbium, prolateral. Abbreviations: Cy = cymbium, CyC = cymbial conductor, CyF = cymbial fold, CyFs = setae on cymbial fold, CyP = cymbial process, PC = paracymbium. Scale bars: 0.10 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1175.90920.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/894918" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">6C</figureCitation>
and
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: 554, fig. 22C, F, G). Its female is similar to
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<emphasis id="D23282A930BDBDA6CE43B39695A14CD7" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">M. nyungwe</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="540653B56169F0221A0C4E9AFF4E003C" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">M. guttata</emphasis>
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but distinguished by the ovate spermathecae (round in
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</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="5DFB6FBA9F47DD88F74B384510BEA870" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">M. guttata</emphasis>
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), the fertilization duct is slightly sclerotized and longer (cf. Fig.
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vs
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: 554, 672, figs 18G, 22B, 129A, B).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="15EF0BAA4669D3E52F151BA881881CAB" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">Figure 5.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="0DCFD3B0AB1A1E51CE91842A97614161" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">Microdipoena elsae</emphasis>
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Saaristo, 1978, from Seychelles
<emphasis id="ECA0EDCC4ED0B05AA1754F1A4D6FD64E" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">A</emphasis>
conductor, from behind
<emphasis id="45071DBC4A2971FB660EAAB1F3698E16" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">B</emphasis>
tegulum, from behind
<emphasis id="68190676E2D8684129A3D732D7400618" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">C</emphasis>
male palp, ventral
<emphasis id="CFC10C4280DF59E18040B31B8905DED1" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">D</emphasis>
bulbus with conductor and tegulum removed, dextrolateral. Abbreviations: E = embolus, T = tegulum. Scale bars: 0.10 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="DB39DC0332CB14E8D31290CF471CDE7F" doi="10.3897/zookeys.1175.90920.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/894918" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" start="Figure 6" startId="F6">
<paragraph id="BD0774228933B23E5D2DF661B9274E95" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">
<emphasis id="2F6A6C28C3F06F992BC2F35680491B2E" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">Figure 6.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="189D6B9B980C6C05C0508FB180A4A525" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">Microdipoena elsae</emphasis>
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Saaristo, 1978, from Seychelles
<emphasis id="0CE95670337ECD32EE9F86B49953618B" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">A</emphasis>
conductor, dorsal
<emphasis id="36D063C13D893896EDF6BE9D76C1BA65" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">B</emphasis>
conductor, ventral
<emphasis id="31BEEB8363C36F6BC7256F5785607653" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">C</emphasis>
embolic distal end, dextrolateral
<emphasis id="996135DB61C183F354E4F8FFCA90E1EE" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">D</emphasis>
tegulum, dorsal
<emphasis id="32266BE788B25E71954A1B562B246A74" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">E</emphasis>
tegulum, ventral
<emphasis id="D02386E09745DB4BE2040B3FD771BB70" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">F</emphasis>
cymbium, dorsal
<emphasis id="F63EF444DDB614AFF59DACCC63FA9DE9" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">G</emphasis>
cymbium, apical-lateral
<emphasis id="3AC2127764F528A23B1492FF82C2B0CF" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">H</emphasis>
cymbium, prolateral. Abbreviations: Cy = cymbium, CyC = cymbial conductor, CyF = cymbial fold, CyFs = setae on cymbial fold, CyP = cymbial process, PC = paracymbium. Scale bars: 0.10 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="DFB4C95883A6B8EFA9E8CE432A0E1EAD" doi="10.3897/zookeys.1175.90920.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/894919" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" start="Figure 7" startId="F7">
<paragraph id="40B9DE8FFC1E23DE8B46AF8D019C9D84" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">
<emphasis id="E5E2AEB48A0012738A2410E7DF8E0AB7" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">Figure 7.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="BA9157E251A25E78A0FEA1B0E13996BF" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">Microdipoena elsae</emphasis>
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Saaristo, 1978, from Seychelles
<emphasis id="BCC4A35C863ADC448545E33D6A506794" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">A</emphasis>
epigyne, ventral
<emphasis id="D49DF7A56FDEED797CC4DAFFD051E6AB" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">B</emphasis>
vulva, ventral
<emphasis id="6361DAC49A9F3F15290AF9DEF503DDB0" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">C</emphasis>
vulva, dorsal. Abbreviations: CD = copulatory duct, FD = fertilization duct, S = spermathecal, Sp = scape. Scale bars: 0.10 mm.
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</caption>
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph id="3FD9B8054A0639F33FE207021C526914" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">Description.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="B8D0DF1367E16A3B9F392D64E3021089" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">
<emphasis id="5C0FEEE9E657B84328DAF08648C1907F" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">Male</emphasis>
: Total length 1.04. Carapace 0.44 long, 0.42 wide, 0.44 high. Clypeus 0.10 high. Sternum 0.33 long, 0.30 wide. Abdomen 0.60 long, 0.63 wide, 0.88 high. Length of legs: I 1.17 (0.44, 0.14, 0.25, 0.16, 0.18); II 1.06 (0.42, 0.14, 0.22, 0.12, 0.16); III 0.78 (0.22, 0.12, 0.14, 0.14, 0.16); IV 1.08 (0.25, 0.12, 0.27, 0.20, 0.24).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="6FCEF2CAC89F110FCF2B4A3441E7B3B7" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" type="description">
<paragraph id="C335E29A5F5A1BD96CA352EAB2C8A8E0" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">Somatic characters</paragraph>
<paragraph id="6C5EE2A7995E946847688DE4F56A0170" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">
<emphasis id="40E4143C4B58044D82A66465EBE09F61" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">
(Fig.
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).
<emphasis id="468BC22F96BFCAFA3EB4FDC7FACE8F5B" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">Coloration</emphasis>
</emphasis>
: carapace dark brown centrally, yellow brown marginally. Ocular base black. Chelicera, endites, and labium yellow. Sternum yellow with two brown stripes. Legs yellow and black. Abdomen dark brown with white spots dorsally, yellow with brown spots ventrally.
<emphasis id="0E8FC7AD1B3D78B17EDB1E51E8E34F81" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">Prosoma</emphasis>
: carapace nearly pear-shaped in dorsal view and peak-shaped in lateral view. Cephalic area upheaved. Sternum triangular, slightly plump, covered with sparse, short setae.
<emphasis id="BE40003ABDD9181DE9FDFDC3EE2D1A6B" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">Legs</emphasis>
: covered with setae. Mating clasper on metatarsus I, two macrosetae on tibia I, femur I with femoral spot.
<emphasis id="6A5C9DB7B705DF1E557FA7DBA4A8780A" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">Abdomen</emphasis>
: nearly ovoid.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="327C7E30BF891E39AD3C42D0376B374D" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">
<emphasis id="B8A92FB16F3779286833114A9CBCD43C" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">Palp</emphasis>
(Figs
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-
<figureCitation id="F2B4799C4F89C12C4FBAD2948D98EA64" captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Microdipoena elsae Saaristo, 1978, from Seychelles A conductor, dorsal B conductor, ventral C embolic distal end, dextrolateral D tegulum, dorsal E tegulum, ventral F cymbium, dorsal G cymbium, apical-lateral H cymbium, prolateral. Abbreviations: Cy = cymbium, CyC = cymbial conductor, CyF = cymbial fold, CyFs = setae on cymbial fold, CyP = cymbial process, PC = paracymbium. Scale bars: 0.10 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1175.90920.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/894918" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">6</figureCitation>
): large, ca as big as
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size of the carapace. Cymbium translucent, distal end specialized as a broad, collared cymbial conductor, and a small cymbial process, modified by weakly sclerotized folds and a row of stiff short setae (Figs
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,
<figureCitation id="B3D2F364393DB15DBF96267FF7D62FB0" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Microdipoena elsae Saaristo, 1978, from Seychelles A conductor, from behind B tegulum, from behind C male palp, ventral D bulbus with conductor and tegulum removed, dextrolateral. Abbreviations: E = embolus, T = tegulum. Scale bars: 0.10 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1175.90920.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/894917" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">5C</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="30155B4B340FCBDBC0584D9B2773D664" captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Microdipoena elsae Saaristo, 1978, from Seychelles A conductor, dorsal B conductor, ventral C embolic distal end, dextrolateral D tegulum, dorsal E tegulum, ventral F cymbium, dorsal G cymbium, apical-lateral H cymbium, prolateral. Abbreviations: Cy = cymbium, CyC = cymbial conductor, CyF = cymbial fold, CyFs = setae on cymbial fold, CyP = cymbial process, PC = paracymbium. Scale bars: 0.10 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1175.90920.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/894918" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">6F-H</figureCitation>
). Paracymbium smooth, with long setae at the edge. Conductor wide, sclerotized, with two upper and a lower processes (Fig.
<figureCitation id="87A56F999275B97DBE82DC2250920E1E" captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Microdipoena elsae Saaristo, 1978, from Seychelles A conductor, dorsal B conductor, ventral C embolic distal end, dextrolateral D tegulum, dorsal E tegulum, ventral F cymbium, dorsal G cymbium, apical-lateral H cymbium, prolateral. Abbreviations: Cy = cymbium, CyC = cymbial conductor, CyF = cymbial fold, CyFs = setae on cymbial fold, CyP = cymbial process, PC = paracymbium. Scale bars: 0.10 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1175.90920.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/894918" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">6A, B</figureCitation>
). Tegulum sclerotized, with two upper (a wide, a narrow) and one lower (a narrow) processes (Fig.
<figureCitation id="E92A0E838CB6D86064F1BE907D8F63DB" captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Microdipoena elsae Saaristo, 1978, from Seychelles A conductor, dorsal B conductor, ventral C embolic distal end, dextrolateral D tegulum, dorsal E tegulum, ventral F cymbium, dorsal G cymbium, apical-lateral H cymbium, prolateral. Abbreviations: Cy = cymbium, CyC = cymbial conductor, CyF = cymbial fold, CyFs = setae on cymbial fold, CyP = cymbial process, PC = paracymbium. Scale bars: 0.10 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1175.90920.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/894918" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">6D, E</figureCitation>
). Embolus filiform, with a membranous hook at the constriction near the middle (Figs
<figureCitation id="87818E59E9DF54C0F1A8FE45933A0FD6" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Microdipoena elsae Saaristo, 1978, from Seychelles A conductor, from behind B tegulum, from behind C male palp, ventral D bulbus with conductor and tegulum removed, dextrolateral. Abbreviations: E = embolus, T = tegulum. Scale bars: 0.10 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1175.90920.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/894917" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">5D</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="15145A255D44F8EF4362973BF1A84900" captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Microdipoena elsae Saaristo, 1978, from Seychelles A conductor, dorsal B conductor, ventral C embolic distal end, dextrolateral D tegulum, dorsal E tegulum, ventral F cymbium, dorsal G cymbium, apical-lateral H cymbium, prolateral. Abbreviations: Cy = cymbium, CyC = cymbial conductor, CyF = cymbial fold, CyFs = setae on cymbial fold, CyP = cymbial process, PC = paracymbium. Scale bars: 0.10 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1175.90920.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/894918" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">6C</figureCitation>
), its distal part coiled into 2.5 loops around cymbial conductor (Figs
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,
<figureCitation id="94D3A3E4562B9F39A5BE34CA15634457" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Microdipoena elsae Saaristo, 1978, from Seychelles A conductor, from behind B tegulum, from behind C male palp, ventral D bulbus with conductor and tegulum removed, dextrolateral. Abbreviations: E = embolus, T = tegulum. Scale bars: 0.10 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1175.90920.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/894917" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">5C</figureCitation>
). Spermatic ducts faintly visible through the surface of palpal bulb and cymbium.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="B517C9EB00B40D7954B428B0D1053DDD" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">
<emphasis id="CF0C32366711174E61A3DF834C7EDF31" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">Female.</emphasis>
Total length 0.92. Carapace 0.40 long, 0.46 wide, 0.58 high. Clypeus 0.08 high. Sternum 0.28 long, 0.30 wide. Abdomen 0.52 long, 0.46 wide, 0.62 high. Length of legs: I 1.77 (0.52, 0.16, 0.40, 0.34, 0.35); II 1.38 (0.46, 0.14, 0.34, 0.20, 0.24); III 0.98 (0.30, 0.12, 0.20, 0.16, 0.20); IV 1.08 (0.30, 0.10, 0.24, 0.20, 0.24).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="22A6A17F4CBA6B56EEE522434AA53815" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" type="description">
<paragraph id="7036087F00A2620D1B98EF966E56D917" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">Somatic characters</paragraph>
<paragraph id="D46E1CB5A612B74C74F77BD74464017B" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">
<emphasis id="BE1C5CCAB26AD550701C10C8FFA38029" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">
(Fig.
<figureCitation id="7C9092DD7E5E6F09373188ABBEFBD809" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Microdipoena elsae Saaristo, 1978, male (A-C) and female (D-F) from Seychelles A habitus, dorsal B habitus, ventral C habitus, lateral D habitus, lateral E habitus, dorsal F habitus, ventral. Abbrrviations: FS = femoral spot, MC = Metatarsal clasping spine, TS = tibial spine on male leg I. Scale bars: 0.50 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1175.90920.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/894915" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">3D-F</figureCitation>
).
<emphasis id="1FCD341C2DB156C9B35201F19D7B1B70" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">Coloration</emphasis>
</emphasis>
: carapace dark brown centrally, yellow-brown marginally. Ocular base black. Chelicera, endites, and labium yellow. Sternum yellow with two brown stripes. Legs yellow and black. Abdomen dark brown with white spots dorsally, yellow with brown spots ventrally.
<emphasis id="A5DAB274DC9D5591E2A231CEFCCEFD92" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">Prosoma</emphasis>
: carapace nearly pear-shaped in dorsal view. Cephalic part slightly elevated. Sternum triangular, covered with sparse short setae.
<emphasis id="A42E9BAAD466E189FAA819B881BA5E64" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">Legs</emphasis>
: covered with setae and bristles. Femurs I and II with femoral spot.
<emphasis id="A3C9FA0590B512B8FB951C3CDA9C5E5B" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">Abdomen</emphasis>
: nearly globose.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="586A0A1BDB2EE3B6B77DE7C7A5AE5168" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">
<emphasis id="AA9891F2AD1A42065542C745B89B648F" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">Epigyne</emphasis>
(Fig.
<figureCitation id="8B6E74447981A0F38BD3AAB4A36AB832" captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Microdipoena elsae Saaristo, 1978, from Seychelles A epigyne, ventral B vulva, ventral C vulva, dorsal. Abbreviations: CD = copulatory duct, FD = fertilization duct, S = spermathecal, Sp = scape. Scale bars: 0.10 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1175.90920.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/894919" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">7A-C</figureCitation>
): spermathecae heavily sclerotized, nearly vertically ovoid, spaced by ca 3
<normalizedToken id="A9FD41AE1D996407F0E6F1C1DD4366D9" originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
their width. Copulatory duct almost all membranous cystic structure with irregular folds, surround the entirely spermathecae, which enters the spermathecae from posteromedially after gradually harden at the posterior area of spermathecae. Weakly sclerotized fertilization duct starts at the posterolateral side of spermatheca, and then folds back toward the center of vulva (Fig.
<figureCitation id="179A45DC75DA0D3EE1192193613FFC50" captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Microdipoena elsae Saaristo, 1978, from Seychelles A epigyne, ventral B vulva, ventral C vulva, dorsal. Abbreviations: CD = copulatory duct, FD = fertilization duct, S = spermathecal, Sp = scape. Scale bars: 0.10 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1175.90920.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/894919" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">7C</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="260B6C63AF5C6D8F893549390DAC190C" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="EA3F2070F77AAF3224DF53ABEE83CD91" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="6B16136A4361E98BBDE6445B1FE8FB6C" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">Seychelles, Congo, and Comoros.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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