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<emphasis id="B97FAE2EFFF08052FF65892985CB9B36" bold="true" box="[151,405,1861,1887]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="37">Mysmena quebecana</emphasis>
Lopardo &amp; Dupérré
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Male
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from
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, Québec, Parc National de la Yamaska,
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;
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,
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, water pan, maple forest, col. A. Mochon
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.; female
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from the same locality,
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;
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, pitfall, open field, col. A. Mochon
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., deposited in Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard (MCZ).
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The species epithet is derived from Québec, the province of
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in which the collections were made.
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<emphasis id="B97FAE2EFFF38051FF348F5B85569D38" bold="true" box="[198,264,311,337]" pageId="2" pageNumber="38">Note.</emphasis>
The male and female of this new species are tentatively paired, as both sexes were collected in the same locality, but not together.
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<emphasis id="B97FAE2EFFF38051FF6588AE85189AB3" bold="true" box="[151,326,1730,1754]" pageId="2" pageNumber="38">FIGURES 15.</emphasis>
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. 12. Female (paratype), lateral view. 1. carapace; 2. abdomen. 3. Male (holotype), cleared left palp, tibia and patella, retrolateral view. 45. Female (paratype), cleared epigynum, drawings. 4. ventral view; 5. dorsal view. Scale bars: 13 = 0.1 mm; 45 = 0.05 mm.
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can be distinguished from other
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species by the following combination of features: a small posterior bump on the globose abdomen in both male and female (
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); carapace height similar in both sexes (
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); male with sclerotized spot on femur I, female femoral spot on femora I and II; a wide posterior respiratory spiracle; female with scapus and coiled spermathecae (
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); male palp with relatively short, curved embolus (
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,
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), and cymbial process (
<figureCitation id="13306EB9FFF28050FAF58EF481079CDB" box="[1287,1369,152,178]" captionStart="FIGURES 1 5" captionStartId="2.[151,269,1730,1754]" captionTargetBox="[224,1366,421,1697]" captionTargetId="figure@2.[217,1369,409,1708]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURES 1 5. Mysmena quebecana new species. 1 2. Female (paratype), lateral view. 1. carapace; 2. abdomen. 3. Male (holotype), cleared left palp, tibia and patella, retrolateral view. 4 5. Female (paratype), cleared epigynum, drawings. 4. ventral view; 5. dorsal view. Scale bars: 1 3 = 0.1 mm; 4 5 = 0.05 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/181020/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="39">Figs. 3</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="13306EB9FFF28050FA9A8EF484E89CB3" captionStart="FIGURES 7 11" captionStartId="4.[151,269,1324,1348]" captionTargetBox="[151,1434,194,1298]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[151,1436,194,1300]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURES 7 11. Mysmena quebecana new species. Male (holotype), right palp and tibia (inverted). 7. Prolateral-dorsal view; 8. Prolateral view; 9. Retrolateral-ventral view; 10. Male palp, dorsal view; 11. Detail of palpal tip, retrolateral view." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/181022/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="39">8, 9, 11</figureCitation>
).
<taxonomicName id="4C0B09BFFFF28050FF3D8EAC85949CB0" box="[207,458,192,217]" class="Arachnida" family="Mysmenidae" genus="Mysmena" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="3" pageNumber="39" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="quebecana" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B97FAE2EFFF28050FF3D8EAC85949CB0" box="[207,458,192,217]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="39">Mysmena quebecana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B97FAE2EFFF28050FE278ED386379CB0" bold="true" box="[469,617,191,217]" pageId="3" pageNumber="39">new species</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
is the only described species of
<taxonomicName id="4C0B09BFFFF28050FBF38EAC802F9CB0" box="[1025,1137,192,217]" class="Arachnida" family="Mysmenidae" genus="Mysmena" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="3" pageNumber="39" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B97FAE2EFFF28050FBF38EAC802F9CB0" box="[1025,1137,192,217]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="39">Mysmena</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
occurring in continental North
<collectingCountry id="F31C32ACFFF28050FF148E8485119D6B" box="[230,335,232,258]" name="United States of America" pageId="3" pageNumber="39">America</collectingCountry>
. The male palp of
<taxonomicName id="4C0B09BFFFF28050FDCF8E8486B99D68" box="[573,743,232,257]" class="Arachnida" family="Mysmenidae" genus="Mysmena" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="3" pageNumber="39" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="quebecana" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B97FAE2EFFF28050FDCF8E8486B99D68" box="[573,743,232,257]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="39">M. quebecana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B97FAE2EFFF28050FD018E8B87D99D68" bold="true" box="[755,903,231,257]" pageId="3" pageNumber="39">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A24C1355FFF28050FD018E8B87D99D68" box="[755,903,231,257]" pageId="3" pageNumber="39" rank="species">new species</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
resembles that of
<taxonomicName id="4C0B09BFFFF28050FB9C8E8484809D43" authority="Simon 1879" authorityName="Simon" authorityYear="1879" class="Arachnida" family="Mysmenidae" genus="Mysmena" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="3" pageNumber="39" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="leucoplagiata">
<emphasis id="B97FAE2EFFF28050FB9C8E8481649D68" box="[1134,1338,232,257]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="39">M. leucoplagiata</emphasis>
(Simon 1879)
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C0B09BFFFF28050FF198F7C864D9D43" authority="Levi 1956" authorityName="Levi" authorityYear="1956" box="[235,531,272,298]" class="Arachnida" family="Mysmenidae" genus="Mysmena" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="3" pageNumber="39" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="guianensis">
<emphasis id="B97FAE2EFFF28050FF198F7C85CE9D40" box="[235,400,272,297]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="39">M. guianensis</emphasis>
Levi 1956
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C0B09BFFFF28050FDD28F7C87279D43" authority="Hickman 1979" authorityName="Hickman" authorityYear="1979" box="[544,889,272,298]" class="Arachnida" family="Mysmenidae" genus="Mysmena" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="3" pageNumber="39" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tasmaniae">
<emphasis id="B97FAE2EFFF28050FDD28F7C869E9D40" box="[544,704,272,297]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="39">M. tasmaniae</emphasis>
Hickman 1979
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="4C0B09BFFFF28050FC4A8F7C80BF9D43" authority="Snazell 1986" authorityName="Snazell" authorityYear="1986" box="[952,1249,272,298]" class="Arachnida" family="Mysmenidae" genus="Mysmena" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="3" pageNumber="39" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gibbosa">
<emphasis id="B97FAE2EFFF28050FC4A8F7C80639D40" box="[952,1085,272,297]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="39">M. gibbosa</emphasis>
Snazell 1986
</taxonomicName>
, but can be distinguished from these species by the shorter, curved (but not coiled), and thicker embolus, and by shape of the bulbal shield and the orientation of the shield conductor (
<figureCitation id="13306EB9FFF28050FCC48F0C87D09D13" box="[822,910,352,378]" captionStart="FIGURES 7 11" captionStartId="4.[151,269,1324,1348]" captionTargetBox="[151,1434,194,1298]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[151,1436,194,1300]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURES 7 11. Mysmena quebecana new species. Male (holotype), right palp and tibia (inverted). 7. Prolateral-dorsal view; 8. Prolateral view; 9. Retrolateral-ventral view; 10. Male palp, dorsal view; 11. Detail of palpal tip, retrolateral view." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/181022/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="39">Fig. 10</figureCitation>
). The female genitalia of
<taxonomicName id="4C0B09BFFFF28050FB4E8F0C813C9D10" box="[1212,1378,352,377]" class="Arachnida" family="Mysmenidae" genus="Mysmena" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="3" pageNumber="39" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="quebecana" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B97FAE2EFFF28050FB4E8F0C813C9D10" box="[1212,1378,352,377]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="39">M. quebecana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B97FAE2EFFF28050FA9B8F3384B39DC8" bold="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="39">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A24C1355FFF28050FA9B8F3384B39DC8" pageId="3" pageNumber="39" rank="species">new species</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
resembles that of
<taxonomicName id="4C0B09BFFFF28050FE378FE486149DC8" box="[453,586,392,417]" class="Arachnida" family="Mysmenidae" genus="Mysmena" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="3" pageNumber="39" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gibbosa">
<emphasis id="B97FAE2EFFF28050FE378FE486149DC8" box="[453,586,392,417]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="39">M. gibbosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="4C0B09BFFFF28050FD788FE4870C9DC8" box="[650,850,392,417]" class="Arachnida" family="Mysmenidae" genus="Mysmena" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="3" pageNumber="39" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="leucoplagiata">
<emphasis id="B97FAE2EFFF28050FD788FE4870C9DC8" box="[650,850,392,417]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="39">M. leucoplagiata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but it can be distinguished from these species by the presence of more defined copulatory ducts (instead of wide irregular and extremely membranous ducts, where no trajectory can be distinguished), and less coiled spermathecae, respectively (
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).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph id="8BB4723CFFF28050FF658B9D85309A42" blockId="3.[151,1437,1521,1579]" pageId="3" pageNumber="39">
<emphasis id="B97FAE2EFFF28050FF658B9D85429A60" bold="true" box="[151,284,1521,1545]" pageId="3" pageNumber="39">FIGURE 6.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B97FAE2EFFF28050FED78B9E86569A60" box="[293,520,1522,1545]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="39">Mysmena quebecana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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. Female (paratype), cleared epigynum, slide preparation, ventral view. Scale bar: 0.05 mm.
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="C31121B7FFF28054FF34883281279DA3" lastPageId="7" lastPageNumber="43" pageId="3" pageNumber="39" type="description">
<paragraph id="8BB4723CFFF28057FF34883281C29BB7" blockId="3.[151,1437,1630,1977]" lastBlockId="4.[151,1437,1468,2014]" lastPageId="4" lastPageNumber="40" pageId="3" pageNumber="39">
<emphasis id="B97FAE2EFFF28050FF34883285009A11" bold="true" box="[198,350,1630,1656]" pageId="3" pageNumber="39">Description.</emphasis>
MALE (
<typeStatus id="54B0CC9EFFF28050FE4F8833866F9A10" box="[445,561,1631,1657]" pageId="3" pageNumber="39" type="holotype">Holotype</typeStatus>
): Carapace not elevated, as in female, length 0.31, width 0.28, height 0.19. Leg measurements (legs I and IV only; fe/pa/ti/mt/ta):
<emphasis id="B97FAE2EFFF28050FCC588EA871C9AC9" bold="true" box="[823,834,1670,1696]" pageId="3" pageNumber="39">I</emphasis>
0.28/0.12/0.19/0.16/0.17;
<emphasis id="B97FAE2EFFF28050FB7088EA80FC9AC9" bold="true" box="[1154,1186,1670,1696]" pageId="3" pageNumber="39">IV</emphasis>
0.22/0.09/0.14/0.12/ 0.14. Femoral spot on leg I, almost indistinguishable. One prolateral clasping spine at base of distal third of metatarsus I (
<figureCitation id="13306EB9FFF28050FEC788BB859B9A98" box="[309,453,1751,1777]" captionStart="FIGURES 12 16" captionStartId="5.[151,269,1660,1684]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,194,1636]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[151,1436,194,1636]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 12 16. Mysmena quebecana new species. Male (holotype), right legs. 12 15. Right leg I. 12. Metatarsus, prolateral view, note single clasping spine; 13. Tarsus-metatarsus joint, dorsal view, note tarsal organ; 14. Tarsus and metatarsus, dorsal view, note metatarsal clasping spine and tarsal distal row of small setae on prolateral side; 15. Tarsal claws. 16. Right leg IV, tarsal claws, retrolateral view, note sinuous and slender median claw." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/181023/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="39">Figs. 12, 14</figureCitation>
). Chelicerae not fused. Clypeus height approximately 1.5 AME diameters. Sternum shield-like, domed, length 0.35, width 0.33, length/width 1.06, posterior border truncated, about width of two coxae IV. Abdomen globose, with small bump posteriorly, length 0.53, width 0.47, height 0.51.
<emphasis id="B97FAE2EFFF28050FAF0894A81C29B29" bold="true" box="[1282,1436,1830,1856]" pageId="3" pageNumber="39">Macrosetae:</emphasis>
Macrosetae long, slender, one distal macroseta on dorsal patellae, one basal on dorsal tibiae. Distal half of tarsus I with row of prolateral, short, slender, distinct setae truncated at apex (
<figureCitation id="13306EB9FFF28050FBDF891B80CF9BF8" box="[1069,1169,1911,1937]" captionStart="FIGURES 12 16" captionStartId="5.[151,269,1660,1684]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,194,1636]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[151,1436,194,1636]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 12 16. Mysmena quebecana new species. Male (holotype), right legs. 12 15. Right leg I. 12. Metatarsus, prolateral view, note single clasping spine; 13. Tarsus-metatarsus joint, dorsal view, note tarsal organ; 14. Tarsus and metatarsus, dorsal view, note metatarsal clasping spine and tarsal distal row of small setae on prolateral side; 15. Tarsal claws. 16. Right leg IV, tarsal claws, retrolateral view, note sinuous and slender median claw." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/181023/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="39">Figs. 14</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="13306EB9FFF28050FB52891B80AE9BF8" box="[1184,1264,1911,1937]" captionStart="FIGURES 17 18" captionStartId="6.[151,269,1801,1825]" captionTargetBox="[151,1434,594,1777]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[151,1436,594,1777]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURES 17 18. Mysmena quebecana new species. Male (holotype), right leg I. 17. Tarsus, prolateral view, arrows to prolateral row of short modified setae on distal half; 18. Same, detail of distal tarsus." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/181024/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="39">17, 18</figureCitation>
). Tarsal organ located basally, capsulate, domed, with rounded orifice (
<figureCitation id="13306EB9FFF28050FCDE89F387DD9BD0" box="[812,899,1951,1977]" captionStart="FIGURES 12 16" captionStartId="5.[151,269,1660,1684]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,194,1636]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[151,1436,194,1636]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 12 16. Mysmena quebecana new species. Male (holotype), right legs. 12 15. Right leg I. 12. Metatarsus, prolateral view, note single clasping spine; 13. Tarsus-metatarsus joint, dorsal view, note tarsal organ; 14. Tarsus and metatarsus, dorsal view, note metatarsal clasping spine and tarsal distal row of small setae on prolateral side; 15. Tarsal claws. 16. Right leg IV, tarsal claws, retrolateral view, note sinuous and slender median claw." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/181023/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="39">Fig. 13</figureCitation>
). Three tarsal claws, serrate accessory setae (false claws) present (
<figureCitation id="13306EB9FFF58057FE6A8BD085AE99BF" box="[408,496,1468,1494]" captionStart="FIGURES 12 16" captionStartId="5.[151,269,1660,1684]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,194,1636]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[151,1436,194,1636]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 12 16. Mysmena quebecana new species. Male (holotype), right legs. 12 15. Right leg I. 12. Metatarsus, prolateral view, note single clasping spine; 13. Tarsus-metatarsus joint, dorsal view, note tarsal organ; 14. Tarsus and metatarsus, dorsal view, note metatarsal clasping spine and tarsal distal row of small setae on prolateral side; 15. Tarsal claws. 16. Right leg IV, tarsal claws, retrolateral view, note sinuous and slender median claw." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/181023/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="40">Fig. 15</figureCitation>
). Median tarsal claw on leg IV elongate, sinuous (
<figureCitation id="13306EB9FFF58057FBCD8BD080C699BF" box="[1087,1176,1468,1494]" captionStart="FIGURES 12 16" captionStartId="5.[151,269,1660,1684]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,194,1636]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[151,1436,194,1636]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 12 16. Mysmena quebecana new species. Male (holotype), right legs. 12 15. Right leg I. 12. Metatarsus, prolateral view, note single clasping spine; 13. Tarsus-metatarsus joint, dorsal view, note tarsal organ; 14. Tarsus and metatarsus, dorsal view, note metatarsal clasping spine and tarsal distal row of small setae on prolateral side; 15. Tarsal claws. 16. Right leg IV, tarsal claws, retrolateral view, note sinuous and slender median claw." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/181023/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="40">Fig. 16</figureCitation>
). Trichobothrial bases simple, smooth, proximal hood smooth, similar on all legs and segments. Tarsal trichobothria absent.
<emphasis id="B97FAE2EFFF58057FAB28B8884AA9A4F" bold="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="40">Trichobothria</emphasis>
(legs I and IV only):
<emphasis id="B97FAE2EFFF58057FE03886085A29A4F" bold="true" box="[497,508,1548,1574]" pageId="4" pageNumber="40">I</emphasis>
, tibia 2-1-0; metatarsus 1-0.
<emphasis id="B97FAE2EFFF58057FCBD886087329A4F" bold="true" box="[847,876,1548,1574]" pageId="4" pageNumber="40">IV</emphasis>
, tibia p1-2-1-0; metatarsal trichobothria absent. Appendage cuticle squamate.
<emphasis id="B97FAE2EFFF58057FE0F885886109A27" bold="true" box="[509,590,1588,1614]" pageId="4" pageNumber="40">Color:</emphasis>
Carapace yellowish, ocular area darker, lateral borders black; sternum yellowish with two dark longitudinal bands. Mouthparts yellowish. Legs yellowish, distal patellae, tibiae and metatarsi darker. Abdomen dark with four white spots, visible in posterior view, forming inverted trapezium; white ventral band surrounding spinnerets.
<emphasis id="B97FAE2EFFF58057FD6988C086809AAF" bold="true" box="[667,734,1708,1734]" pageId="4" pageNumber="40">Eyes:</emphasis>
Eight eyes subequal. AME black, other eyes pearly white. Lateral eyes contiguous, PME separated ~one diameter, AME separated ~1.75 their diameter.
<emphasis id="B97FAE2EFFF58057FAF488B884AB9B7F" bold="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="40">Respiratory system:</emphasis>
Anterior spiracles connected to epigastric furrow. Posterior respiratory system with two distant spiracular openings exteriorly connected by thin ridge (i.e., one wide spiracular opening). Internal respiratory conformation not observed.
<emphasis id="B97FAE2EFFF58057FE168920862D9B0F" bold="true" box="[484,627,1868,1894]" pageId="4" pageNumber="40">Spinnerets:</emphasis>
Spinneret field located ventrally on abdomen (as in
<figureCitation id="13306EB9FFF58057FB10892081749B0F" box="[1250,1322,1868,1894]" captionStart="FIGURES 1 5" captionStartId="2.[151,269,1730,1754]" captionTargetBox="[224,1366,421,1697]" captionTargetId="figure@2.[217,1369,409,1708]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURES 1 5. Mysmena quebecana new species. 1 2. Female (paratype), lateral view. 1. carapace; 2. abdomen. 3. Male (holotype), cleared left palp, tibia and patella, retrolateral view. 4 5. Female (paratype), cleared epigynum, drawings. 4. ventral view; 5. dorsal view. Scale bars: 1 3 = 0.1 mm; 4 5 = 0.05 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/181020/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="40">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
). Colulus large, fleshy, triangular, about half length and width of ALS. Six spinnerets (spigot conformation not observed).
<emphasis id="B97FAE2EFFF58057FEE889F086079BDF" bold="true" box="[282,601,1948,1974]" pageId="4" pageNumber="40">Palp and copulatory bulb</emphasis>
(
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,
<figureCitation id="13306EB9FFF58057FD3989F087589BDF" box="[715,774,1948,1974]" captionStart="FIGURES 7 11" captionStartId="4.[151,269,1324,1348]" captionTargetBox="[151,1434,194,1298]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[151,1436,194,1300]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURES 7 11. Mysmena quebecana new species. Male (holotype), right palp and tibia (inverted). 7. Prolateral-dorsal view; 8. Prolateral view; 9. Retrolateral-ventral view; 10. Male palp, dorsal view; 11. Detail of palpal tip, retrolateral view." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/181022/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="40">711</figureCitation>
): Tibia cup-shaped, without apophyses or trichobothria, ventral border slightly projected over cymbium (
<figureCitation id="13306EB9FFF58057FD1E89A8876D9BB7" box="[748,819,1988,2014]" captionStart="FIGURES 7 11" captionStartId="4.[151,269,1324,1348]" captionTargetBox="[151,1434,194,1298]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[151,1436,194,1300]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURES 7 11. Mysmena quebecana new species. Male (holotype), right palp and tibia (inverted). 7. Prolateral-dorsal view; 8. Prolateral view; 9. Retrolateral-ventral view; 10. Male palp, dorsal view; 11. Detail of palpal tip, retrolateral view." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/181022/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="40">Fig. 8</figureCitation>
), tibial rim with aligned setae, except prolaterally.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BB4723CFFF58057FF658B40848F99E0" blockId="4.[151,1436,1324,1417]" pageId="4" pageNumber="40">
<emphasis id="B97FAE2EFFF58057FF658B408511992D" bold="true" box="[151,335,1324,1348]" pageId="4" pageNumber="40">FIGURES 711.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B97FAE2EFFF58057FEA48B408669992A" box="[342,567,1324,1347]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="40">Mysmena quebecana</emphasis>
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. Male (holotype), right palp and tibia (inverted). 7. Prolateral-dorsal view; 8. Prolateral view; 9. Retrolateral-ventral view; 10. Male palp, dorsal view; 11. Detail of palpal tip, retrolateral view.
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<paragraph id="8BB4723CFFF48056FF65881080269A92" blockId="5.[151,1436,1660,1787]" pageId="5" pageNumber="41">
<emphasis id="B97FAE2EFFF48056FF658810853E9AFD" bold="true" box="[151,352,1660,1684]" pageId="5" pageNumber="41">FIGURES 1216.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C0B09BFFFF48056FE9B881086159AFA" box="[361,587,1660,1683]" class="Arachnida" family="Mysmenidae" genus="Mysmena" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="5" pageNumber="41" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="quebecana" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B97FAE2EFFF48056FE9B881086159AFA" box="[361,587,1660,1683]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="41">Mysmena quebecana</emphasis>
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. Male (holotype), right legs. 1215. Right leg I. 12. Metatarsus, prolateral view, note single clasping spine; 13. Tarsus-metatarsus joint, dorsal view, note tarsal organ; 14. Tarsus and metatarsus, dorsal view, note metatarsal clasping spine and tarsal distal row of small setae on prolateral side; 15. Tarsal claws. 16. Right leg IV, tarsal claws, retrolateral view, note sinuous and slender median claw.
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<paragraph id="8BB4723CFFF48055FF65894386389E73" blockId="5.[151,1437,1839,2025]" lastBlockId="6.[151,1436,152,538]" lastPageId="6" lastPageNumber="42" pageId="5" pageNumber="41">Cymbium oriented ventrally on palp, so that bulb and embolus face dorsally (i.e. frontally in resting position). Because the ventral mysmenid cymbium seems to be apomorphic compared to most araneoids, cymbial structures are here described relative to it rather than the pedipalp as a whole. Cymbium modified apically, with pointed tip. Two apical furrows functioning as cymbial conductors (CyC) on internal cymbium, associated to embolus, running parallel to each other. Retrolateral cymbial conductor (CyCr) with short row of small setae on ventral edge. Prolateral cymbial conductor (CyCp) longer, on prolateral apical margin of cymbium. Cymbial groove (CyG) short, originating distally and retrolaterally on cymbial margin between paracymbium (PC) and retrolateral cymbial conductor, running diagonally on cymbial dorsal surface. Cymbial groove with apical flap. Small pointed cymbial process (CyP) located dorsally, at end of cymbial groove. Paracymbium large, flat, medially located, with setae. Bulbal shield (BS, membranous expansion of tegulum, relative to embolus) present, not covering embolus, but with embolic depression functioning as conductor (BSC) oriented diagonally toward cymbial conductors. Bulbal conductor and median apophysis absent. Exposed part of embolus relatively short (almost as long as palpal length), curved clockwise (left palp) but not coiled, resting on shield conductor. Membranous expansion of basal exposed embolus (pars pendula) containing spermatic duct. Spermatic duct enters embolus at distal end.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BB4723CFFF78055FF65896580409B2A" blockId="6.[151,1436,1801,1859]" pageId="6" pageNumber="42">
<emphasis id="B97FAE2EFFF78055FF65896585009B48" bold="true" box="[151,350,1801,1825]" pageId="6" pageNumber="42">FIGURES 1718.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B97FAE2EFFF78055FE97896686189B48" box="[357,582,1802,1825]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="42">Mysmena quebecana</emphasis>
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. Male (holotype), right leg I. 17. Tarsus, prolateral view, arrows to prolateral row of short modified setae on distal half; 18. Same, detail of distal tarsus.
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FEMALE (
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): As in male (
<figureCitation id="13306EB9FFF78055FDBF891B869E9BF8" box="[589,704,1911,1937]" captionStart="FIGURES 1 5" captionStartId="2.[151,269,1730,1754]" captionTargetBox="[224,1366,421,1697]" captionTargetId="figure@2.[217,1369,409,1708]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURES 1 5. Mysmena quebecana new species. 1 2. Female (paratype), lateral view. 1. carapace; 2. abdomen. 3. Male (holotype), cleared left palp, tibia and patella, retrolateral view. 4 5. Female (paratype), cleared epigynum, drawings. 4. ventral view; 5. dorsal view. Scale bars: 1 3 = 0.1 mm; 4 5 = 0.05 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/181020/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="42">Figs. 1, 2</figureCitation>
), except as noted (features at SEM level not observed). Carapace length 0.55, width 0.45, height 0.25. Femoral spot on legs I and II. Prolateral clasping spine absent. Sternum length 0.32, width 0.35, length/width 0.91, as in male.
<emphasis id="B97FAE2EFFF78055FC8189AB879D9B88" bold="true" box="[883,963,1991,2017]" pageId="6" pageNumber="42">Color:</emphasis>
as in male, darker areas more spotted, maxillae basally darker.
<emphasis id="B97FAE2EFFF68054FE318EFB861B9CD8" bold="true" box="[451,581,151,177]" pageId="7" pageNumber="43">Epigynum</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="13306EB9FFF68054FDA88EF486909CDB" box="[602,718,152,178]" captionStart-0="FIGURES 1 5" captionStart-1="FIGURE 6" captionStartId-0="2.[151,269,1730,1754]" captionStartId-1="3.[151,255,1521,1545]" captionTargetBox-0="[224,1366,421,1697]" captionTargetBox-1="[196,1400,554,1494]" captionTargetId-0="figure@2.[217,1369,409,1708]" captionTargetId-1="figure@3.[196,1402,554,1508]" captionTargetPageId-0="2" captionTargetPageId-1="3" captionText-0="FIGURES 1 5. Mysmena quebecana new species. 1 2. Female (paratype), lateral view. 1. carapace; 2. abdomen. 3. Male (holotype), cleared left palp, tibia and patella, retrolateral view. 4 5. Female (paratype), cleared epigynum, drawings. 4. ventral view; 5. dorsal view. Scale bars: 1 3 = 0.1 mm; 4 5 = 0.05 mm." captionText-1="FIGURE 6. Mysmena quebecana new species. Female (paratype), cleared epigynum, slide preparation, ventral view. Scale bar: 0.05 mm." httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/181020/files/figure.png" httpUri-1="https://zenodo.org/record/181021/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="43">Figs. 46</figureCitation>
): Epigynal area not sclerotized, with membranous scapus. Copulatory openings not visible. Copulatory ducts (CD) distinct, extremely membranous, coiled, seeming to open from common membranous internal atrium. Spermathecae (S) sclerotized, elongated, containing coiled duct distally expanded into a sort of reservoir. Fertilization ducts (FD) not clearly distinguishable, seemingly membranous.
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<paragraph id="8BB4723CFFF68054FF348F3381279DA3" blockId="7.[151,1436,151,538]" pageId="7" pageNumber="43">
<emphasis id="B97FAE2EFFF68054FF348F3385D39D10" bold="true" box="[198,397,351,377]" pageId="7" pageNumber="43">Natural history.</emphasis>
The specimens were collected in pitfall traps and water pans in two very different habitats: a mature maple forest and an open field. The low number of specimens does not allow inferring ecological affinities other than its occurrence in the Sugar maple-basswood domain of the Appalachian Lowlands.
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<emphasis id="B97FAE2EFFF68054FF348FBB85399D98" bold="true" box="[198,359,471,497]" pageId="7" pageNumber="43">Distribution.</emphasis>
Known from Québec,
<collectingCountry id="F31C32ACFFF68054FD868FB4868E9D9B" box="[628,720,472,498]" name="Canada" pageId="7" pageNumber="43">Canada</collectingCountry>
.
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<paragraph id="8BB4723CFFF68054FF348F9387D29E73" blockId="7.[151,1436,151,538]" box="[198,908,511,538]" pageId="7" pageNumber="43">
<emphasis id="B97FAE2EFFF68054FF348F9386579E70" bold="true" box="[198,521,511,537]" pageId="7" pageNumber="43">Other material examined.</emphasis>
Only known from
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material.
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