Maimuna vestita (C. L. Koch, 1841)
Description
Male
Prosoma brown-yellow, eye region blackish. Palp: Femur with large retrolateral scale. No patellar or tibial apophysis. Patella with 2 dorsal spines. Tibia with long hairs and 4 spines. Conductor very complicated, ending in 3 large, bent apophyses.
prosoma length: 5.0 mm, prosoma width: 3.2 mm.
Body length male: 9 mmFemale
Prosoma brown-yellow, eye region blackish. Epigyne: large anterior cavity, wider and deepest posteriorly, bordered by stronger sclerotized parts. Posterior transversal domed area which is darker at the central longitudinal axe. Characteristic vulva.
prosoma length: 3.8 mm, prosoma width: 2.8 mm.
Body length female: 7.4 mmDistribution
Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Levy 1996)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Levy 1996)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Lecigne 2013)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Lecigne 2013)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Dimitrov 2022)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Dimitrov 2022)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Dimitrov 2022)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Dimitrov 2022)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Kaya et al. 2023a)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Kaya et al. 2023a)
Embolic division
(Levy 1996)
Epigyne
(Brignoli 1976b)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Levy 1996)
Epigyne
(Dimitrov 2022)
Vulva
(Brignoli 1976b)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Levy 1996)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Dimitrov 2022)
Distribution List
References
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