Paratropis tuxtlensis anatomy 29646

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Description: English: Figures 14–21. Paratropis tuxtlensis. Male 14 Left palp, prolateral view 15 Left palp, detail of bulb and embolus, prolateral view 16 Detail of the embolus opening, distal view 17 Left palp tibia, dorsal-retrolateral view (arrows indicate the trichobothria) 18 Detail of the trichobothria sockets on the palp tibia 19 Left palp, tibia and tarsus, prolateral view 20 Left palp, tibia and tarsus, retrolateral view (arrows indicate the trichobothria) 21 Detail of the setae on tarsus of left palp, prolateral view. Scales: 10 µm (Figure 16), 100 µm (Figure 18), 200 µm (Figure 21), 500 µm (Figures 15, 17, 19, 20), 1 mm (Figure 14). Date: 16 June 2014. Source: Valdez Mondragon A, Mendoza J, Francke O (2014) First record of the mygalomorph spider family Paratropididae (Arachnida, Araneae) in North America with the description of a new species of Paratropis Simon from Mexico, and with new ultramorphological data for the family. ZooKeys 416: 1-21. doi:10.3897/zookeys.416.7253. Author: Alejandro Valdez-Mondragón, Jorge I. Mendoza, Oscar F. Francke.