. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology. CHICKERING : MICRATHENA IN CENTRAL AMERICA 417 Only the female has been known up to the present time. Now however, with the finding of immature males with a copious sup- ply of hair as well as other revealing features the male can be positively identified. Banks was the first to report the female from Panama. Female hypotype. Total length mm. Carapace quite typical of the genus except that it is largely covered by a copious growth of long yellowish silky hair. The abdomen is also well supplied with hair but thi
. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology. CHICKERING : MICRATHENA IN CENTRAL AMERICA 417 Only the female has been known up to the present time. Now however, with the finding of immature males with a copious sup- ply of hair as well as other revealing features the male can be positively identified. Banks was the first to report the female from Panama. Female hypotype. Total length mm. Carapace quite typical of the genus except that it is largely covered by a copious growth of long yellowish silky hair. The abdomen is also well supplied with hair but this is of a darker color and largely confined to the lateral margins and especially to the posterior furcula. The color as noted among the specimens avail- able for study is quite variable but follows rather closely the. External Anatomy of Micrathena Figures 61-66, If. furcula Figs. 61-63. Epigynum from below, in posterior view, and in profile from tight side, respectively. Fig. 64. Body of male in dorsal view. Fig. 65. Palpal patella, tibia, and tarsus. Fig. 66. Palpal tarsal basal hook. description given by the author of the species. The form of the abdomen (Fig. 60) should make identification certain. The characteristics of the epigynum are shown in Figures Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Harvard University. Museum of Comparative Zoology. Cambridge, Mass. : The Museum
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