. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology. 422 BULLETIN: MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY stout terminal spines (Fig. 75). The legs appear to lack the modified spines so frequently present in the males of the genus. The first coxa lacks the ventral hook and the second femur also lacks the ridge and groove so frequently present. The chief palpal features are shown in Figures 76-77. Collection records. The female hypotype is from Patulul, Gua- temala, January, 1912 (W. M. Wheeler). The male hypotype is from Orizaba, Mexico, with no date given. Other female speci- m
. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology. 422 BULLETIN: MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY stout terminal spines (Fig. 75). The legs appear to lack the modified spines so frequently present in the males of the genus. The first coxa lacks the ventral hook and the second femur also lacks the ridge and groove so frequently present. The chief palpal features are shown in Figures 76-77. Collection records. The female hypotype is from Patulul, Gua- temala, January, 1912 (W. M. Wheeler). The male hypotype is from Orizaba, Mexico, with no date given. Other female speci- mens studied by me are from: Granada, Nicaragua (C. F. Baker); Polvon, Nicaragua; Tampico, Mexico, 1913 (H. L. Locke); Vera Cruz, Mexico; San Jose, Tamaulipica, Mexico, July, 1930 (Bartlett and Dice) ; Uricuajo, Costa Rica (Biolley and Tristan). One record only from Panama: M. nigrior Cham- berlin and External Anatomy of Micrathena Figures 72-77, M. gracilis Fig. 72. Abdomen of female, dorsal view. Figs. 73-74. Epigynum in posterior and profile views, respectively. Fig. 75. Dorsal view of body of male. Fig. 76. Left palpal tarsus. Fig. 77. Palpal tarsal basal hook, more 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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