Mosu Miller, Griswold & Yin, 2009

Miller, Jeremy, Griswold, Charles & Yin, Chang, 2009, The symphytognathoid spiders of the Gaoligongshan, Yunnan, China (Araneae: Araneoidea): Systematics and diversity of micro-orbweavers, ZooKeys 11 (11), pp. 9-195 : 51-52

Genus Mosu Miller, Griswold & Yin , gen. n.

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Type species. Mosu nujiang Miller, Griswold & Yin , sp. n.

Etymology. Named for the Mosu people, a traditionally matriarchal ethnic minority in Yunnan Province. The gender is masculine.

Diagnosis. Female distinguished by the internal structure of the vulva , especially the round, sclerotized spermathecae with sclerotized fertilization ducts and the copulatory duct membranous and convoluted for most of its length, sclerotized at end of path near spermathecae ( Fig. 43G, I ); male unknown.

Description. Femoral spots present on legs I and II. Abdomen with or without posterior tubercle.

Vulva: Epigynum with bulbous, sclerotized spermathecae, short section of copulatory ducts near spermathecae sclerotized, rest of copulatory ducts membranous, convoluted; path occupies area both anterior and posterior of spermathecae. Fertilization ducts sclerotized, short, arise from mesal part of spermathecae and run more or less mesally ( Fig. 43G, I ). Ventral plate with a rounded lobe projecting posteriorly, with a small sclerotized process at apex ( Fig. 43F, H ).

Species. Mosu nujiang sp. n., M. huogou sp. n. Mysmena zhengi Lin and Li, 2008 (which is known from the male) may also belong to this genus.

Figures

Figure 43. A-C, Gaoligonga changya sp. n. from QiQi He; D, E, Gaoligonga zhusun sp. n. from Shilajia village; F-G, Mosu nujiang sp. n. from Pee He; H, I, Mosu huogou sp. n. from Haban Falls. A, D, F, H, epigynum, ventral view; B, E, G, I, cleared vulva, dorsal view; C, eggs.CD: copulatory duct; FD: fertilization duct; S, spermatheca.