FIGURE 9. Mecynogea buique Levi, 1997 in Morphology and taxonomy of the orb-weaving spider genus Mecynogea, and a peculiar species of Argiope (Araneae, Araneidae)

FIGURE 9. Mecynogea buique Levi, 1997 from Serra Talhada, Pernambuco, Brazil: A, female habitus, dorsal view (UFMG 15789), B, male habitus, dorsal view (UFMG 15790); C–D, expanded male palps (UFMG 15790). Abbreviations: DB, distal branch of terminal apophysis; E, embolus; Eb, embolus base; IB, Internal branch of the terminal apophysis; PB, proximal branch of the terminal apophysis: TAb, terminal apophysis base. Scale bars: A, B, 1 mm; C, D, 0.1 mm.Published as part of Martins, Pedro H. & Santos, Adalberto J., 2018, Morphology and taxonomy of the orb-weaving spider genus Mecynogea, and a peculiar species of Argiope (Araneae, Araneidae), pp. 423-451 in Zootaxa 4415 (3) on page 435, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4415.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/124206