| Review Comments |
Male & female mating - male to left facing camera, black-bellied abdomen of female visible to right of male. Male's left pedipalpal mating organ is attached to female's abdominal genital opening (epigynum - not visible here). Pale "blob" is expansible membrane of male's organ - expanded to effect coupling with female's epigynum. Superimposed upon the "blob" is the pedipalpal "cymbium" - the terminal segment of the male's pedipalp and to which most of the male's mating gear is attached. |