Mysmena wawuensis explained

Mysmena wawuensis is a species of spider found in China. It grows to 0.75 millimetres long. It is named after the Wawu Mountain National Forest Park in Sichuan Province in southwestern China where it was discovered and first described in 2013 by Yucheng Lin and Shuqiang Li. It was collected from the leaf litter at an altitude of and is only known from the type locality.[1] [2] [3] [4]

Description

Measuring just 0.75mm long, Mysmena wawuensis is one of the smallest spiders known.[2] The carapace is round in the male and pear-shaped in the female. The cephalothorax is brown with dark margins, the sternum is black and the disproportionately large opisthosoma is black, with yellow flecks.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mysmena wawuensis . Li . Shuqiang . EurekAlert! . Pensoft Publishers . 16 June 2013.
  2. Web site: Two Amazingly Tiny Spider Species Found in China . Sci-News.com . 16 June 2013.
  3. Web site: Wild Fact #16 – The Newly Discovered Spider – Mysmena wawuensis . Wild Facts . 14 June 2013 . 16 June 2013.
  4. Web site: Two new species of Chinese spider are positively weeny . Crew . Becky . 12 June 2013 . Scientific American . 16 June 2013.
  5. Web site: Two new species of the genera Mysmena and Trogloneta (Mysmenidae,Araneae) from Southwestern China . Lin . Yucheng . Li . Shuqiang . ZooKeys . Pensoft Publishers . 12 May 2013 . 16 June 2013.

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