Figure 4
From: Female control of mate plugging in a female-cannibalistic spider (Micaria sociabilis)
Morphology of the male genital bulb of M. sociabilis . A – B: SEM; C: Volume and surface reconstruction. A. Ventral view of genital bulb. B. Detail of the bulbus gland opening with remnants of plug material (arrow). Asterisk marks tip of the embolus bearing spermophor opening. C. Ventral and prolateral view of genital bulb and its longitudinal section. The gland reservoir encircled by loops of spermophor opens up below embolus (arrow). Cy – cymbium, E – embolus, RTA – retrolateral tibial apophysis, T – tegulum, Ti – tibia.