Mogrus cognatus Wesolowska & van Harten, 1994

Wesolowska, W. & van Harten, A., 2010, Order Araneae, Arthropod fauna of the UAE, Abu Dhabi: Dar Al Ummah, pp. 27-69 : 40

Mogrus cognatus Wesolowska & van Harten, 1994 Figures 37 -39

Specimens examined: Khor al-Khwair , 1♂, 2-13. v. 2007, LT .

Description: Measurements. Cephalothorax length 2.8, width 2.2, height 1.2. Abdomen length 3.1, width 1.8. Eye field length 1.2, anterior width 1.9, posterior width 2.0.

Male. Cephalothorax high, gently sloping posteriorly. Carapace dark brown, eye field black, near eyes long brown bristles. Sides of carapace covered by dense white hairs. Two white streaks on thoracic part. Clypeus clothed in dense, long, white hairs. Chelicerae almost black, labium and gnathocoxae brown with paler tips, sternum yellow. Abdomen thin, elongated, pointed at the end, dark brown with two whitish streaks form by light hairs. Venter dark yellow with brownish longitudinal stripe. Spinnerets light brown. Legs dark yellow, only distal ends of femora brownish, on patellae and tibiae darker spots. Leg hairs and spines brownish. Pedipalps dark. Palpal organ typical for the genus. Cymbium narrow, tibial apophysis long with very thin end (Fig. 39), tegulum small, founded with large additional anterior protuberance, embolus long with broad ‘ pars pendula’ ( Fig. 37 ).

Female unknown.

Distribution: Hitherto this species was only known from Yemen. New to the UAE.

Figures

Figures 37 39. Mogrus cognafus Wesolowska & van Harten. 37: Palpal organ in ventral view; 38: Same in lateral view; 39: Same in dorsal view.