Monoblemma unicum Gertsch, 1941

Monoblemma unicum Gertsch, 1941 View in CoL

Figure 1 View FIGURE 1 .

Monoblemma unica Gertsch, 1941: 10 , figs. 9–12

( male holotype from Barro Colorado Island , Canal Zone, Panama, 9.VI.1938 E. G. Williams, Jr. leg., deposited in AMNH, examined ).

Monoblemma unicum Shear, 1978: 21 View in CoL , figs. 47–50 (correction of specific epithet according to the gender of the generic name); Nentwig, 1993: 97, figs. 48A–C.

Diagnosis. This is the only species in the genus that has a single median eye on the edge of the clypeal declivity ( Gertsch 1941: 8; Fig. 1A–B, D View FIGURE 1 ). Males can be further distinguished by the robust embolus with a canal along its full extension ( Fig. 1F–I View FIGURE 1 ).

Description. An excellent and highly detailed description was originally provided by Gertsch (1941). This description was successfully supplemented by Shear (1978).

Distribution. Only known from Panama ( Fig. 21 View FIGURE 21 ).