Microstructure of the silk apparatus in the coelotine spider Paracoelotes spinivulva (Araneae: Amaurobiidae)

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The microstructural characteristics of the silk-spinning apparatus and its ecological significance in the coelotine spider Paracoelotes spinivulva were examined by field emission scanning electron microscopy, with the goal of understanding the properties and the evolutionary origins of these silk constructs. The silk apparatuses of this spider were composed of four basic types of silk-spinning spigot (ampullate, pyriform, aciniform and tubuliform), which connected with typical silk glands in the abdominal cavity. Of the three pairs of spinnerets, the posterior pairs were highly elongated along the body axis. Anterior spinnerets comprised two pairs of ampullate glands and approximately 70-80 pairs of pyriform glands in both sexes. Middle spinnerets had one to two pairs of ampullate spigots, three pairs of tubuliform spigots in females, and 50-60 (female) or 80-90 (male) pairs of aciniform spigots. An additional two pairs of tubuliform spigots in females and 70-80 (female) or 100-120 (male) pairs of aciniform spigots were counted on the spinning surfaces of the posterior spinnerets in both sexes. Although the coelotine spiders use theirsilk to catch prey, P. spinivulva characteristically do not have a typical “"triad”" spigot, including a flagelliform and two aggregate spigots, for capture thread production.

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