FIGURES 2–8. Araneus matsumotoi n. sp., male holotype (NSMT-Ar 20952; 2, 4, 5) and one of the female paratypes from Nara Pref. (NSMT-Ar 20958; 3, 6–8); habitus (2, 3), male palp (4, 5) and female genitalia (6–8). 2, Habitus of male, dorsal view. 3, Habitus of female, dorsal view. 4, Male left palp, prolateral view. 5, Same, anterior view. 6, Epigynum, ventral view. 7, Same, lateral view; 8, basal part of epigynum, ventral view. Arrows in Figs. 4 and 5 indicate a sharp appendix on the posterior margin of subterminal apophysis. Scale bars, 4–7, 1.0 mm; 8, 0.5 mm.

Published as part of Suzuki, Yuya & Tanikawa, Akio, 2021, A new species of the genus Araneus (Araneae: Araneidae) from Japan, pp. 591-596 in Zootaxa 5052 (4) on page 593, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5052.4.9, http://zenodo.org/record/5577387