Genus Mosu Miller, Griswold & Yin, gen. n.

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Type species. Mosu nujiang Miller, Griswold & Yin, sp. n.

Etymology. Named for the Mosu people, a traditionally matriarchal ethnic minority in Yunnan Province. The gender is masculine.

Diagnosis. Female distinguished by the internal structure of the vulva, especially the round, sclerotized spermathecae with sclerotized fertilization ducts and the copulatory duct membranous and convoluted for most of its length, sclerotized at end of path near spermathecae (Fig. 43G, I); male unknown.

Description. Femoral spots present on legs I and II. Abdomen with or without posterior tubercle.

Vulva: Epigynum with bulbous, sclerotized spermathecae, short section of copulatory ducts near spermathecae sclerotized, rest of copulatory ducts membranous, convoluted; path occupies area both anterior and posterior of spermathecae. Fertilization ducts sclerotized, short, arise from mesal part of spermathecae and run more or less mesally (Fig. 43G, I). Ventral plate with a rounded lobe projecting posteriorly, with a small sclerotized process at apex (Fig. 43F, H).

Species. Mosu nujiang sp. n., M. huogou sp. n. Mysmena zhengi Lin and Li, 2008 (which is known from the male) may also belong to this genus.