Seven new species of the spider genus Ochyrocera from caves in Floresta Nacional de Carajas, PA, Brazil (Araneae, Ochyroceratidae)
Author
Brescovit, Antonio D.
Author
Cizauskas, Igor
Author
Mota, Leandro P.
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ZooKeys
2018
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.726.19778
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.726.19778
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Ochyrocera Simon, 1892
Ochyrocera
Simon, 1892: 565 (Type species,
O. arietina
Simon)
Ceruleocera
Marples, 1955: 462 (Type species by original designation
C. ransfordi
Marples);
Brignoli 1979
: 598 (Syn.)
Diagnosis.
Species of the genus
Ochyrocera
can be distinguished by having a tracheal spiracle between the epigastric fold and spinnerets (see
Perez-Gonzalez
et al. 2016
: fig. 8A); clypeus sloping (Fig. 1
A-B
); tip of labium notched (Fig. 8E); long legs; male palp without tibial apophysis; cymbium conical and with prolateral extension, with or without apical cuspule; and flexed embolus projecting forward (Fig. 1
C-D
).
Composition.
Thirty-nine species (
World Spider Catalog 2017
).
Distribution.
With the exception of
Ochyrocera ransfordi
, described by
Marples (1955)
from Samoa, all described species are from Mexico, Cuba, Hispaniola, Lesser Antilles, Saint Vincent, Guatemala, Venezuela, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, Argentina, and Brazil.