A New Genus of the Spider Family Caponiidae (Araneae, Haplogynae) from the West Indies
Author
Sánchez-Ruiz, Alexander
Author
Platnick, Norman I.
Author
Dupérré, Nadine
text
American Museum Novitates
2010
2010-12-29
2010
3705
1
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http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1206/3705.2
journal article
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10.1206/3705.2
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Cubanops darlingtoni
(Bryant)
,
new combination
Figures 60–67
Caponina darlingtoni
Bryant, 1948: 342
(female
holotype
from
San José
de las
Matas
,
Santiago de los Caballeros
,
Dominican Republic
, in MCZ; examined).
DIAGNOSIS: Females resemble those of the other members of the
ludovicorum
group, but have the membranous sac extending far more anteriorly of the sclerotized anterior margin of the receptaculum (figs. 66, 67).
MALE: Unknown.
FEMALE: Total length 3.82 (figs. 60–67). Carapace pale yellow, with dark purple margins separated from median reticulations by distinct submarginal unmarked bands, reticulations darker laterally than medially. Sternum dark orange, with submarginal darkened spots opposite each coxa. Anterior portion of abdominal dorsum dark purple, with median, longitudinal white stripe, posterior portion with three white chevrons, chevrons largest anteriorly. Femora, patellae, tibiae, and metatarsi darkened except for subproximal pale areas on femora and subdistal pale areas on each of those segments. Genitalia with widely arched anterior receptacular margin, membranous sac extending far anterior of that margin (figs. 66, 67).
MATERIAL EXAMINED:
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
:
Santiago de los Caballeros
:
San José
de las
Matas
,
June 1938
, elev.
1500 ft
(
P. Darlington
,
MCZ
), 1
&
(
holotype
)
.
DISTRIBUTION:
Santiago de los Caballeros province
,
Dominican Republic
, Hispaniola.
The
alayoni
Group
Known only from
Cuba
and
the Dominican
Republic, this group contains six species with a relatively long embolus and a relatively high anterior receptaculum.