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
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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 terueli
,
new species
Figures 196–211
TYPES:
Male
holotype
and female
allotype
taken under rocks along the margins of the
Río Guaurabo
, Trinidad,
21°48′10″N
,
80°00′42″W
,
Sancti Spíritus
,
Cuba
(
May 20, 2006
;
R. Teruel
), deposited in
BSC
(606).
ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a patronym in honor of Rolando Teruel, collector of the
types
and many other caponiids.
DIAGNOSIS: Males have a distinctively recurved subdistal process on the embolus (figs. 203, 204); females have a distinctively narrowed apex on the anterior receptaculum (figs. 210, 211).
MALE: Total length 2.72 (figs. 196–204). Carapace pale yellow with whiter areas, dark purple margins separated from paramedian reticulations by distinct submarginal unmarked bands, reticulations weak, those on each side separated by median, longitudinal unmarked band extending most of carapace length. Sternum orange, with faint dark markings opposite endites. Abdominal dorsum purple, with four white chevrons, most anterior chevron largest. Femora and tibiae darkened except around proximal and distal ends. Embolus long, narrow, subdistal process recurved, tip with four tiny prongs (figs. 203, 204).
FEMALE: Total length 3.98 (figs. 205–211). Coloration as in male except abdominal dorsum with most anterior chevron only slightly larger than others. Receptaculum with abruptly narrowed tip (figs. 210, 211)
OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED:
CUBA
:
Sancti Spíritus
:
vicinity of
Río Guaurabo
,
Trinidad
,
Nov. 20, 1976
(
L. Hernández
,
IES
), 1
%
.
DISTRIBUTION: Central
Cuba
(
Sancti Spíritus province
).