Cubanops darlingtoni (Bryant) Sánchez-Ruiz & Platnick & Dupérré, 2010

Sánchez-Ruiz, Alexander, Platnick, Norman I. & Dupérré, Nadine, 2010, A New Genus of the Spider Family Caponiidae (Araneae, Haplogynae) from the West Indies, American Museum Novitates 2010 (3705), pp. 1-44 : 17

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.

Figures

FIGS. 60–67. Cubanops darlingtoni (Bryant), female. 60. Habitus, dorsal view. 61. Carapace and abdomen, dorsal view. 62. Same, ventral view. 63. Carapace, dorsal view. 64. Sternum and mouthparts, ventral view. 65. Epigastric region, ventral view. 66. Internal genitalia, ventral view. 67. Same, dorsal view.