Cubanops juragua, 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 : 35

Cubanops juragua , new species

Figures 164–179

TYPE: Male holotype taken under rock at Playa Juragua, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba (Aug. 2, 1999; R. Teruel), deposited in BSC .

ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the type locality.

DIAGNOSIS: Males resemble those of C. alayoni but have the subdistal process on the embolus originating at a right angle to the embolus tip, which lacks tiny subdistal prongs (figs. 171, 172); females have a distinctively shaped, distally acute receptaculum (figs. 178, 179). Males and females have not been collected together, but are here matched because of their geographic proximity and their mutual affinities to other members of the species group.

MALE: Total length 2.61 (figs. 164–172). Carapace pale yellow, with thin, purple margins separated from paramedian reticulations by distinct submarginal unmarked bands, reticulations on each side separated by median, longitudinal unmarked band extending onto anterior portion of pars thoracica. Sternum orange, without submarginal darkened spots. Abdominal dorsum with purple markings reduced to five dark chevrons. Sides of femora, tibiae, and metatarsi darkened. Embolus long, narrow, subdistal process situated far from tip, originating at right angle; embolus tip wide, without subdistal tiny prongs (figs. 171, 172).

FEMALE: Total length 3.59 (figs. 173–179). Coloration as in male except abdominal dark chevrons larger. Receptaculum forming equilateral triangle, distally acute (figs. 178, 179).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: CUBA: Santiago de Cuba: Ciudamar , Mar. 2, 1999 (R. Teruel, BSC) , 1 &; La Socapa , Aug. 23, 2001, under rock (R. Teruel, BSC) , 2 %, Dec. 11, 2002 (R. Teruel, A. Sánchez, BSC 599 ) , 2 &; Zona Morro , Nov. 26, 1976, under large rock (L. Riverón, G. Alayón, IES) , 1 &.

DISTRIBUTION: Eastern Cuba (Santiago de Cuba province).

Figures

FIGS. 164–172. Cubanops juragua, new species, male. 164. Habitus, dorsal view. 165. Same, ventral view. 166. Carapace, dorsal view. 167. Sternum and mouthparts, ventral view. 168. Epigastric region, ventral view. 169. Left palp, prolateral view. 170. Same, retrolateral view. 171. Bulb and embolus, prolateral view. 172. Embolus tip, prolateral view.

FIGS. 173–179. Cubanops juragua, new species, female. 173. Habitus, dorsal view. 174. Same, ventral view. 175. Carapace, dorsal view. 176. Sternum and mouthparts, ventral view. 177. Epigastric region, ventral view. 178. Internal genitalia, ventral view. 179. Same, dorsal view.