Cubanops terueli, 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 : 39

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).

Figures

FIGS. 196–204. Cubanops terueli, new species, male. 196. Habitus, dorsal view. 197. Same, ventral view. 198. Carapace, dorsal view. 199. Sternum and mouthparts, ventral view. 200. Epigastric region, ventral view. 201. Left palp, prolateral view. 202. Same, retrolateral view. 203. Bulb and embolus, prolateral view. 204. Embolus tip, prolateral view.

FIGS. 205–211. Cubanops terueli, new species, female. 205. Habitus, dorsal view. 206. Same, ventral view. 207. Carapace, dorsal view. 208. Sternum and mouthparts, ventral view. 209. Epigastric region, ventral view. 210. Internal genitalia, ventral view. 211. Same, dorsal view.