Tarsonops Chamberlin, 1924

Ruiz, Alexander Sánchez & Brescovit, Antonio D., 2015, On the taxonomic placement of the Cuban spider Nops ariguanabo Alayón and the description of a new Mexican Tarsonops (Araneae, Caponiidae), Zootaxa 3914 (2), pp. 131-143 : 132

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3914.2.3
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6116579
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scientific name	Tarsonops Chamberlin, 1924
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Genus Tarsonops Chamberlin, 1924 View in CoL View at ENA

Tarsonops sectipes Chamberlin, 1924 View in CoL type species by original designation.

Diagnosis. Members of the genus can be distinguished from Caponiinae genera by the presence of subsegmented tarsi (fig. 9); and from other Nopinae genera by having all metatarsi subsegmented with one or several false sutures (figs. 8, 51–54).

Included species. Tarsonops ariguanabo (Alayon) , Tarsonops clavis Chamberlin , Tarsonops coronilla n. sp., Tarsonops irataylori Bond & Taylor , Tarsonops sectipes Chamberlin , Tarsonops sternalis (Banks) , Tarsonops systematicus Chamberlin.

Known distribution. Mexico, Belize, Cuba and Panama.