A revision of the Neotropical spider genus Nops MacLeay (Araneae: Caponiidae) with the first phylogenetic hypothesis for the Nopinae genera Author Sánchez-Ruiz, Alexander Author Brescovit, Antonio D. text Zootaxa 2018 2018-06-01 4427 1 1 121 journal article 29978 10.11646/zootaxa.4427.1.1 c87fedef-eea4-42c6-998a-2a01b2c5839d 1175-5326 1271779 A13A4AB4-0E53-463B-A835-72C193728BB5 Nops sublaevis Simon, 1893 Figures 72A‒G ; 73A‒L Nops sublaevis Simon, 1893b : 450 , pl. 9, fig. 14. Males and female syntypes from Colonia Tovar ( 10°24′20″N , 67°17′22″W ), Aragua , Venezuela ( NHM ; not examined, apparently lost). Remarks . Searches of syntypes in NHM were unsuccessful. However, two males from Maracay, Aragua ( 20 km SW of type locality) match with original description and figures of Simon (1893b) . Additional material examined . VENEZUELA : Aragua : Maracay, Rancho Grande (currently Parque Nacional Henri Pittier , 10°22′48″N , 67°37′8.4″W ), 27.vii.1946 , W.M. Bebee , 1♂ ( AMNH ) . Ditto , 31.viii.1946 , W.M. Bebee , 1♂ ( AMNH ) . Ditto , 5.vii.1946 , W.M. Bebee , 1♀ ( AMNH ) . Trujillo : 6.1 km . N Bocono , 31.iii.1992 , L. Herman , 1♀ ( AMNH ) . Diagnosis . Males and females resemble similar congener Nops meridionalis , which have a similar abdominal pattern as in figure 6I , by having the PLS longer than the PMS and the posterior unpaired claws small ( Fig. 5C ); but can be distinguished by having the embolus slightly curved and shorter than palpal tibia ( Fig. 72B‒D ) and females without invagination on receptaculum ( Figs 72G ; 73G‒I). FIGURE 72 . Nops sublaevis Simon ; A–D male (Aragua: AMNH); E–G female (Aragua: AMNH). A habitus, dorsal view. B left palp, prolateral view. C left palp, ventral view. D left palp, retrolateral view. E habitus, dorsal view. F external genital area, ventral view. G internal genitalia, dorsal view. Abbreviations: ap—anterior plate, ess—sclerotization around spiracles, go—genital opening, pp—posterior plate, re—receptaculum, ue—uterus externus. Scale bars: 2 mm ( A , E ), 0.5 mm ( B–D , F–G ). FIGURE 73 . Nops sublaevis Simon ; A–F male (Aragua: AMNH); G–L female (Aragua: AMNH). A left palp, prolateral view. B tip of left embolus, prolateral view. C same, retrolateral oblique view. D left tibial brush, prolateral view. E tip of left embolus, ventral view. F left stridulatory pick, prolateral view. G internal genitalia, dorsal view. H receptaculum, dorsal view. I pretarsus on leg I, ventral view. J tarsus on left leg IV, prolateral view. K pretarsal claws on left leg IV, prolateral oblique view. L same, anterior oblique view. Abbreviations: ar—arolium, CwL—claw lever, CwS—claw slit sensilla, ete—embolar tip extensions. Description . Male (Maracay, AMNH): Carapace dark orange ( Fig. 72A ). Chelicerae, endites, labium legs orange, coxae and trochanters lighter. Abdomen dorsally greenish gray, with the most common pattern as in figure 6I , ventrally light pale gray. Anal tubercle and spinnerets light gray. Total length 8.8. Carapace 5.4 long, 3.3 wide. Sternum 4.6 long, 3.0 wide. Leg measurements: I: 3.8; II: 3.7; III: 3.5; IV: 3.9. Posterior unpaired claws small, as in other three‒clawed spiders with small denticles. PLS longer than PMS. Palp with embolus shorter than palpal tibia, slightly curved ( Figs 72B‒D ; 73A); tip with two ventral short extensions and a reborded dorsal margin ( Fig. 73 B‒C, E ). Female (Maracay: AMNH). Carapace, chelicerae, labium, coxae, legs, endites and sternum as in male. Abdomen as in male ( Fig. 72E ). Anal tubercle and spinnerets whitish yellow. Total length 9.2. Carapace 5.6 long, 3.5 wide. Sternum 4.8 long, 3.4 wide. Leg measurements: I: 3.9; II: 3.85; III: 3.6; IV: 4.05. Posterior unpaired claws ( Fig. 73L ) and PLS as in male. External genital area with strongly sclerotized anterior plate and lep, remarkable ess ( Fig. 72F ). Internal genitalia without invagination on receptaculum and uterus externus with narrow base ( Figs 72G ; 73G‒I). Distribution . Known from Venezuela ( Fig. 55B ).