The jumping lynx spider Oxyopes salticus Hentz, 1845 and its Neotropical relatives (Araneae: Oxyopidae)
Author
Santos, Adalberto J.
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Zootaxa
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Oxyopes crewi
Bryant
Figs 6
,
7
,
10
A
Oxyopes crewi
Bryant, 1948
: 361
–363, pl. 3 figs 21, 26–27 (Male
holotype
from Port-au-Prince[
18.5392o N
72.335o W
], Nord-
Est
,
Haiti, R.J. Crew
leg., deposited in
MCZ
20947, examined.
Female
allotype
, same data, deposited in
MCZ
43986, examined.
Male
and three female
paratypes
, same data, deposited in
N. Banks
collection, not found).
Roewer
1955
: 332
;
Brady
1964
: 479
.
Oxyopes salticus
;
Banks 1903
: 341
; 1909: 166;
Bryant 1940
: 286
.
Remarks
. Both
Banks (1903)
and
Bryant (1940)
list
Oxyopes salticus
in
Cuba
, and the latter even states that this species is relatively common in
Havana
and Soledad. Although I could not see any Cuban specimen collected before 1940, which could have been examined by them, I am confident these records can actually be attributed to
O. crewi
. I support this statement on the fact that, among the hundreds of specimens examined for this study; I did not find a single member of
O. salticus
from
Cuba
(see also
Brady 1964
: 479).
Diagnosis
.
Oxyopes crewi
resembles
O. salticus
and
O. incantatus
sp. nov.
(see
O. salticus
diagnosis), but can be distinguished by the pedipalpal tibia with a long ventral keel delimiting the retrolateral tibial scoop, the cymbial protrusion narrower apically and the basal embolic apophysis large, partially covering the embolus (
Figs 6
A, B, 7A–C). Females can be recognised by the epigynum with the median process comparatively flattened and the lateral processes large, partially covering the median process in ventral view (
Figs 6
C, D, 7D, E). As far as I could see, this is the only of the three species treated here that has females with damaged epigyna. Even in these cases, they can be recognised by the remains of the lateral processes (
Fig. 6
F).
FIGURE 6.
Oxyopes crewi
Bryant.
A
male copulatory apparatus, ventral view;
B
retrolateral view (arrow on retrobasal tibial apophysis);
C
female epigynum, ventral view;
D
lateral view;
E
female internal genitalia, dorsal view;
F
female epigynum, with median process broken. Scale bars: A, B 0.5 mm; C–F 0.2 mm.
FIGURE 7.
Oxyopes crewi
Bryant.
A
male copulatory apparatus, ventral view;
B
detail of the tibia;
C
detail of apical sclerites;
D
female epigynum, ventral view;
E
ventrolateral view;
F
female internal genitalia, dorsal view. Abbreviations: BEA, basal embolic apophysis; C, conductor; CD, copulatory duct; CP, cymbial protusion; E, embolus; FD, fertilization duct; LP, lateral process of epigynum; MA, median apophysis; MP, median process of epigynum; RTS, retrolateral tibial scoop; S, spermatheca; St, subtegulum; T, tegulum; VTA, ventral tibial apophysis.
Description
.
Male
(La Caoba,
San Luis
,
Cuba
, IBSP 165039). Carapace faint brown, with a median and a pair of lateral bands of brown cuticular scales.
Pars cephalica
with a lateral dark grey stripe and an anterolateral dark grey spot. Clypeus and chelicerae pale brown, with a pair of dark grey stripes from the anterior median eyes to the apex of the paturon. Endites faint brown, dark grey on the ectal margin. Labium dark brown. Sternum pale yellow, dark grey on the margins, near the base of coxae. Pedipalpal tibia orange, cymbium dark brown, remaining segments pale yellow. Legs yellow, femora I–III with a ventral, longitudinal dark grey stripe. Femur IV with basal and apical dark grey spots on venter. Opisthosoma dark grey, suffused with yellow spots and with a dark brown cardiac mark. Tegument moderately shiny, covered with smooth cuticular scales.
Sides
and venter dark grey. Spinnerets faint brown. Total length 3.66. Carapace 1.88 long, 1.45 wide. Tibia I length 1.6, II 1.42, III 0.99, IV 1.22. Opisthosoma 1.78 long, 1.14 wide. Ventral tibial apophysis with a large, oblique anterior keel, forming a retrolateral keel inside the retrolateral tibial scoop. Dorsal limit of the retrolateral tibial scoop with a triangular projection, retrobasal tibial apophysis triangular (
Figs 6
A, B, 7B). Tegulum with a wrinkled retrolateral sector (
Fig. 6
A).
Female
(La Caoba,
San Luis
,
Cuba
, IBSP 165039). Colour as in male, except by the following. Ventral stripes on femora II and III interrupted in the middle, femur IV without ventral spots. Opisthosoma dorsally and laterally white, covered with sparse brown cuticular scales. Cardiac mark brown. Venter white, with a median dark grey band from the epigastric sulcus to the spinnerets. Total length 5.36. Carapace 2.16 long, 1.63 wide. Tibia I length 1.93, II 1.78, III 1.3, IV 1.32. Opisthosoma 3.2 long, 2.03 wide. Epigynum markedly sclerotised, ventrally bulging posteriorly to the median process (
Fig. 6
C, D). Lateroposterior border with a marked ridge near the base of the lateral processes (
Fig. 7
E). Copulatory ducts stout, with a sigmoid trajectory and mostly oriented dorso-ventrally (
Fig. 6
E). Spermathecae rounded, with anterior glandular pores (
Fig. 7
F) and one ectal Bennet’s gland pore. Fertilization ducts short, posteriorly directed (
Fig. 6
E).
Variation
. Colour varies from pale yellow to faint brown among both males and females. Females may show broken epigynal processes (
Fig. 6
F). Subadult females have a pre-epigynum similar to the described above for
O. salticus
. Measurements: males (N=14), total length 3.2–4.58, carapace width 1.35–1.73. Females (N=10), total length 4.17–5.69, carapace width 1.4–1.73.
Natural history
. There is no published information on this species’ natural history. A sample from
Santiago
de
Cuba
was labelled as collected by sweeping, indicating that specimens dwell on herbaceous or understory foliage. Two other samples, from Spanish Town (
Jamaica
), were collected from nests of the hunting wasp
Trypoxylon texense
(Crabronidae)
, the same wasp that was reported provisioning nests with
Oxyopes salticus
in
Florida
(
Kurczewski 1963
). As mentioned for the other species, there is no information on sexual behaviour, but specimens with damaged epigyna (
Fig. 6
F) suggest that males can break the anterior process during or after copulation. This kind of behaviour has been reported for other spider families (
Mouginot
et al.
2015
;
Nakata 2016
, and references therein) and can represent an attempt of impeding the female to copulate with subsequent males. If that is the case, it is plausible to suppose that the anterior process has some importance guiding the positioning of the male copulatory apparatus before intromission.
Distribution
. Known only from
Bahamas
,
Cuba
,
Jamaica
, Hispaniola, and
Saint Kitts & Nevis
(
Fig. 10
A), from where I could not find a single specimen of
O. salticus
. A recent record of O.
salticus
from
Jamaica
(
Crews
et al.
2015
) can represent the only exception to this distribution pattern, but this still requires a confirmation, since I have not seen the voucher specimens of that study. Based on the material examined here, it seems that
Oxyopes crewi
somehow replaces
O. salticus
on those islands, which are geographically surrounded by distribution records of the latter species. This is interesting, in view of the obvious high dispersal and invasive capacity of
O. salticus
. Considering the close proximity between
O. crewi
and
O. salticus
distribution records, it is possible that these species compete in nature and that, at least until now,
O. crewi
populations have been able to impede
O. salticus
invasion. This curious distribution pattern deserves a future investigation, based mainly on both species’ natural history and phylogeography.
Additional material examined
.
BAHAMAS
.
New Providence
:
Nassau
(
25.0589o N
,
77.3451o W
),
J.S. Bonhote
leg.,
2/VII/1998
,
1 ♂
(
BMNH
)
.
CUBA
.
Artemisa
:
Mariel
,
Guajaibán River
(
22.9875o N
82.7536o W
)
P. Alayo
leg.,
VIII/1
967,
1 ♂
1 ♀
(
MCZ
)
;
Sierra de Anafe
(
22.9530o N
82.6443o W
), M
. Barro leg.,
27/X/1946
, 10 ♂ 23 ♀ 12 juv. (AMNH);
23/II/1947
, 1 ♂ (AMNH);
1/I/1947
, 1 ♂ (AMNH);
29/XII/1946
, 2 ♀ (AMNH);
10/XI/ 1946
,
16 ♂
36 ♀
12 juv.
(
AMNH
);
Cienfuegos
:
Soledad
(
22.4833o N
80.45o W
) C. & P
.
Vaurie
leg.,
VII/1956
,
1 ♀
(
AMNH
);
Holguín
:
La Melba
,
Moa
(
20.6o N
74.8167o W
), A
. Sánchez leg.,
24/VII/1997
, 1 ♂ (IBSP 165044);
23/ VII/1997
,
5 ♂
1 ♀
1 juv.
(
IBSP
165047
);
La Habana
:
Havana
(
23.1319o N
82.3642o W
), A
.
Archer
leg.,
19/VI/1955
,
1 ♀
1 juv.
(
AMNH
);
Marianao
(
23.0767o N
82.43o W
), M
.
L. Jaumel
leg.,
30/VII/1950
,
2 ♀
(
AMNH
);
Marianao
,
Laguito
(
23.0767o N
82.43o W
) P
.
Alayo
leg.,
IX/1967
,
4 ♂
3 ♀
(
MCZ
);
Santiago
de las
Vegas
(
22.97o N
82.3869o W
)
,
VII/1967
,
4 ♂
1 ♀
(
MCZ
);
San Antonio
de los
Baños
,
Laguna de Ariguanabo
(
22.9092o N
82.4907o W
)
,
V/1967
,
1 ♂
1 ♀
(
MCZ
);
Pinar del Río
:
Guane
(
22.2025o N
84.0875o W
), G
. Alayón Garcia leg.,
IX/ 1967
, 26 ♂ 8 ♀ 2 juv. (MCZ); G. Alayón Garcia leg., 26 ♂ 1 ♀ 3 juv. (MCZ);
1♂
1♀
(
UFMG
19945
);
Santiago
de Cuba
:
La Maya
(
20.1685o N
75.6472o W
,
sweep net
), P
.
Aiayo
leg.,
VI/1967
,
1 ♂
(
MCZ
);
Versalles
(
19.9961o N
75.8383o W
), P
.
Alayo
leg.,
1 ♂
(
MCZ
);
Santiago
de Cuba
,
Reserva Ecológica Siboney-Juticí
(
19.9593o N
75.7715o W
), A
.
Sánchez
leg.,
15/VII/1997
,
2 ♂
(
IBSP
165041
);
La Caoba
,
San Luis
(
20.1875o N
75.8508o W
)
,
25/ III/2005
,
1 ♂
1 ♀
(
IBSP
165039
);
Santiago
de Cuba
,
Sevilla
,
La Redonda
(
20.0064o N
75.7344o W
), J
.
L. Reyes
leg.,
1/XII/1996
,
2 ♂
2 ♀
2 juv.
(
IBSP
165040
); La
Redonda
,
Carretera
a
Siboney
(
19.9667o N
75.75o W
), A
.
Sánchez
leg.,
8/XII/1999
,
1 ♀
(
IBSP
165048
);
Siboney
,
Cueva
los
Mafaes
(
19.9602o N
75.7073o W
)
,
26/III/1998
,
1 ♀
(
IBSP
165037
);
Guamá
,
La Mula
(
19.9333o N
76.8o W
)
,
18/VI/1997
,
2 ♂
(
IBSP
165036
);
Cuabitas
(
20.0633o N
75.8075o W
)
,
10/XII/1955
,
2 ♀
(
AMNH
);
Camino de Aguadores, S
from
La Torre
(
19.9797o N
75.7894o W
)
,
10/VII/ 1955
,
1 ♂
(
AMNH
). DOMICAN REPUBLIC.
Monte Cristi
:
4 km
W
Villa Vasquez
(
19.7397o N
71.4829o W
)
,
1/X/ 1985
, 1 ♀ (FSCA).
JAMAICA
:
Clarendon
:
Kellits
,
Mason River
(savanna,
18.15o N
77.2333o W
), M
.
W. Sanderson
leg.,
16–17/IV/1959
,
1 ♂
2 ♀
(
AMNH
);
Kingston
:
Kingston
(18o N
76.8o W
),
Darlington
leg.
,
27–29/VIII/1934
,
1 ♀
(
MCZ
19864);
Jack's Hill Road
(
18.0375o N
76.7685o W
), A
.
M. Chickering
leg.,
6/XII/1957
,
2 ♂
1 ♀
(
MCZ
);
Palisades
(
17.9387o N
76.8168o W
), A
.M. Chickering leg.,
1/XI/1957
, 3 ♀ 2 juv. (MCZ);
Manchester
:
Christiana
(
18.1736o N
77.4912o W
),
12/XI/1957
,
3 ♀
3 juv.
(
MCZ
)
; Mandeville (18.0417o N 77.5071o W), E.B. Bryant leg.,
III/ 1934
, 1 ♀ (MCZ 19779); A.M. Chickering leg.,
13/IV/1937
, 1 ♀ 1 juv. (MCZ 19870);
Portland
:
1 mi
SE
Manchioneal
(
18.0397o N
76.2827o W
),
Blackwelder
&
Chapin
leg.,
30/I/1957
,
1 ♂
2 juv.
(
USNM
)
;
Saint Andrew
:
Constant Spring
(
18.0508o N
76.7937o W
),
1 ♀
(
USNM
)
;
Saint Ann
:
8 mi
N
Moneague
(
18.3889o N
77.1202o W
), A
.M. Chickering leg.,
7/XI/1957
, 1 ♂ 1 ♀ 1 juv. (MCZ); Phoenix Park (18.2972o N 77.1393o W),
25/VI/1954
, 1 ♀ 3 juv. (MCZ); Claremont (18.3312o N 77.1736o W),
20/VI/1954
, 1 ♀ (MCZ);
1 ♂
1 ♀
(
MCZ
);
Moneague
(
18.2756o N
77.1118o W
),
Darlington
leg.
,
26/VIII/1934
,
1 ♀
(
MCZ
19807);
Saint Catherine
:
Spanish Town
(dry shrubs, collected from nests of
Trypoxylon texense
,
17.9911o N
76.9574o W
), D
.B. Jayasingh leg.,
15/VIII/1974
, 1 ♂ (MCZ 19778);
10/V/1974
,
8 ♂
9 ♀
8 juv.
(
MCZ
);
Spanish Town
,
Jamaica
School of
Agriculture
(
18.0067o N
76.9326o W
), A
.
M. Chickering
leg.,
23/XI/1957
,
3 ♀
1 juv.
(
MCZ
);
Old Harbour
(
17.9414o N
77.109o W
), A
.M. Chickering leg.,
9/X/1957
, 2 ♂ 1 juv. (MCZ);
Saint James
:
Great River
(
18.4462o N
77.9891o W
),
23/VI/1954
,
2 ♂
1 ♀
(
MCZ
)
;
St Andrew
:
Ferry
(
18.0252o N
76.8733o W
), A
.M. Chickering leg.,
28/X/1957
, 3 ♂ 4 ♀ (MCZ); Liguanea (18.0176o N 76.7644o W),
4/XI/1957
, 1 ♀ (MCZ); Munroe Road (18.0183o N 76.7662o W),
19/XI/1957
, 2 ♂ 2 ♀ 6 juv. (MCZ);
Mona
Heights (
18.0129o N
76.7499o W
),
22/XII/1963
,
1 ♂
1 juv.
(
MCZ
)
;
Trelawny
:
Fallmouth
(
18.4936o N
77.6559o W
),
C. & P. Vaurie
leg.,
20/VII/1960
,
1 ♂
(
AMNH
).
SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS
.
Saint Kitts
:
Half Way Tree Village
(
17.3333o N
62.8167o W
),
28/I
/?,
1 ♂
1 juv.
(
USNM
)
.