Nops jaragua, Sánchez-Ruiz & Brescovit, 2018

Sánchez-Ruiz, Alexander & Brescovit, Antonio D., 2018, A revision of the Neotropical spider genus Nops MacLeay (Araneae: Caponiidae) with the first phylogenetic hypothesis for the Nopinae genera, Zootaxa 4427 (1), pp. 1-121 : 45-47

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4427.1.1

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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:A13A4AB4-0E53-463B-A835-72C193728BB5

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5996408

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03901723-FF9E-FFDB-FF04-FE27FB52449A

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scientific name

Nops jaragua
status

sp. nov.

Nops jaragua View in CoL , new species

Figures 26A‒F View FIGURE 26 ; 27A‒I

Types. Male holotype from El Cajuil , course between Oviedo and La Laguna (17°48′02.016″N, 71°21′51.602″W), Jaragua National Park, Oviedo, Pedernales, Dominican Republic, 6.ii.2002, G. Alayόn, deposited in IBSP 166762 View Materials GoogleMaps . Female paratype from El Cajuil (17°48′9.479″N, 71°21′46.634″W), Jaragua National Park, Oviedo, Pedernales, Dominican Republic, 19.v.1999, I. Arias & H. Andujar, deposited in IBSP 166763 View Materials GoogleMaps . Female paratype, same data, deposited in IBSP 166764 View Materials GoogleMaps .

Additional material examined. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Pedernales: Road Oviedo Pedernales, Km. 18, Jaragua National Park, Oviedo (17°55′10″N, 71°33′24″W), 1.ii.2005, under stones, A. Sánchez ‒ Ruiz, 1♀ immature ( BSC 547 About BSC ) GoogleMaps . Laguna de Oviedo, Jaragua National Park (17°47′12″N, 71°21′34″W), 10.vi. 2 0 0 4, under stones, A. Sánchez ‒ Ruiz, 1♀ ( BSC 619 About BSC ) GoogleMaps . Carretera Aceitillar km. 7, Sierra de Bahoruco, 1.ii.2005, A. Sánchez ‒ Ruiz, 1♀ ( BSC 598 About BSC ) . La Charca, road to Aceitillar, Sierra de Bahoruco, 22.vi.2004, A. Sánchez ‒ Ruiz, 1♀ ( BSC 616 About BSC ) . Carretera Aceitillar km. 10, Sierra de Bahoruco, 20.vi.2006, A. Sánchez ‒ Ruiz, under stones, 1♀ ( BSC 516 About BSC ) . South end of Laguna de Oviedo, Oviedo (17°44′29″N, 71°22′50″W), 10.xii.1982, R.E. Woodruff, 1♂ (leg IV and palp for SEM) 1♀ ( FSCA). Mencia , 29.iii.2006, A. Sánchez ‒ Ruiz, under stones, 1♀ ( BSC 515 About BSC ) GoogleMaps . 4 Km N Oviedo, 28.xi‒4.xii.1991, intercept traps, L. Masner & S. Peck , 1♀ (genitalia for SEM) ( AMNH).

Etymology. The specific name is a noun in apposition, derived from the type locality.

Diagnosis. Males resemble similar congener Nops hispaniola ( Fig. 24B‒C View FIGURE 24 ) by having a short and curved embolus; but can be distinguished by having a differentiated texture on the surface of the median part, formed by several folds and lacking sclerotized margin ( Fig. 27E‒F View FIGURE 27 ). Females with straight receptaculum, without invagination and uterus externus with wide base ( Fig. 27A‒C View FIGURE 27 ). Males and females also can be distinguished by the unpaired claws elongated and dorsally reflexed on posterior legs ( Fig. 27I View FIGURE 27 ).

Description. Male (holotype): Carapace yellowish orange. Chelicerae, labium, coxae and legs yellow. Endites and sternum yellowish orange ( Fig. 26A View FIGURE 26 ). Abdomen light gray, dorsal pattern as in figure 6I but almost unnoticeable, lighter ventrally. Anal tubercle and spinnerets light gray. Total length 8.8. Carapace 5.13 long, 3.08 wide. Sternum 3.2 long, 3.0 wide. Leg measurements: I: 3.7; II: 3.65; III: 3.2; IV: 3.95. Posterior unpaired claws elongated and dorsally reflexed. PLS same size as PMS. Palp with embolus shorter than palpal tibia, curved, with a differentiated texture on median part ( Fig. 26B View FIGURE 26 ); narrow embolar tip ( Fig. 26B‒C View FIGURE 26 ), with two ventral short extensions ( Fig. 27E‒F View FIGURE 27 ),

Female (paratype): Carapace pale yellow. Chelicerae, labium, coxae, legs, endites and sternum as in male. Abdomen as in male ( Fig. 26D View FIGURE 26 ). Anal tubercle and spinnerets whitish yellow. Total length 8.9. Carapace 5.3 long, 3.3 wide. Sternum 3.7 long, 3.2 wide. Leg measurements: I: 3.8; II: 3.75; III: 3.3; IV: 4.05. Posterior unpaired claws and PLS as in male. External genital area with weakly sclerotized anterior plate, strongly sclerotized lep and remarkable ess ( Fig. 26E View FIGURE 26 ). Internal genitalia with receptaculum without invagination and uterus externus with wide base ( Figs 26F View FIGURE 26 ; 27A‒C).

Natural history. Known specimens were collected under stones, in a semi‒desert savannah habitat from Jaragua National Park.

Distribution. Known from localities in Jaragua National Park, Dominican Republic ( Fig. 19A View FIGURE 19 ).

FSCA

Florida State Collection of Arthropods, The Museum of Entomology

AMNH

American Museum of Natural History

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Caponiidae

Genus

Nops

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