Nops ernestoi Sánchez

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 : 28-31

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

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5996390

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03901723-FFA9-FFEB-FF04-FACFFCDB408A

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scientific name

Nops ernestoi Sánchez
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Nops ernestoi Sánchez View in CoL – Ruiz, 2005

Figures 13H‒L View FIGURE 13 ; 14A‒F

Nops ernestoi Sánchez View in CoL – Ruiz, 2005: 24, figs 1–2. Male holotype from Hotel Montaña, 10 km. NE from Jarabacoa (19°09′06″N, 70°35′59″W), 550 m GoogleMaps , La Vega, Dominican Republic, 18.vii–4.viii.1995, S. Fit & J. Peck ( BSC 517 About BSC ) ; female paratype, same data as holotype ( BSC 522 About BSC ) GoogleMaps ; male paratype, same data as holotype ( BSC 521 About BSC , left palp and leg IV for SEM) GoogleMaps ; two females paratypes, same data as holotype ( AMNH) GoogleMaps ; two females paratypes and one immature, same data as holotype ( BSC 518 About BSC ); all types examined. Penney, 2008: 77, fig. 5.33. GoogleMaps

Remarks. Subsequent visits to the type locality provided no additional material. The area where the types were collected is currently under intense deforestation.

Diagnosis. Males resemble similar congeners Nops toballus and N campeche n. sp. by having a long and prolaterally twisted embolus; but can be distinguished by its embolus with a wider base, strongly curved at middle, and strongly twisted on the distal two thirds ( Fig. 14B‒C View FIGURE 14 ), ending with three short extensions on tip ( Fig. 13K‒L View FIGURE 13 ). Females with wide invagination on receptaculum and uterus externus with narrow base ( Fig. 14F View FIGURE 14 ).

Description. Male (holotype): Carapace dark orange. Chelicerae, palps, endites, labium, sternum and legs orange; coxae and trochanters lighter. Abdomen dark gray, dorsal pattern as in figure 6I. Anal tubercle and spinnerets lighter than abdomen. Total length 8.2. Carapace 5.3 long, 3.3 wide. Sternum 3.6 long, 3.2 wide. Leg measurements: I: 3.80; II: 3.75; III: 3.1; IV: 4.1. Posterior unpaired claw elongated and dorsally reflexed ( Fig. 13H View FIGURE 13 ). PLS longer than PMS. Palp with a globose semi‒quadrate elongate bulb and an embolus longer than palpal tibia, with a wider base, strongly curved at middle, and strongly twisted on the distal two thirds ( Fig. 14B‒C View FIGURE 14 ), ending in three short extensions ( Fig. 13K‒L View FIGURE 13 ).

Female (AMNH): Carapace, chelicerae, labium, legs, coxae, endites and sternum as in the male. Abdomen as in male, but somewhat lighter. Anal tubercle and spinnerets lighter than abdomen. Total length 8.8. Carapace 5.8 long, 3.4 wide. Sternum 3.9 long, 3.3 wide. Leg measurements: I: 4.0; II: 3.85; III: 3.4; IV: 4.3. Posterior unpaired claws and spinnerets as in male. External genital area with sclerotized anterior plate and strongly sclerotized and wide lep, almost four times the spiracles width, remarkable ess ( Fig. 14E View FIGURE 14 ). Internal genitalia with wide invagination on receptaculum and uterus externus with narrow base ( Fig. 14F View FIGURE 14 ).

Natural history. All specimens from the type locality were collected under rocks in a small semi‒deciduous forest, behind the Hotel Montaña in Jarabacoa.

Distribution. Known only from the type locality ( Fig. 25A View FIGURE 25 ).

AMNH

American Museum of Natural History

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Caponiidae

Genus

Nops

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