Antilloides cubitas, Brescovit, Antonio D., Ruiz, Alexander Sánchez & Garcia, Giraldo Alayón, 2016

Brescovit, Antonio D., Ruiz, Alexander Sánchez & Garcia, Giraldo Alayón, 2016, The Filistatidae in the Caribbean region, with a description of the new genus Antilloides, revision of the genus Filistatoides F. O. P. - Cambridge and notes on Kukulcania Lehtinen (Arachnida, Araneae), Zootaxa 4136 (3), pp. 401-432 : 414-418

Antilloides cubitas new species

Figs. 13A‒C , 20D , 22 A

Types. Holotype and paratype females from Cueva del Círculo, Sierra de Cubitas (21°43’59”N, 77°46’14”W), Camagüey, Cuba, 14.VI.1984, L. F. Armas, J. de la Cruz & J. L. Gonzáles col., deposited in MNHNCu and IBSP 166718, respectively.

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

Diagnosis. Antilloides cubitas n. sp. is easily distinguished from other species by the oval seminal receptacles and coiled necks of the spermathecae ( Figs 13C , 20C ).

Description. Male. Unknown. Female (Holotype). Carapace yellow brown, cephalic area black, with longitudinal black band behind the eyes. Chelicerae orange. Endites, labium and sternum orange-brown. Palps brown, with femora yellowish. Legs brownish with transverse longitudinal black stripes, mainly on legs II–IV. Abdomen dorsally and laterally brown, ventrally brownish, with 6–7 dorsal black chevrons ( Fig. 13A‒B ). Total length 4.3. Carapace length 1.9, width 1.2. PME separated by their diameter. Palp measurements: femur 1.1 long, patella 0.5 long. Leg measurements: I femur 2.4/ patella 0.6/ tibia 2.9/ metatarsus 2.3/ tarsus 1.3/ total 9.5; II 2.0/ 0.5/ 1.8/ 1.3/ 0.7/ 6.3; III 1.6/ 0.5/ 1.0/ 1.2/ 0.8/ 5.1; IV 2.1/ 0.6/ 1.6/ 1.6/ 0.9/ 6.8. Abdomen 2.4 long. Internal genitalia with the uterus externus at the same height as the spermathecae ( Figs 13C , 20D ).

Natural history. All specimens were collected on the walls of a cave near the entrance. Distribution. Known only from Camagüey, Cuba ( Fig. 22 A).

Figures

FIGURE 22. Maps showing records of filistatid species from Caribbean: A. Filistatoides insignis (black squares), F. xichu n. sp. (black diamond), Antilloides cubitas n. sp. (black circle), A. haitisis n. sp. (black and white squares), A. zozo n. sp. (black and white circles). B. Kukulcania hibernalis; C. Filistatoides polita; D. Antilloides abeli n. sp. (black squares), A. mesoliticus n. sp. (black circle).

FIGURE 13 A ‒ C. Antilloides cubitas n. sp., female from Sierra Cubitas, Camaguey, Cuba. A. Habitus, dorsal. B. Same, lateral. C. Spermathecae, dorsal. Abbreviations: cd = neck; r = receptacula.

FIGURE 20 A ‒ G. A ‒ C. Antilloides abeli n. sp. (Pinar de Rio, near Dos Hermanos, Cuba). A. Male palp, retrolateral. B. Same, prolateral. C. Spermathecae, dorsal. D. Antilloides cubitas n. sp. (Sierra Cubitas, Camaguey, Cuba), spermathecae, dorsal. E – G. Antilloides haitises n. sp. (Holotype NMNH). E. Male palp, prolateral. F. Same, retrolateral. G. Spermathecae (Paratype NMNH), dorsal. Abbreviations: cy = cymbium; e = embolus; cd = neck; r = receptacula; sp = modified spines; ue = uterus externus.