Nops enae 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 : 27-28

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

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5996388

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scientific name

Nops enae Sánchez
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Nops enae Sánchez View in CoL – Ruiz, 2004

Figures 12A‒F View FIGURE 12 ; 13A‒G

N. enae Sánchez – Ruiz, 2004: 98, figs 4–10. Male holotype from Piedra La Vela (20°27′12″N, 74°59′34″W), 1500 m, Guantánamo, Cuba, 10.xii.1997 GoogleMaps . A. Sánchez – Ruiz & R. Teruel ( BSC 541 View Materials ); female paratype, same data as holotype ( AMNH); male paratype GoogleMaps , 8.xii.1997, other data as holotype ( AMNH); female paratype, same data as holotype ( BSC 544 View Materials ); four female and three immature paratypes GoogleMaps , 6.xii.1997, other data as holotype (BSC 545); all types examined.

Additional material examined. CUBA: Holguín: Road to Yaguaneque, 150 m, 1 Km after bifurcation to Sagua (20°38′21″N, 75°01′44″W), Moa, 26.ix.2005, R. Teruel, 1♂ ( BSC 539 View Materials ) GoogleMaps . Granma: Jardín Botánico de Cupaynicú (20°15′6″N, 76°34′15″W), Guisa , 18.i.1994, R. Teruel, 1♀ ( BSC 552 View Materials ) GoogleMaps . Santiago de Cuba: Dos caminos (20°10′55″N, 75°47′30″W) GoogleMaps , San Luis, 17.vii.1999, A. Sánchez ‒ Ruiz , 1♂ ( BSC 622 View Materials ) . Presa El Avispero (20°06′46″N, 75°43′56″W), El Cristo, 8.x.1997, A. Sánchez ‒ Ruiz , 1♀ ( BSC 566 View Materials ) GoogleMaps . Jardín Botánico de San Juan (20°0′26″N, 75°47′40″W), 10.ii.1999, A. Sánchez ‒ Ruiz , 1♀ ( BSC 563 View Materials ) GoogleMaps . Ditto, 11.ii.1998, R. Teruel , 1♀ ( BSC 555 View Materials ) . Ditto, 17.vi.1998, A. Sánchez‒Ruiz , 2♀ 1 immature ( BSC 578 View Materials ) . Jardín Botánico San Juan (100 m of entrance) (20°0′40″N, 75°47′36″W), 24.iii.2003, R. Teruel & Y. Pérez , 1♀ ( BSC 582 View Materials ) GoogleMaps . Universidad de Oriente (20°2′48″N, 75°49′3″W), Quintero , 2.vii.2006, R. Teruel, 2♀ ( BSC 614 View Materials ) GoogleMaps . Loma de Quintero, Universidad de Oriente (20°2′42″N, 75°48′46″W), Quintero , 50 m, 24.iii.2003, R. Teruel, 1♀ ( BSC 543 View Materials ) GoogleMaps . Ditto, 9.iv.1999, R. Teruel , 1♂ 2♀ ( BSC 540 View Materials ) . La Pimienta, 1.5 Km. from La Tabla (20°11′29″N, 76°24′26″W), Tercer Frente , 18.iv.2000, R. Viña, 1♂ 3♀ 4 immatures ( BSC 504 View Materials ) GoogleMaps . El Oro (20°31′N, 75°29′W), Sierra Cristal, Segundo Frente, 24.iii.2001, R. Teruel, 1♀ ( BSC 583 View Materials ) GoogleMaps . La China (20°31′08″N, 75°29′03″W), Sierra Cristal, 27.iii.2001, R. Teruel, 1♂ 1♀ ( BSC 542 View Materials ; both specimens for SEM). El Cobre (20°2′56″N, 75°56′48″W), 10.v.2010, A. Sánchez – Ruiz , 3♀ 1 immature ( IBSP). GoogleMaps

Diagnosis. Males resemble similar congeners Nops guanabacoae ( Fig. 20C‒D View FIGURE 20 ) by having a straight embolus; but can be distinguished by a shorter embolus with the first two‒thirds thicker ( Fig. 12B‒C View FIGURE 12 ), and the tip with only three short extensions ( Fig. 13F View FIGURE 13 ). Females can be distinguished by the receptaculum with narrower invagination and uterus externus with wide base ( Figs 12F View FIGURE 12 ; 13A‒C).

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 8.6. Carapace 5.1 long, 3.9 wide. Sternum 3.8 long, 3.0 wide. Leg measurements: I: 3.80; II: 3.70; III: 3.0; IV: 4.15. Posterior unpaired claw elongated and dorsally reflexed ( Fig. 13G View FIGURE 13 ). PLS same size as PMS. Palp with embolus nearly as long as palpal tibia, straight and with the first two‒thirds thicker ( Fig. 12B‒C View FIGURE 12 ); tip ending with three short extensions ( Fig. 13F 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 8.7. Carapace 5.5 long, 4.0 wide. Sternum 3.9 long, 3.2 wide. Leg measurements: I: 3.9; II: 3.85; III: 3.30; IV: 4.15. Posterior unpaired claws and spinnerets as in the male. External genital area with sclerotized anterior plate, strongly sclerotized lep and remarkable ess ( Fig. 12E View FIGURE 12 ). Internal genitalia with narrow invagination on receptaculum and uterus externus with wide base ( Figs 12F View FIGURE 12 ; 13A‒C).

Variation. Specimens from Santiago de Cuba have the dorsal part of abdomen clearer than those from type locality.

Natural history. All specimens from the type locality were collected under the bark of Pinus cubensis trunks at 1500 m elevation. Specimens from Tercer Frente were found under dried plants of Agave sp. at 200 m. All other specimens were collected under rocks at less than 100 m. The differences in habitats and microhabitats, including elevation suggest a wide ecological plasticity for this species.

Distribution. Known only from localities in the eastern region of Cuba ( Fig. 25B View FIGURE 25 ).

AMNH

American Museum of Natural History

IBSP

Instituto Biologico de Sao Paulo

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Caponiidae

Genus

Nops

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