Cubanops chamarreta, Sánchez-Ruiz & Bonaldo, 2024

Sánchez-Ruiz, Alexander & Bonaldo, Alexandre B., 2024, Four new spider species of Cubanops Sánchez-Ruiz, Platnick & Dupérré from Eastern Cuba (Araneae: Caponiidae), Zootaxa 5448 (4), pp. 569-580 : 570-572

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5448.4.8
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:C01E407D-C853-4DF1-A99E-2570E1D2A227
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11232303
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0396879D-1413-FFCF-16AF-744CFB15DCFC
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Cubanops chamarreta
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Cubanops chamarreta sp. nov.

Figures 1–2 View FIGURE 1 View FIGURE 2 , 8A View FIGURE 8 , 9 View FIGURE 9

Types. Holotype: male ( MPEG 37297 View Materials ) from Hoyo de Chamarreta ( 20°22'30.7"N 75°44'41.8"W), San Luis, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, 10.V.2012, A. Sánchez-Ruiz leg., under rocks GoogleMaps . Paratype: female ( MPEG 37298 View Materials ), same data as holotype GoogleMaps .

Additional material examined. CUBA: Santiago de Cuba: San Luis, Dos Caminos, El Vivero ( 20°11'05.9"N 75°46'26.5"W), 20.VI.2012, F.Cala leg.,crops, 1♀ ( MPEG37299 View Materials ) GoogleMaps . San Luis, La Caoba ( 20°19'56.9"N 75°42'38.1"W), 26.V.2012, A. Sánchez-Ruiz leg., leaf litter, 1♀ ( MPEG 37300 View Materials ) GoogleMaps .

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

Diagnosis. Members of C. chamarreta sp. nov. resembles those of C. guama sp. nov. by having a similar pattern on abdomen and carapace ( Figs 1C View FIGURE 1 , 2C View FIGURE 2 ), but males can be distinguished by the morphology of the embolus tip, where the embolus opening is sub-apical, closer to the base of the spine-like projection ( Figs 1D View FIGURE 1 , 8A View FIGURE 8 ) (apical in C. guama sp. nov.: Fig.8C View FIGURE 8 ); females with a triangular posterior receptacle, with distally acute margins ( Fig. 2E View FIGURE 2 ).

Description. Male ( holotype): Carapace brown with a dark brown pattern as in Fig. 1C View FIGURE 1 . Chelicerae, palps, endites, labium, sternum and legs light orangish brown ( Fig. 1B View FIGURE 1 ); femora, patellae and tibiae of legs with dark brown stains, palpal femora and tibiae also with dark brown stains; coxae and trochanters lighter; abdomen pale gray, with dark brown dorsal chevron pattern as in Fig. 1A View FIGURE 1 ; anal tubercle and spinnerets lighter than abdomen. Total length 2.10. Carapace 0.60 long, 0.55 wide. Tegulum oval with embolus longer than tegulum width; with threepointed embolus tip as in Figs 1D View FIGURE 1 , 8A View FIGURE 8 , also with a spine-like projection and the embolus opening a little behind the tip, closer to the base of the spine-like projection. Female ( paratype MPEG 37298): Carapace brown with a dark brown pattern as in Fig. 2C View FIGURE 2 . Chelicerae, palps, endites, labium, sternum, coxae, legs, abdomen, anal tubercle and spinnerets as in male. Total length 2.25. Carapace 0.65 long, 0.60 wide. External genital area with weakly sclerotized area ( Fig. 2D View FIGURE 2 ). Internal genitalia with a triangular posterior receptacle (where sperm are stored during mating), with sharp distally sclerotized margins ( Fig. 2E View FIGURE 2 ) and a short membranous uterus externus (presumed anterior receptacle), where fertilization occurs.