Cubanops vega, Sánchez-Ruiz & Platnick & Dupérré, 2010

Sánchez-Ruiz, Alexander, Platnick, Norman I. & Dupérré, Nadine, 2010, A New Genus of the Spider Family Caponiidae (Araneae, Haplogynae) from the West Indies, American Museum Novitates 2010 (3705), pp. 1-44 : 42-43

Cubanops vega , new species

Figures 219–234

TYPES: Male holotype taken in a flight intercept trap at an elevation of 550 m in a forest at Hotel Montaña , 10 km NE of Jarabacoa, La Vega, Dominican Republic (July 18–Aug. 4, 1995; S. and J. Peck), deposited in AMNH .

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

DIAGNOSIS: Males have a distinctively long and sinuous embolus (figs. 226, 227); females have the medial, distal portion of the sclerotized anterior receptacular margin thicker than the lateral portions (figs. 233, 234); both sexes have dark markings occupying both lateral margins of the sternum (figs. 222, 231).

MALE: Total length 2.68 (figs. 219–227). Carapace dark orange, with dark purple margins separated from paramedian reticulations by narrow submarginal unmarked bands, reticulations on each side separated by median, longitudinal unmarked band occupying pars cephalica only. Sternum orange, with submarginal dark markings opposite endites and all leg coxae. Abdominal dorsum purple, with four narrow, white chevrons. Basal and distal portions of femora, and all but distal portions of tibiae and metatarsi darkened. Embolus long, sinuous, subdistal process situated far from tip (figs. 226, 227).

FEMALE: Total length 3.59 (figs. 228–234). Coloration as in male. Sclerotized anterior margin of receptaculum thicker across anteriormost third than on sides (figs. 233, 234).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: La Vega: Raquet Club , 10 km NE Jarabacoa, July 20–Aug. 4, 1995, flight intercept trap, mixed forest, elev. 550 m (S., J. Peck, AMNH), 2 %; Raquet Club Road, 12 km NE Jarabacoa, Aug. 4, 1995, broken termite nest, elev. 550 m (S., J. Peck, AMNH), 1 &.

DISTRIBUTION: La Vega province, Dominican Republic, Hispaniola.

Figures

FIGS. 219–227. Cubanops vega, new species, male. 219. Habitus, dorsal view. 220. Same, ventral view. 221. Carapace, dorsal view. 222. Sternum and mouthparts, ventral view. 223. Epigastric region, ventral view. 224. Left palp, prolateral view. 225. Same, retrolateral view. 226. Bulb and embolus, prolateral view. 227. Embolus tip, prolateral view.

FIGS. 228–234. Cubanops vega, new species, female. 228. Habitus, dorsal view. 229. Same, ventral view. 230. Carapace, dorsal view. 231. Sternum and mouthparts, ventral view. 232. Epigastric region, ventral view. 233. Internal genitalia, ventral view. 234. Same, dorsal view.