Ohvida bimini, Polotow, Daniele & Brescovit, Antonio D., 2009

Polotow, Daniele & Brescovit, Antonio D., 2009, Revision of the new wandering spider genus Ohvida and taxonomic remarks on Celaetycheus Simon, 1897 (Araneae: Ctenidae), Zootaxa 2115, pp. 1-20 : 12

Ohvida bimini sp. nov.

Figures 9 A–B

Type material. Female holotype from Bimini Island, The Bahamas, 10.VI.1950, M. Cazier & F. Rindge, deposited in AMNH.

Etymology. The species name is a toponym in apposition referring to the type locality.

Diagnosis. The female of Ohvida bimini sp. nov. resemble those of O. vernalis by the morphology of the median plate, but can be distinguished by the spermathecae with a rounded projection in the basal area, which is partially covered by the copulatory duct ( Fig. 9 B).

Description. Female (holotype). Total length 7.90. Carapace 3.80 long and 2.90 wide. Clypeus 0.10 high. Eye diameter: AME 0.12, ALE 0.12, PME 0.20, PLE 0.20. Leg measurements: I: femur 3.00/ patella 1.50/ tibia 2.40/ metatarsus 2.10/ tarsus 0.90/ total; II: 2.70/ 1.50/ 2.10/ 1.80/ 0.80/; III: 2.40/ 1.20/ 1.80/ 1.90/ 0.80/; IV: 3.20/ 1.40/ 2.80/ 3.40/ 1.10/. Leg spination: tibia I and II v2-2 -2-2-2, r0, p0, III and IV v2-2 -2, r1-1, p1- 1; metatarsus I, II v2-2 -2, r0, p0; III v2-2 -2, r1-1-1, p-1-1-1, IV v1-1 -1-1-1-2, r1-1-1, p1-1-1. Epigyne: median plate projected posteriorly ( Fig. 9 A).

Distribution. Bimini Island, The Bahamas ( Fig. 15 C).

Figures

FIGURE 9. Ohvida bimini sp. nov., female holotype (AMNH). A – B, epigyne: A, ventral view; B, dorsal view. Scale bar: 1.0 mm.

FIGURE 15. Distribution records of Ohvida species. A, world map; B, Central America: Cuba; C, Central America: Cuba and The Bahamas.