Selenops arikok Crews, 2011

Crews, Sarah C., Galvis, William, Torres, Richard A., Gutiérrez-Estrada, Miguel A., Sarmiento, Jessica & Esposito, Lauren A., 2021, The flattie spiders of the Selenops isopodus species group (Araneae: Selenopidae) with a review of Selenops records from Colombia, Zootaxa 4964 (1), pp. 61-82 : 65

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4964.1.3

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4706690

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scientific name

Selenops arikok Crews, 2011
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Selenops arikok Crews, 2011 View in CoL

Figs 1 View FIGURES 1–6 , 7 View FIGURES 7–17 , 18–20, 23 View FIGURES 18–29

Selenops arikok Crews, 2011: 16 View in CoL , figs 1–2, 177 (♀).

Type material: Holotype (designated by Crews 2011): female, 12°29.356’N, 69°55.461’W, near Gran Tonel in valley Rooi Coashati, Arikok National Park, Aruba, 16 October 2004, S. Crews, F. Franken ( EME sel_068, but see Remarks). GoogleMaps

Other material examined. See Crews (2011).

Diagnosis. Selenops arikok can be differentiated from other members of the S. isopodus group by the copulatory ducts which extend laterally beyond the sclerotized portion of the epigynal plate after curving dorsally around the secondary spermathecae ( Fig. 23 View FIGURES 18–29 ). Additionally, the secondary spermathecae are anterior of the primary spermathecae, whereas they are even with or posterior of them in the other species ( Figs 22, 25, 28–29 View FIGURES 18–29 ).

Description. See Crews (2011).

Distribution. Aruba ( Fig. 60 View FIGURE 60 ).

Life history and habitat preferences. Collected under rocks, bark, and debris on the ground, both near to and distant from human dwellings. The egg sac is a flat, white disc attached to the substrate and guarded by the female ( Fig. 1 View FIGURES 1–6 ). As in other selenopids, the female lays from 25– 50 eggs. The habitat from which this species was collected is dry thornscrub ( Fig. 56 View FIGURES 56–59 ).

Remarks. These samples are apparently misplaced. The type, as well as an immature, stated to be in EME (Crews 2011) could not currently be located. Also, a second adult female and immature stated to be in CAS (Crews 2011) cannot be located. The illustrations are derived from Crews (2011). The specimen identified as S. arikok by Galvis and Flórez (2015) is actually S. isopodus ; thus, S. arikok is endemic to Aruba. The male of this species remains unknown.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Selenopidae

Genus

Selenops

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Selenops arikok Crews, 2011

Crews, Sarah C., Galvis, William, Torres, Richard A., Gutiérrez-Estrada, Miguel A., Sarmiento, Jessica & Esposito, Lauren A. 2021
2021
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Selenops arikok

Crews 2011: 16
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