Ohvida fulvorufa (Franganillo, 1930) Franganillo, 1930

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 : 4-5

Ohvida fulvorufa (Franganillo, 1930) comb. nov.

Figures 2 A–D

Celaetycheus fulvorufus Franganillo 1930: 34 (female syntypes from Cuba, Santiago de Cuba, Sierra Maestra, deposited in IES, not examined); Franganillo 1936: 105; Alayón 2000: 25.

Celaetycheus cabriolatus Franganillo 1930: 34 , fig. 12 (syntypes, probably immatures, from Cuba, Santiago de Cuba, Sierra Maestra, Santa Clara, deposited in IES, not examined); Franganillo 1936: 106; Bryant 1940; Alayón 2000: 25; Silva 2003. New synonymy.

Celaetycheus cabriolatus pardosiformis Franganillo 1930: 34 (holotype from Cuba, La Habana, Habana, deposited in IES, not examined); Franganillo 1936: 105; Alayón 2000: 25. New synonymy.

Celaetycheus fulvorufus afoliatus Franganillo 1931: 287 (holotype from Cuba, deposited in IES, not examined); Franganillo 1934: 155; Franganillo 1936: 105; Alayón 2000: 25. New synonymy.

Celaetycheus fulvorufus fulvorufus: Alayón 2000: 25 (lapsus).

Diagnosis. Males of Ohvida fulvorufa resemble those of O. coxana by the short retrodorsal projection on the cymbium, but can be distinguished from the remaining species of the genus by the presence of numerous prolateral short spines on the male palp tibia ( Fig. 2 A). Females of O. fulvorufa can be distinguished from the remaining species by the slightly elevated median epigynal area, the shape of the lateral epigynal spurs ( Fig. 2 C), and by the shape of the spermathecae ( Fig. 2 D).

Description. Male (MCZ 32839). Total length 8.40. Carapace 4.60 long, 3.60 wide. Clypeus 0.10 high. Eye diameter: AME 0.15, ALE 0.13, PME 0.17, PLE 0.17. Leg measurements: I: femur 4.20/ patella 1.80/ tibia 4.30/ metatarsus 3.50/ tarsus 1.50/ total 15.30; II: 3.50/ 1.80/ 3.70/ 3.30/ 1.40/ 13.7; III: 3.70/ 1.50/ 3.10/ 3.30/ 1.20/ 12.8; IV: 4.60/ 1.60/ 4.20/ 5.30/ 1.70/ 17.4. Leg spination: tibia I and II v2-2 -2-2-2, r1-1-0, p1-1-0, III and IV v2-2 -2, r1-1, p1-1; metatarsus I, II v2-2 -2, p1-1-1, r1-1-1; III v2-2 -2, r1-1-1, p-1-1-1, IV v1-1 -1-1- 1-2, r1-1-1, p1-1-1. Palp: cymbium with a retrodorsal apophysis truncated; basally projected median apophysis ( Figs 2 A–B).

Female (MCZ 32840). Total length (abdomen prepared for scanning electron microscopy). Carapace 4.30 long and 3.30 wide. Clypeus 0.12 high. Eye diameter: AME 0.15, ALE 0.12, PME 0.17, PLE 0.17. Leg measurements: I: femur 3.40/ patella 1.50/ tibia absent/ metatarsus absent/ tarsus absent; II: 3.20/ 1.50/ 2.60/ 2.20/ 0.90/ 10.40; III: 2.20/ 1.40/ 2.10/ 2.20/ 0.90/ 8.80; IV: 3.50/ 1.50/ 3.00/ 3.90/ 1.20/ 13.10. 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: copulatory ducts covering part of the spermathecae ( Fig. 2 D).

Additional material examined. CUBA: 1 male, Sancti Spiritus, Trinidad, Buenos Aires, 2500–3500 ft, 8–14.V.1936, P. Darlington, ( MCZ 32839); 1 male, 1 female, Sancti Spiritus, Trinidad, Buenos Aires, 2500–3500 ft, 8–14.V.1936, P. Darlington ( MCZ 32840).

Remarks. The female specimen listed by Bryant (1940) as C. cabriolatus and deposited in MCZ 79122 is described here as O. turquino sp. nov.

Distribution. Cuba ( Fig. 15 B).

Figures

FIGURE 2. Ohvida fulvorufa (Franganillo) comb. nov. A – B, male, left palp (MCZ 32839): A, ventral view; B, retrolateral view; C – D, epigyne (MCZ 32840); C, ventral view; D, dorsal view. Scale bars: 1.0 mm.

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