Hortoonops lucradus (Chickering) Platnick & Berniker & Kranz-Baltensperger, 2012

Platnick, Norman I., Berniker, Lily & Kranz-Baltensperger, Yvonne, 2012, The Caribbean Goblin Spider Genera Scaphioides and Hortoonops (Araneae, Oonopidae), American Museum Novitates 2012 (3751), pp. 1-64 : 60

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1206/3759.2

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:752AA48E-CA22-473C-B785-945E8BD97392

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5456884

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/DE4FC765-8A47-FF8E-FEB5-357A9BA2BB90

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scientific name

Hortoonops lucradus (Chickering)
status

comb. nov.

Hortoonops lucradus (Chickering) View in CoL , new combination

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Stenoonops lucradus Chickering, 1969a: 11 , figs. 27, 28 (male holotype supposedly from Charlotte Amalie , St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, in MCZ; examined).

DIAGNOSIS: Males can be recognized by the long, sinuous embolus (figs. 389, 390), females by the very wide anterior genitalic process (figs. 399, 400).

MALE (PBI_OON 381, figs. 324–353, 384–390): Total length 1.52. Surface of carapace with numerous deep slits. Sternum surface with patches of deep slits opposite each coxa. Endites with thickened tip bearing rounded protrusion. Abdomen without pigment patches. Embolus long, sinuous, with recurved tip.

FEMALE (PBI_OON 382, figs. 354–383, 391–400): Total length 1.51. Dorsum of abdomen with traces of dark pigment patches visible through cuticle. Anterior genitalic process very wide, situated on oval base followed posterior by strongly sclerotized, procurved ridge.

MATERIAL EXAMINED: WEST INDIES: Virgin Islands: St. John : no specific locality, July 23, 1966 (A. Chickering, MCZ PBI_OON 382), 1♂, 1♀ (paratypes); Calabash Boom, Oct. 16, 1980, under rocks (W. Muchmore, FSCA PBI_OON 21202), 1♂ ; Catherineberg , Oct. 15, 1980, under large tamarind (W. Muchmore, FSCA PBI_OON 21203), 1♀ ; Catherineberg Estate , July 26, 1975, debris along wall of mill (W. Muchmore, AMNH 1772 View Materials ), 1♀ ; Coral Bay , above Butler’s house, July 17, 1975, ground litter (W. Muchmore, AMNH PBI_OON 1809), 1♀ ; Drunk Bay , June 18, 1980, litter under bushes, cacti (W. Muchmore, FSCA PBI_OON 21206), 1♂ ; Hermitage Ruins , June 20, 1980, base of giant dildo cactus (W. Muchmore, FSCA PBI_OON 21204), 1♀ ; Little Lameshur Bay , May 17, 1979, litter under old century plant (W. Muchmore, FSCA PBI_OON 21200), 1♀ ; Trunk Bay , June 9, 1980, base of anthuriums (W. Muchmore, FSCA PBI_OON 21205), 1♀ . St. Thomas : no specific locality, Aug. 10, 1966 (A. Chickering, MCZ 72303, PBI_OON 26676), 1♀ ; “vicinity of Charlotte Amalie” (according to publication), Aug. 25, 1966 (A. Chickering, MCZ PBI_OON 381), 1♂ (holotype; N.B.: locality label with specimen reads only “ St. John , U.S.V.I. ” but has same collection date). Virgin Gorda: Virgin Gorda Mountain, June 21, 1966, Berlese (Island Project staff, AMNH PBI_OON 1804), 1♂ .

DISTRIBUTION: Virgin Islands (St. John, St. Thomas, Virgin Gorda).

MCZ

Museum of Comparative Zoology

FSCA

Florida State Collection of Arthropods, The Museum of Entomology

AMNH

American Museum of Natural History

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Oonopidae

Genus

Hortoonops

Loc

Hortoonops lucradus (Chickering)

Platnick, Norman I., Berniker, Lily & Kranz-Baltensperger, Yvonne 2012
2012
Loc

Stenoonops lucradus

Chickering, A. M. 1969: 11
1969
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