Nops hispaniola Sánchez –Ruiz, Brescovit & Alayón, 2015

Figures 24A‒F

Nops coccineus: Bryant, 1948: 344 (misidentification, male specimen from Haiti MCZ 128296, not N. coccineus Simon).

Nops blandus: Chickering, 1967: 4 (misidentification, male specimen from Haiti MCZ 128296). Sánchez– Ruiz, 2005: 23 (misidentification, only specimens from Hispaniola).

Nops hispaniola Sánchez –Ruiz, Brescovit & Alayón, 2015: 55, figs 57–69, 80, 82. Male holotype from Puerto Escondido (18°19′36.50″N, 71°34′52.18″W), Independencia, Dominican Republic, 1.ii.2005, A. Sánchez–Ruiz, under Agave plants (IBSP 166393); two females paratypes, same data as holotype, (IBSP 166394); one male paratype, same data as holotype (MNHNSD 09.1445); all types examined.

Additional material examined. HAITI: Port au Prince, N. Banks, (not more data), 1♂ (MCZ 128296) . Near Miragoâne (18°26′58.4″N, 73°4′17.5″W), i.1974, R. Bell, 1♂ 1 immature (MNHNCu). DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Independencia: Puerto Escondido (18°19′36″N, 71°34′52″W), 2.ii.2005, A. Sánchez ‒ Ruiz, 1♀ (BSC 512) . Azua: Montilla, Parque Nacional Sierra Martín García (18°23′50.8″N, 71°04′45.8″W), 419 m, 7.ix.2013, P. Torres, F. Paz & G. de Los Santos, 1♂ 1♀ (MNHNSD 09.1429) . Ditto, (18°23′38.0″N, 71°07′11.5″W), 153 m, 7.ix.2013, P. Torres, K. Rodríguez & G. de Los Santos, 1♂ (MNHNSD 09.1428) . Barahona: Camino Charco frio‒Cañada azul (18°22′22.2″N, 71°01′10.4″W), 1060 m, 2.vii.2013, C. Marte & G. de los Santos, 1♂ 1 immature (MNHNSD 09.1426) . Loma El Curro (18°22′42.2″N, 71°01′21.8″W), 1323 m, 1.viii.2013, C. Suriel, P. Torres & G. de Los Santos, 1♀ (MNHNSD 09.1427) .

Diagnosis. Males resemble similar congener Nops jaragua n. sp. (Fig. 26B‒C) by having short and curved embolus, but can be distinguished by having the embolus tip shorter and beveled with sclerotized margin (Fig. 24B‒C). Females can be distinguished by receptaculum with wide invagination and uterus externus with narrow base (Fig. 24F).

Description. Male and female described by Sánchez‒Ruiz et al. (2015).

Distribution. Hispaniola Island (Fig. 25A).