Cubanops, Sánchez-Ruiz & Platnick & Dupérré, 2010

Sánchez-Ruiz, Alexander, Platnick, Norman I. & Dupérré, Nadine, 2010, A New Genus of the Spider Family Caponiidae (Araneae, Haplogynae) from the West Indies, American Museum Novitates 2010 (3705), pp. 1-44 : 5-6

KEY TO SPECIES OF CUBANOPS

1. Male embolus relatively short, wide (as in figs. 8, 9); female receptaculum relatively low (as in figs. 15, 16)................................................................ ludovicorum group, 2

– Male embolus relatively long, narrow (as in figs. 155, 156); female receptaculum relatively high (as in figs. 162, 163)................................................................... alayoni group, 8

2. Carapace with pattern consisting mostly of orange and white areas, with few dark maculations (figs. 3, 12); sternum with anterior white band (figs. 4, 13)..... C. ludovicorum

– Carapace with pattern consisting of numerous dark maculations (as in figs. 19, 28); sternum with anterior dark markings (as in figs. 20, 29).........................................................3

3. Males (those of C. darlingtoni unknown)...................................................................................4

– Females (those of C. andersoni unknown)..................................................................................6

4. Embolus with recurved tip (figs. 40, 41)................................................................. C. andersoni

– Embolus tip not recurved..............................................................................................................5

5. Embolus tip W-shaped (figs. 24, 25).............................................................................. C. bimini

– Embolus tip V-shaped (figs. 51, 52).............................................................................. C. armasi

6. Sternum with submarginal dark markings opposite endites and leg coxae (fig. 64); abdominal venter with median dark markings (fig. 62) .................................... C. darlingtoni

– Sternum with submarginal dark markings opposite endites only (figs. 29, 56); abdominal venter without median dark markings (figs. 27, 54).............................................7

7. Posterior margin of epigastric area smoothly procurved (figs. 30, 31).................... C. bimini

– Posterior margin of epigastric area undulating (figs. 57, 58).................................... C. armasi

8. Sternum with submarginal dark markings opposite endites and leg coxae (figs. 151, 222).................................................................................................................................9

– Sternum with submarginal dark markings opposite endites only (as in figs. 167, 192)......................................................................................................................10

9. Embolus tip straight (figs. 226, 227); receptacular triangle relatively low, wide (figs. 233, 234)....................................................................................................................... C. vega

– Embolus tip curved (figs. 155, 156); receptacular triangle relatively high, narrow (figs. 162, 163).................................................................................................... C. alayoni

10. Males (those of C. tortuguilla unknown)..................................................................................11

– Females...........................................................................................................................................13

11. Subdistal process on embolus tip short, recurved (fig. 204)...................................... C. terueli

– Subdistal process on embolus tip long, not recurved (figs. 172, 188)..................................12

12. Subdistal process on embolus tip reaching almost to embolus tip (fig. 188).. C. granpiedra

– Subdistal process on embolus tip shorter (fig. 172).................................................. C. juragua

13. Anterior tip of receptaculum relatively narrow (figs. 178, 210)............................................14

– Anterior tip of receptaculum relatively wide (figs. 194, 217)................................................15

14. Anterior tip of receptaculum abruptly narrowed (fig. 210)....................................... C. terueli

– Anterior tip of receptaculum gradually narrowed (fig. 178)................................... C. juragua

15. Sclerotized anterior margin of receptaculum much thicker laterally than medially (fig. 217)...................................................................................................... C. tortuguilla

– Sclerotized anterior margin of receptaculum relatively uniform in thickness (fig. 194)...................................................................................................................... C. granpiedra