Cubanops armasi, 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 : 15-17

Cubanops armasi , new species

Figures 44–59

TYPES: Male holotype (and male paratype) from Puerto Manatí, Las Tunas, Cuba (Dec. 1981; L. F. de Armas), deposited in BSC (609).

ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a patronym in honor of the eminent Cuban arachnologist, Luis F. de Armas, collector of the holotype.

DIAGNOSIS: Males can easily be recognized by the basally thickened embolus with a short, bifid tip (figs. 51, 52), females by the relatively wide anterior margin of the receptaculum (figs. 58, 59). Males and females have not been collected together, but are here matched because of their geographic proximity and their mutual affinities to other members of the species group.

MALE: Total length 2.40 (figs. 44–52). Carapace pale yellow, with dark purple margins separated from median reticulations by distinct submarginal unmarked bands, reticulations darker laterally than medially. Sternum pale orange, with pair of anterolateral dark spots just posterior of endites. Dorsum of abdomen light purple with four white chevrons, chevrons largest anteriorly. Legs pale yellow, with darkened sides on distal halves of femora, tibiae, and anterior metatarsi. Base of embolus wide, tip bifid (figs. 51, 52).

FEMALE: Total length 3.98 (figs. 53–59). Coloration as in male except posterior metatarsi also with darkened sides. Genitalia with short, broad anterior margin occupying more than three-fourths of receptacular width (figs. 58, 59).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: CUBA: Holguín: Loma de Forestal , 1976, under rocks (G. Alayón, IES), 2 &.

DISTRIBUTION: Northeastern Cuba (Las Tunas and Holguín provinces) .

Figures

FIGS. 44–52. Cubanops armasi, new species, male. 44. Habitus, dorsal view. 45. Same, ventral view. 46. Carapace, dorsal view. 47. Sternum and mouthparts, ventral view. 48. Epigastric region, ventral view. 49. Left palp, prolateral view. 50. Same, retrolateral view. 51. Bulb and embolus, prolateral view. 52. Embolus tip, prolateral view.

FIGS. 53–59. Cubanops armasi, new species, female. 53. Habitus, dorsal view. 54. Same, ventral view. 55. Carapace, dorsal view. 56. Sternum and mouthparts, ventral view. 57. Epigastric region, ventral view. 58. Internal genitalia, ventral view. 59. Same, dorsal view.