Cubanops andersoni, 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

Cubanops andersoni , new species

Figures 33–43

TYPE: Male holotype taken in a Berlese sample of litter from a coastal coppice at Pigeon Cay , Andros Island, Bahama Islands (May 1–6, 1994; R. Anderson), deposited in AMNH .

ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a patronym in honor of Robert Anderson of the Canadian Museum of Nature, collector of the holotype and many other unusual spiders .

DIAGNOSIS: Males resemble those of C. ludovicorum and C. bimini , but have a much shorter dorsal extension on the embolar tip (fig. 41).

MALE: Total length 2.89 (figs. 33–41). Carapace pale yellow, with dark purple margins and median reticulations, those reticulations darkest opposite coxa II. Sternum pale orange, with pair of anterolateral dark spots just posterior of endites. Dorsum of abdomen light purple with five narrow, white chevrons. Legs pale yellow, with darkened sides on distal halves of anterior femora. Tip of embolus with short, rounded extension on dorsal surface, followed ventrally by hooked extension (fig. 41).

FEMALE: Unknown.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: Two males taken with the type, along with a female that is apparently juvenile (figs. 42, 43), all in AMNH .

DISTRIBUTION: Andros Island, Bahama Islands.

Figures

FIGS. 33–43. Cubanops andersoni, new species, male (except figs. 42, 43). 33. Habitus, dorsal view. 34. Same, ventral view. 35. Carapace, dorsal view. 36. Sternum and mouthparts, ventral view. 37. Epigastric area, ventral view. 38. Left palp, prolateral view. 39. Same, retrolateral view. 40. Bulb and embolus, prolateral view. 41. Embolus tip, prolateral view. 42. Presumably juvenile female, epigastric area, ventral view. 43. Same, dorsal view.