Ohvida coxana ( Bryant, 1940 ) Bryant, 1940

Polotow, Daniele & Brescovit, Antonio D., 2009, Revision of the new wandering spider genus Ohvida and taxonomic remarks on Celaetycheus Simon, 1897 (Araneae: Ctenidae), Zootaxa 2115, pp. 1-20 : 7-8

Ohvida coxana ( Bryant, 1940) comb. nov.

Figures 4 A–B

Ctenus coxanus Bryant 1940: 381 , fig. 162 (male holotype from Pan de Azucar, Matanzas, Cuba, 1913, Barbour & Shaw, deposited in MCZ 20917, examined).

Diagnosis. Males of Ohvida coxana resemble those of O. fulvorufa by the shape of the embolus, but can be distinguished by the RTA position, reduced cymbial retrodorsal apophysis and elongated median apophysis ( Figs 4 A–B).

Description. Male (holotype). Total length 9.60. Carapace 5.20 long, 3.90 wide. Clypeus 0.16 high. Eye diameter: AME 0.18, ALE 0.16, PME 0.22, PLE 0.22. Leg measurements: I: femur 4.80/ patella 2.20/ tibia 4.90/ metatarsus 4.20/ tarsus 1.25/ total 17.35; II: 4.50/ 2.10/ 4.10/ 3.70/ 1.50/ 15.90; III: 4.00/ 1.70/ 3.50/ 3.60/ 1.50/ 14.30; IV: 4.90/ 1.90/ 4.50/ 5.60/ 2.10/ 19.00. Leg spination: tibia I and II v2-2 -2-2-2, r1-1-0, p1-1- 0, III and IV v2-2 -2, r1-1, p1-1; metatarsus I, II v2-2 -2, p1-1-1, r1-1-1; III v2-2 -2, r1-1-1, p-1-1-1, IV v1-1 -1- 1-1-2, r1-1-1, p1-1-1. Palp: truncated ventral apophysis, smooth embolus ( Fig. 4 A).

Female. Unknown.

Distribution. Cuba ( Fig. 15 B).

Figures

FIGURE 4. Ohvida coxanus (Bryant) comb. nov. A – B, male, left palp (MCZ 20917): A, ventral view; B, retrolateral view. Scale bar: 1.0 mm.

FIGURE 15. Distribution records of Ohvida species. A, world map; B, Central America: Cuba; C, Central America: Cuba and The Bahamas.