Nopsides ceralbonus Chamberlin, 1924
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EF6D7D-F36B-8537-DBBE-FC42FF7CFCEC |
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Nopsides ceralbonus Chamberlin View in CoL
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Nopsides ceralbona Chamberlin, 1924: 602 , figs. 38–41 (juvenile holotype from Isla Cerralvo, Baja California Sur, Mexico, in CAS; examined, and determined to be juvenile, by R. Schick; juvenile paratypes from the same locality, in MCZ; examined).
Nopsides ceralbonus: Bonnet, 1958: 3115 View in CoL (emendation, to match the gender of the generic name).
DIAGNOSIS: With the characters of the genus, male palps with a large, rounded bulb and a ventrally situated embolus with a curved tip (figs. 3, 5, 6, 8, 9), and female genitalia sclerotized only along the anterior margin of the receptaculum (figs. 83, 84).
MALE (figs. 1–49): Total length 7.1–8.9 (n = 10). Carapace 3.0–3.5 long, 2.0–2.7 wide. Femur I 1.7–2.8 long, 0.7–0.9 wide. Bulb large, relative to size of cymbium; embolus long, narrow, membranous prolaterally near apex; in ventral view broad throughout length.
FEMALE (figs. 50–84): Total length 7.1–9.5 (n = 10). Carapace 2.8–3.2 long, 2.2–3.0 wide. Femur I 0.9–2.3 long, 0.6–0.8 wide. Internal genitalia with sclerotized anterior margin, sclerotization strongest near midline.
MATERIAL EXAMINED: MEXICO: Baja California: 12.7 km E El Rosario, 30°04′ 15″N, 115°37′ 10″W, Feb. 7, 1984 – Apr. 2, 1984, pitfall, elev. 180 m (W. Clark, P. Blom, MCZ), 1♂. Baja California Sur: Carambuche, 26°14′ 13.2″N, 112°00′ 06″W, Nov. 2, 2009 (C. Palacios, CIB), 3♂, Nov. 2, 2009, elev. 119 m (C. Palacios, CIB), 1♀, Mar. 18, 2010 (C. Palacios, CIB), 1♀, Mar GoogleMaps .
20, 2010 (C. Palacios, CIB), 1♀ ; El Chorro , Santiago, 23°26′20”N, 109°48′15″W, Sept. 1, 2005, elev. 185 m (M. Correa, M. Jiménez, C. Palacios, CIB), 6♂ GoogleMaps , Oct. 28, 2005 (C. Palacios, CIB), 2♂ ; Presa La Buena Mujer , 24°05′13″N, 110°11′19″W, Aug. 25, 2004 (C. Palacios, CIB), 2♂ GoogleMaps ; San Isidro-La Purísima , 26°12′ 23″N, 112°02′ 54″W, June 15, 2003, elev. 300 m (M. Correa, CIB), 1♀ GoogleMaps , June 16–17, 2003 (C. Palacios, CIB), 2♀ , Sept. 20, 2003, pitfall, elev. 300 m (I. Posada, CIB), 1♀ , Sept. 20, 2003 (M. Correa, G. Nieto, CIB), 2♂, 2♀ ; San José de Comondú , 26°23′ 34″N, 112°49′13″W, Oct. 28, 2002 (M. Correa, CIB), 1♀ GoogleMaps , Oct. 28, 2002 (C. Palacios, CIB), 1♂ GoogleMaps , Nov .
25, 2002 (C. Palacios, CIB), 1♀ , Oct. 11, 2003 (M. Correa, CIB), 1♂ . Coahuila: Delicias , Aug. 18–19, 1946 (C. Bogert, AMNH), 1♀ . Colima: 10 mi S Colima , Aug. 1, 1954 (W. Gertsch, AMNH), 1♀ . Durango: La Quebrada , July 30, 1947 (W. Gertsch, AMNH), 1♀ . San Luis Potosí: 2 mi E Santo Domingo , June 6, 1941 (A., L. Davis, AMNH), 1♂ . Tamaulipas: Route 101, km 15, Mar. 18, 1972 (J. Cooke, AMNH), 1♀ .
DISTRIBUTION: Northern and central Mexico.
NATURAL HISTORY: During the day, these spiders hide under large stones in xeric shrubland; they apparently become active at night, as most specimens have been taken in pitfall traps. Adult males have been taken from April through November, females from March through November.
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Nopsides ceralbonus Chamberlin
Jiménez, Maria Luisa, Platnick, Norman I. & Dupérré, Nadine 2011 |
Nopsides ceralbonus:
Bonnet, P. 1958: 3115 |
Nopsides ceralbona
Chamberlin, R. V. 1924: 602 |