Ohvida vernalis ( 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 : 9-10

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.187963
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6226605
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B7D576-FFB2-FFEC-CA88-A60EFDB2D312
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Ohvida vernalis ( Bryant, 1940 )
status	comb. nov.

Treatment

Ohvida vernalis ( Bryant, 1940) View in CoL comb. nov.

Figures 6 View FIGURE 6 A–D

Ctenus vernalis Bryant 1940: 383 , figs 150, 156, 158 (male holotype and female allotype from Soledad, Granma, Cuba, 1925, Salt & Myers, deposited in MCZ 23478 and 26256, respectively; a female paratype with the same data as holotype, deposited in MCZ 26257; a female paratype from San Antonio de Los Baños, La Habana, Cuba, 21.III.1915, Barbour & Brooks, deposited in MCZ 26258; a male paratype from Soledad, Granma, Cuba, 13.VIII.1931, Worley, deposited in MCZ 26259, examined).

Diagnosis. Males of Ohvida vernalis resemble those of O. brevitarsus by the shape of RTA and median apophysis, but can be distinguished by the shorter retrodorsal apophysis of the cymbium ( Figs 6 View FIGURE 6 A–B). Females of Ohvida vernalis resemble those of O. brevitarsus by the morphology of the median plate and the round head of spermathecae, but can be distinguished by the smaller size of the median plate ( Fig. 6 View FIGURE 6 C).

Description. Male (holotype). Total length 11.90. Carapace 6.30 long, 4.60 wide. Clypeus 0.22 high. Eye diameter: AME 0.22, ALE 0.18, PME 0.29, PLE 0.29. Leg measurements: I: femur 6.30/ patella 2.70/ tibia 6.40/ metatarsus 5.70/ tarsus 2.70/ total 23.80; II: 5.60/ 2.70/ 5.60/ 4.90/ 2.00/ 20.80; III: 5.10/ 2.20/ 4.70/ 4.80/ 1.90/ 18.70; IV: 6.60/ 2.50/ 6.20/ 7.50/ 2.10/ 24.90. 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: cymbium with a short and rounded retrodorsal apophysis ( Figs 6 View FIGURE 6 A–B).

Female (allotype). Total length 12.50. Carapace 6.50 long, 4.90 wide. Clypeus 0.17 high. Eye diameter: AME 0.20, ALE 0.20, PME 0.30, PLE 0.28. Leg measurements: I: femur 5.20/ patella 2.80/ tibia 4.80/ metatarsus 4.00/ tarsus 1.60/ total 18.40; II: 4.80/ 2.60/ 4.00/ 3.50/ 1.50/ 16.40; III: 4.20/ 2.20/ 3.40/ 3.60/ 1.50/ 14.90; IV: 5.50/ 2.50/ 5.00/ 6.10/ 1.90/ 21.00. Leg spination: tibia I and II v2-2 -2-2-2, r0, p0, III and IV v2-2 -2, r1-1, p1-1; metatarsus I, II v2-2 -2, r0, p0; III v2-2 -2, r1-1-1, p-1-1-1, IV v1-1 -1-1-1-2, r1-1-1, p1-1-1. Epigyne: spermathecae with rounded head ( Fig. 6 View FIGURE 6 D).

Variation. 3 males: total length 11.10–12.20, carapace 5.60–6.70, femur I 5.60–6.30; 3 females: total length 12.50–11.40, carapace 6.10–5.30, femur I 5.20–4.60.

Additional material examined. CUBA: 1 female, Granma, Soledad, Botanic Garden, 2.VII.1947, W.L. Nuttina ( MCZ); 1 male, Cienfuegos, Cienfuego Bay, Cayo Ocampo, 11.VII.1947, W.L. Nuttina ( MCZ 34471).

Distribution. Cuba ( Fig. 15 View FIGURE 15 B).