Nopsides ceralbonus Chamberlin, 1924

Jiménez, Maria Luisa, Platnick, Norman I. & Dupérré, Nadine, 2011, The Haplogyne Spider Genus Nopsides (Araneae, Caponiidae), with Notes on Amrishoonops, American Museum Novitates 2011 (3708), pp. 1-20 : 15-16

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https://doi.org/ 10.1206/3708.2

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5454894

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scientific name

Nopsides ceralbonus Chamberlin
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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.

MCZ

Museum of Comparative Zoology

CIB

Chengdu Institute of Biology

AMNH

American Museum of Natural History

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Caponiidae

Genus

Nopsides

Loc

Nopsides ceralbonus Chamberlin

Jiménez, Maria Luisa, Platnick, Norman I. & Dupérré, Nadine 2011
2011
Loc

Nopsides ceralbonus:

Bonnet, P. 1958: 3115
1958
Loc

Nopsides ceralbona

Chamberlin, R. V. 1924: 602
1924
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