Four new caponiids species (Araneae, Caponiidae) from the West Indies and redescription of Nops blandus (Bryant)

Autor(es)

Sanchez-Ruiz, Alexander ^[1] ; Brescovit, Antonio D. ^[1] ; Alayon, Giraldo ^[2]

Afiliação do(s) autor(es)

^[1] Inst Butantan, Lab Especial Colecoes Zool, BR-05503900 Sao Paulo, SP - Brazil

^[2] Museo Nacl Hist Nat, Habana Vieja 10100 - Cuba

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: Zootaxa; v. 3972, n. 1, p. 43-64, JUN 10 2015.
• Citações Web of Science: 6

Resumo

We update the knowledge of the unusual Caponiidae spiders from the West Indies with the description of four new species, and the redescription of Nops blandus (Bryant) including the first description of the female. Specimens previously assigned to N. blandus from Hispaniola and Puerto Rico represents two new species: Nops hispaniola n. sp. and Nops agnarssoni n. sp. respectively; while the distribution of the former is limited to British and U. S. Virgin Islands. The others two new species are Nops finisfurvus n. sp. from British Virgin Islands and Cubanops luquillo n. sp. from Puerto Rico. Female internal genitalia of Nops species are described, photographed and illustrated for the first time. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 11/50689-0 - Sistemática de aranhas haplóginas neotropicais (Arachnida, Araneae)
• Beneficiário: Antonio Domingos Brescovit
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Temático
• Processo FAPESP: 12/09680-1 - Revisão taxonômica, filogenia e aspectos biogeográficos do gênero de aranhas neotropicais Nops MacLeay, 1839 (Araneae, Caponiidae, Nopinae).
• Beneficiário: Alexander Sanchez Ruiz
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Pós-Doutorado