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Ochyrocera Simon 1891, sp. n.

Description

Ochyrocera Simon 1891

Composition in America. O. arietina Simon 1891, O. bicolor González-Sponga 2001, O. cachote Hormiga, Álvarez-Padilla & Benjamin 2007, O. caeruleoamethystina Lopez & Lopez 1997, O. callaina sp. n., O. cashcatotoras sp. n., O. chiapas Valdez-Mondragón 2009, O. coerulea (Keyserling 1891), O. coffeeicola González-Sponga 2001, O. cornuta Mello-Leitão 1944, O. corozalensis González-Sponga 2001, O. fagei Brignoli 1974, O. formosa Gertsch 1973, O. hamadryas Brignoli 1978, O. ibitipoca Baptista, González & Tourinho 2008, O. italoi sp. n., O. janthinipes Simon 1893, O. juquila Valdez-Mondragón 2009, O. losrios sp. n., O. machadoi (Gertsch 1977), O. minima González-Sponga 2001, O. minotaure sp. n., O. oblita Fage 1912, O. otonga sp. n., O. peruana Ribera 1978, O. quinquevittata Simon 1891, O. rinocerotos sp. n., O. sandovalae Baert 2014, O. simoni O. P.- Cambridge 1894, O. subparamera González-Sponga 2001, O. thibaudi Emerit & Lopez 1985, O. vesiculifera Simon 1893, O. viridissima Brignoli 1974, O. zabaleta sp. n., O. zamora Baert 2014.

Distribution in America. Mexico, Cuba, Hispaniola, Lesser Antilles, St. Vincent, Guatemala, Venezuela, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru and Brazil.

Diagnosis. Tracheal spiracle in the middle between the epigastric fold and spinnerets. Clypeus sloping; tip of labium notched. Legs long. Male palpal tibia without apophysis; palpal cymbium with prolateral extension; male palpal cymbium conical often with apical or retrolateral apophysis with or without cuspule apically; male embolus flexed and projecting forward (Figs 14, 20, 25, 32, 35, 38, 43, 47).

Notes

Published as part of Dupérré, Nadine, 2015, Descriptions of twelve new species of ochyroceratids (Araneae, Ochyroceratidae) from mainland Ecuador, pp. 451-475 in Zootaxa 3956 (4) on page 459, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3956.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/238391

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Ochyroceratidae
Genus
Ochyrocera
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Araneae
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Simon
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Ochyrocera Simon, 1891 sec. Dupérré, 2015

References

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  • Gonzalez-Sponga, M. A. (2001) Aracnidos de Venezuela: cinco nuevas especies del genero Ochyrocera y redescripcion de Ochyrocera vesiculifera Simon, 1892 (Araneae: Ochyroceratidae). Memoria de la Fundacion La Salle de Ciencias Naturales, 60 (153), 87 - 101.
  • Hormiga, G., Alvarez-Padilla, F. & Benjamin, S. P. (2007) First records of extant Hispaniolan spiders of the families Mysmenidae, Symphytognathidae, and Ochyroceratidae (Araneae), including a new species of Ochyrocera. American Museum Novitates, 3577, 1 - 21. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1206 / 0003 - 0082 (2007) 3577 [1: FROEHS] 2.0. CO; 2
  • Lopez, A. & Lopez, B. (1997) Observations sur deux araignees de la Grotte Fourgassie (Guyana Francaise): Paratropis papilligera Pick. Cambr., 1896 (Mygalomorphae: Paratropididae) et Ochyrocera caeruleoamethystina n. sp. (Araneomorphae: Ochyroceratidae). Memoires de Biospeologie, 24, 33 - 42.
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