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Ohvida coxana Bryant 1940, comb. nov.

Description

Ohvida coxana (Bryant, 1940) comb. nov.

Figures 4 A–B

Ctenus coxanus Bryant 1940: 381, fig. 162 (male holotype from Pan de Azucar, Matanzas, Cuba, 1913, Barbour & Shaw, deposited in MCZ 20917, examined).

Diagnosis. Males of Ohvida coxana resemble those of O. fulvorufa by the shape of the embolus, but can be distinguished by the RTA position, reduced cymbial retrodorsal apophysis and elongated median apophysis (Figs 4 A–B).

Description. Male (holotype). Total length 9.60. Carapace 5.20 long, 3.90 wide. Clypeus 0.16 high. Eye diameter: AME 0.18, ALE 0.16, PME 0.22, PLE 0.22. Leg measurements: I: femur 4.80/ patella 2.20/ tibia 4.90/ metatarsus 4.20/ tarsus 1.25/ total 17.35; II: 4.50/ 2.10/ 4.10/ 3.70/ 1.50/ 15.90; III: 4.00/ 1.70/ 3.50/ 3.60/ 1.50/ 14.30; IV: 4.90/ 1.90/ 4.50/ 5.60/ 2.10/ 19.00. 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: truncated ventral apophysis, smooth embolus (Fig. 4 A).

Female. Unknown.

Distribution. Cuba (Fig. 15 B).

Notes

Published as part of Polotow, Daniele & Brescovit, Antonio D., 2009, Revision of the new wandering spider genus Ohvida and taxonomic remarks on Celaetycheus Simon, 1897 (Araneae: Ctenidae), pp. 1-20 in Zootaxa 2115 on pages 7-8, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.187963

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Biodiversity

Family
Ctenidae
Genus
Ohvida
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Araneae
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Bryant
Species
coxana
Taxonomic status
comb. nov.
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Ohvida coxana (Bryant, 1940) sec. Polotow & Brescovit, 2009

References

  • Bryant, E. B. (1940) Cuban spiders in the Museum of Comparative Zoology. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 86, 247 - 554.