Nops guanabacoae
Nops guanabacoae | |
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Nops guanabacoae male, Cuba | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Caponiidae |
Genus: | Nops |
Species: | N. guanabacoae
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Binomial name | |
Nops guanabacoae MacLeay, 1839
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Distribution of Nops guanabacoae |
Nops guanabacoae is a species of medium-sized caponiid spider with only two eyes and carapace uniformly orange. N. guanabacoae is the type species of genus Nops, more information on this article.[1]
Description[]
Differ from other Nops species by the male and female genitalia.[1]
Distribution[]
Extensively distributed throughout the archipelago of Cuba.[1]
Habitat[]
Soil spiders inhabiting preferably under stones and in leaf litter.[1][2]
Nops guanabacoae female (right) and male (left), dorsal view.
Nops guanabacoae female (right) and male (left), ventral view.
Nops guanabacoae male allotype describe by Bryant (1940), dorsal view.
References[]
- ^ a b c d Sánchez-Ruiz, A. (2004) Current taxonomic status of the family Caponiidae (Arachnida, Araneae) in Cuba with the description of two new species. 9: 95-102. [1]
- ^ Chickering, A. (1967) The genus Nops (Araneae, Caponiidae) in Panama and the West Indies. Brev. Museum Comparative Zoology, 272: 19 pp.
Categories:
- Fauna of Cuba
- Caponiidae
- Spiders of the Caribbean
- Spiders described in 1839