Nops guanabacoae

Nops guanabacoae
Nops guanabacoae male, Cuba
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Caponiidae
Genus: Nops
Species: N. guanabacoae
Binomial name
Nops guanabacoae
MacLeay, 1839

Medium-sized caponiids with only two eyes and carapace uniformly orange. N. guanabacoae is the type species of genus Nops, more information on this article.[1]

Male palp of Nops guanabacoae.
External female genitalia of Nops guanabacoae.

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]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Sánchez-Ruiz, A. (2004) Current taxonomic status of the family Caponiidae (Arachnida, Araneae) in Cuba with the description of two new species. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 9: 95-102.
  2. Chickering, A. (1967) The genus Nops (Araneae, Caponiidae) in Panama and the West Indies. Brev. Museum Comparative Zoology, 272: 19 pp.
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