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Ohvida isolata Bryant 1940, comb. nov.

Description

Ohvida isolata (Bryant, 1940) comb. nov.

Figures 5 A–B

Ctenus isolatus Bryant 1940: 382, fig. 163 (female holotype from Havana, Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba, Barbour, deposited in MCZ 21710; two female paratypes from Havana, Cuba, Cervera, deposited in MCZ 26255, examined).

Diagnosis. Females of Ohvida isolata resemble those of O. brevitarsus by the large median plate, but can be distinguished by the elongated anterior area of the median plate and the distance of the elevated areas of median plate (Fig. 5 A).

Description. Male. Unknown.

Female (holotype). Total length 18.20. Carapace 8.70 long, 6.60 wide. Clypeus 0.30 high. Eye diameter: AME 0.26, ALE 0.24, PME 0.36, PLE 0.34. Leg measurements: I: femur 7.10/ patella 3.50/ tibia 6.60/ metatarsus 5.40/ tarsus 2.00/ total 24.60; II: 6.60/ 2.90/ 5.80/ 5.10/ 2.00/ 22.40; III: 6.00/ 2.80/ 4.60/ 5.00/ 1.90/ 20.30; IV: 7.60/ 3.20/ 6.60/ 8.10/ 2.50/ 28.00. Leg spination: tibia I and II v2-2 -2-2-2, r0, p0, III and IV v2-2 -2, r1-1, p1-1; metatarsus I, II v2-2 -2, r0, p0; III v2-2 -2, r1-1-1, p-1-1-1, IV v1-1 -1-1-1-2, r1-1-1, p1-1-1. Epigyne: head of spermathecae projected dorsally (Fig. 5 B).

Variation. 7 females: total length 9.70–18.20, carapace 4.60–8.70, femur I 3.50–7.10.

Additional material examined. CUBA: 2 females, Cienfuegos, Soledad (near Vilches Cave), 14.VIII.1931 (MCZ 79123); 1 female, San Jose, 31.VII.1931, Wisley (MCZ 79121); 1 female, La Habana, Cuidad de La Habana, 1.III.1943, M.L. Jaume (AMNH); 1 female, Santiago de Cuba (AMNH); 1 female, Pinar del Rio (near Rio San Vicente), 10.I.1954 (FMNH).

Distribution. Cuba (Fig. 15 C).

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 8-9, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.187963

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Bryant
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Araneae
Family
Ctenidae
Genus
Ohvida
Species
isolata
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic status
comb. nov.
Taxonomic concept label
Ohvida isolata (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.