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Four new caponiids species (Araneae, Caponiidae) from the West Indies and redescription of Nops blandus (Bryant)

Journal

ZOOTAXA
Volume 3972, Issue 1, Pages 43-64

Publisher

MAGNOLIA PRESS
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3972.1.3

Keywords

Nops; Cubanops; taxonomy; Haplogynae; Caribbean

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  1. Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo (FAPESP) [2012/09680-1, 2011/50689-0]
  2. NSF DEB [1050187, 1050253, 1314749]
  3. Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo (FAPESP) [11/50689-0, 12/09680-1] Funding Source: FAPESP
  4. Direct For Biological Sciences
  5. Division Of Environmental Biology [1050187] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
  6. Division Of Environmental Biology
  7. Direct For Biological Sciences [1314749, 1050253] Funding Source: National Science Foundation

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We update the knowledge of the unusual Caponiidae spiders from the West Indies with the description of four new species, and the redescription of Nops blandus (Bryant) including the first description of the female. Specimens previously assigned to N. blandus from Hispaniola and Puerto Rico represents two new species: Nops hispaniola n. sp. and Nops agnarssoni n. sp. respectively; while the distribution of the former is limited to British and U. S. Virgin Islands. The others two new species are Nops finisfurvus n. sp. from British Virgin Islands and Cubanops luquillo n. sp. from Puerto Rico. Female internal genitalia of Nops species are described, photographed and illustrated for the first time.

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