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]
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| Nops guanabacoae male, Cuba | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Caponiidae |
| Genus: | Nops |
| Species: | N. guanabacoae
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| Nops guanabacoae MacLeay, 1839
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| Distribution of Nops guanabacoae | |
Description
editDiffer from other Nops species by the male and female genitalia.[1]
Distribution
editExtensively distributed throughout the archipelago of Cuba.[1]
Habitat
editSoil spiders inhabiting preferably under stones and in leaf litter.[1][2]
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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
edit- ^ 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. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 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.