Ochyrocera
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Ordo: Araneae
Familia: Ochyroceratidae
Name
Ochyrocera Simon, 1892 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Ochyrocera Simon, 1892: 565 (Type species, O. arietina Simon)
- Ceruleocera Marples, 1955: 462 (Type species by original designation C. ransfordi Marples); Brignoli 1979[1]: 598 (Syn.)
Diagnosis
Species of the genus Ochyrocera can be distinguished by having a tracheal spiracle between the epigastric fold and spinnerets (see Pérez-González et al. 2016[2]: fig. 8A); clypeus sloping (Fig. 1A–B); tip of labium notched (Fig. 8E); long legs; male palp without tibial apophysis; cymbium conical and with prolateral extension, with or without apical cuspule; and flexed embolus projecting forward (Fig. 1C–D).
Composition
Thirty-nine species (World Spider Catalog 2017[3]).
Distribution
With the exception of Ochyrocera ransfordi, described by Marples (1955)[4] from Samoa, all described species are from Mexico, Cuba, Hispaniola, Lesser Antilles, Saint Vincent, Guatemala, Venezuela, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, Argentina, and Brazil.
Taxon Treatment
- Brescovit, A; Cizauskas, I; Mota, L; 2018: Seven new species of the spider genus Ochyrocera from caves in Floresta Nacional de Carajás, PA, Brazil (Araneae, Ochyroceratidae) ZooKeys, (726): 87-130. doi
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Other References
- ↑ Brignoli P (1979) Ragni delle Filippine III. Su alcuni Ochyroceratidae (Araneae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 86: 595–604. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.82322
- ↑ Pérez-González A, Rubio G, Ramírez M (2016) Insights on vulval morphology in Ochyroceratinae with a rediagnosis of the subfamily and description of the first Argentinean species (Araneae: Synspermiata: Ochyroceratidae). Zoologischer Anzeiger 260: 33–44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2015.12.001
- ↑ World Spider Catalog (2017) World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. http:// wsc.nmbe.ch [version 16, accessed on 10 Jun 2017]
- ↑ Marples B (1955) Spiders from Western Samoa. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 42: 453–504.