Nopsides ceralbonus Chamberlin 1924
Creators: name: Jiménez, Maria Luisa
name: Platnick, Norman I.
name: Dupérré, Nadine
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Caponiidae
Nopsides
Nopsides ceralbonus

description: <i>Nopsides ceralbonus</i> Chamberlin Figures 1–84 <i>Nopsides ceralbona</i> Chamberlin, 1924: 602, figs. 38–41 (juvenile holotype from Isla Cerralvo, Baja California Sur, Mexico, in CAS; examined, and determined to be juvenile, by R. Schick; juvenile paratypes from the same locality, in MCZ; examined). <i>Nopsides ceralbonus</i>: Bonnet, 1958: 3115 (emendation, to match the gender of the generic name). DIAGNOSIS: With the characters of the genus, male palps with a large, rounded bulb and a ventrally situated embolus with a curved tip (figs. 3, 5, 6, 8, 9), and female genitalia sclerotized only along the anterior margin of the receptaculum (figs. 83, 84). MALE (figs. 1–49): Total length 7.1–8.9 (n = 10). Carapace 3.0–3.5 long, 2.0–2.7 wide. Femur I 1.7–2.8 long, 0.7–0.9 wide. Bulb large, relative to size of cymbium; embolus long, narrow, membranous prolaterally near apex; in ventral view broad throughout length. FEMALE (figs. 50–84): Total length 7.1–9.5 (n = 10). Carapace 2.8–3.2 long, 2.2–3.0 wide. Femur I 0.9–2.3 long, 0.6–0.8 wide. Internal genitalia with sclerotized anterior margin, sclerotization strongest near midline. MATERIAL EXAMINED: MEXICO: <b>Baja California:</b> 12.7 km E El Rosario, 30°04′ 15″N, 115°37′ 10″W, Feb. 7, 1984 – Apr. 2, 1984, pitfall, elev. 180 m (W. Clark, P. Blom, MCZ), 1&amp;male;. <b>Baja California Sur:</b> Carambuche, 26°14′ 13.2″N, 112°00′ 06″W, Nov. 2, 2009 (C. Palacios, CIB), 3&amp;male;, Nov. 2, 2009, elev. 119 m (C. Palacios, CIB), 1&amp;female;, Mar. 18, 2010 (C. Palacios, CIB), 1&amp;female;, Mar. 20, 2010 (C. Palacios, CIB), 1&amp;female;; El Chorro, Santiago, 23°26′20”N, 109°48′15″W, Sept. 1, 2005, elev. 185 m (M. Correa, M. Jiménez, C. Palacios, CIB), 6&amp;male;, Oct. 28, 2005 (C. Palacios, CIB), 2&amp;male;; Presa La Buena Mujer, 24°05′13″N, 110°11′19″W, Aug. 25, 2004 (C. Palacios, CIB), 2&amp;male;; San Isidro-La Purísima, 26°12′ 23″N, 112°02′ 54″W, June 15, 2003, elev. 300 m (M. Correa, CIB), 1&amp;female;, June 16–17, 2003 (C. Palacios, CIB), 2&amp;female;, Sept. 20, 2003, pitfall, elev. 300 m (I. Posada, CIB), 1&amp;female;, Sept. 20, 2003 (M. Correa, G. Nieto, CIB), 2&amp;male;, 2&amp;female;; San José de Comondú, 26°23′ 34″N, 112°49′13″W, Oct. 28, 2002 (M. Correa, CIB), 1&amp;female;, Oct. 28, 2002 (C. Palacios, CIB), 1&amp;male;, Nov. 25, 2002 (C. Palacios, CIB), 1&amp;female;, Oct. 11, 2003 (M. Correa, CIB), 1&amp;male;. <b>Coahuila:</b> Delicias, Aug. 18–19, 1946 (C. Bogert, AMNH), 1&amp;female;. <b>Colima:</b> 10 mi S Colima, Aug. 1, 1954 (W. Gertsch, AMNH), 1&amp;female;. <b>Durango:</b> La Quebrada, July 30, 1947 (W. Gertsch, AMNH), 1&amp;female;. <b>San Luis Potosí:</b> 2 mi E Santo Domingo, June 6, 1941 (A., L. Davis, AMNH), 1&amp;male;. <b>Tamaulipas:</b> Route 101, km 15, Mar. 18, 1972 (J. Cooke, AMNH), 1&amp;female;. DISTRIBUTION: Northern and central Mexico. NATURAL HISTORY: During the day, these spiders hide under large stones in xeric shrubland; they apparently become active at night, as most specimens have been taken in pitfall traps. Adult males have been taken from April through November, females from March through November.
description: Published as part of <i>Jiménez, Maria Luisa, Platnick, Norman I. &amp; Dupérré, Nadine, 2011, The Haplogyne Spider Genus Nopsides (Araneae, Caponiidae), with Notes on Amrishoonops, pp. 1-20 in American Museum Novitates 2011 (3708)</i> on pages 15-16, DOI: 10.1206/3708.2, http://zenodo.org/record/5359293
description: {"references": ["Chamberlin, R. V. 1924. The spider fauna of the shores and islands of the Gulf of California. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 12: 561 - 694.", "Bonnet, P. 1958. Bibliographia araneorum. Toulouse 2 (4): 3027 - 4230."]}