Ochyrocera Simon 1891
Creators: name: Valdez-Mondragón, Alejandro
name: Chamé-Vázquez, David
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Ochyroceratidae
Ochyrocera

description: Genus Ochyrocera Simon, 1891
Type species. Ochyrocera arietina Simon 1891, p. 566, pl. 42, fig. 10, described ♁ and ♀, described from Cuba and St. Vincent.
Composition. Ochyrocera aragogue Brescovit, Cizauskas & Mota, 2018; O. arietina Simon, 1891; O. atlachnacha Brescovit, Cizauskas & Mota, 2018; O. bicolor González-Sponga, 2001; O. brumadinho Brescovit & Cizauskas, 2018; O. cachote Hormiga, Álvarez-Padilla & Benjamin, 2007; O. caeruleoamethystina Lopez & Lopez, 1997; O. callaina Dupérré, 2015; O. cashcatotoras Dupérré, 2015; O. charlotte Brescovit, Cizauskas & Mota, 2018; O. chiapas Valdez-Mondragón, 2009; O. coerulea (Keyserling, 1891); O. coffeeicola González-Sponga, 2001; O. cornuta Mello-Leit „o, 1944; O. corozalensis González-Sponga, 2001; O. diablo Pérez-González, Rubio & Ramírez, 2016; O. dorinha Brescovit, Zampaulo, Pedroso & Cizauskas, 2021; O. fagei Brignoli, 1974; O. formosa Gertsch, 1973; O. garayae Castanheira, Pérez-González, do Prado & Baptista, 2019; O. hamadryas Brignoli, 1978; O. ibitipoca Baptista, González & Tourinho, 2008; O. italoi Dupérré, 2015; O. itatinga Castanheira, Pérez-González, do Prado & Baptista, 2019; O. janthinipes Simon, 1893; O. jarocha Valdez-Mondragón, 2017; O. juquila Valdez-Mondragón, 2009; O. laracna Brescovit, Cizauskas & Mota, 2018; O. losrios Dupérré, 2015; O. machadoi (Gertsch, 1977); O. magali Brescovit, Zampaulo, Pedroso & Cizauskas, 2021; O. marialuisae sp. nov.; O. minima González-Sponga, 2001; O. minotaure Dupérré, 2015; O. misspider Brescovit, Cizauskas & Mota, 2018; O. monica Brescovit, Zampaulo, Pedroso & Cizauskas, 2021; O. oblita Fage, 1912; O. otonga Dupérré, 2015; O. peruana Ribera, 1978; O. pojoj Valdez-Mondragón, 2017; O. quinquevittata Simon, 1891; O. ransfordi (Marples, 1955); O. rinocerotos Dupérré, 2015; O. ritxoco Brescovit, Zampaulo & Cizauskas, 2021; O. ritxoo Brescovit, Zampaulo & Cizauskas, 2021; O. rosinha Brescovit, Zampaulo, Pedroso & Cizauskas, 2021; O. sandovalae Baert, 2014; O. simoni O. P.-Cambridge, 1894; O. subparamera González-Sponga, 2001; O. thibaudi Emerit & Lopez, 1985; O. tinocoi Castanheira, Pérez-González, do Prado & Baptista, 2019; O. ungoliant Brescovit, Cizauskas & Mota, 2018; O. varys Brescovit, Cizauskas & Mota, 2018; O. vesiculifera Simon, 1893; O. viridissima Brignoli 1974; O. zabaleta Dupérré, 2015; and O. zamora Baert, 2014.
Distribution. Mexico, Cuba, Dominic Republic, St. Vincent, Guatemala, Venezuela, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Argentina, and Samoa.
Diagnosis. Follows Dupérré (2015: figs 14, 20, 25, 32, 35, 38, 43, 47): “Tracheal spiracle in the middle between the epigastric fold and spinnerets. Clypeus sloping; tip of labium notched. Legs long. Male palpal tibia without apophysis; palpal cymbium with prolateral extension; male palpal cymbium conical often with apical or retrolateral apophysis with or without cuspule apically; male embolus flexed and projecting forward”. However, Pérez-González et al. (2016) stated that the prolateral extension of cymbium (also known as protruded cymbial pedestal) is a diagnostic character for Ochyroceratinae because it is also present in the genera Fageicera and Psiloochyrocera.
description: Published as part of Valdez-Mondragón, Alejandro & Chamé-Vázquez, David, 2023, A new species of the spider genus Ochyrocera Simon (Araneae, Ochyroceratidae) from Mexico, with biogeographical comments and an updated identification key for Mexican species, pp. 552-562 in Zootaxa 5374 (4) on pages 553-554, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5374.4.6, http://zenodo.org/record/10158907