Ohvida brevitarsus Bryant 1940, comb. nov.
Creators: name: Polotow, Daniele
name: Brescovit, Antonio D.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Ctenidae
Ohvida
Ohvida brevitarsus

description: Ohvida brevitarsus (Bryant, 1940) comb. nov.
Figures 3 A–D
Ctenus brevitarsus Bryant 1940: 379, figs 159, 164 (male holotype from Guantánamo, Cuba, 10.III.1913, Ramsden, deposited in MCZ 20587; a female allotype and a male paratype with the same data as holotype; a male paratype from Guantánamo, Cuba, 12.IV.1913, Ramsden; a female paratype from Soledad, Granma, Cuba, II.1925, Salt; a male paratype and a female paratype from Soledad, Granma, Cuba, 12.VIII.1931, Worley; a male paratype from Mina Carlota, Trinidad, Sancti Spiritus, Cuba, 19–25.III.1925, Salt & Myers; a female paratype from Mina Carlota, Trinidad, Sancti Spiritus, Cuba, 8–14.V.1936, P. Darlington; a male paratype from Pico Turquino, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, VI.1936, P. Darlington, all deposited in MCZ, examined).
Diagnosis. Males of Ohvida brevitarsus resemble those of O. vernalis by the shape of RTA and median apophysis, but can be distinguished by the elongated retrodorsal projection on cymbium and by the laminar projection in the embolus (Figs 3 A–B). Females of Ohvida brevitarsus resemble those of O. vernalis by the shape of the median plate and the round head of the spermathecae, but can be distinguished by the comparatively large size of the epigyne and internally by the large posterior area of the copulatory ducts (Figs 3 C–D).
Description. Male (holotype). Total length 8.60. Carapace 5.10 long, 3.80 wide. Clypeus 0.22 high. Eye diameter: AME 0.22, ALE 0.20, PME 0.28, PLE 0.28. Leg measurements: I: femur 5.70/ patella 2.60/ tibia 6.00/ metatarsus 4.90/ tarsus 2.10/ total 21.30; II: 5.35/ 2.50/ 4.90/ 4.50/ 1.70/ 18.95; III: 4.70/ 2.00/ 4.20/ 4.50/ 1.60/ 17.00; IV: 6.10/ 2.50/ 5.50/ 7.30/ 2.10/ 23.50. Leg spination: tibia I and II v2-2 -2-2-2, r1-1-0, p1-1- 0, III and IV v2-2 -2, r1-1, p1-1; metatarsus I, II v2-2 -2, p1-1-1, r1-1-1; III v2-2 -2, r1-1-1, p-1-1-1, IV v1-1 -1- 1-1-2, r1-1-1, p1-1-1. Palp: acute RTA; cymbium with an elongated and rounded retrodorsal apophysis; rounded median apophysis (Figs 3 A–B).
Female (MCZ 34472). Total length 18.80. Carapace 6.50 long, 4.80 wide. Clypeus 0.30 high. Eye diameter: AME 0.27, ALE 0.22, PME 0.40, PLE 0.35. Leg measurements: I: femur 4.80/ patella 2.50/ tibia 4.10/ metatarsus 3.40/ tarsus 1.50/ total 16.30; II: 4.50/ 2.50/ 3.70/ 3.10/ 1.30/ 15.10; III: 4.10/ 2.00/ 3.10/ 3.20/ 1.30/ 13.70; IV: 5.40/ 2.40/ 4.60/ 5.40/ 1.60/ 19.40. Leg spination: tibia I and II v2-2 -2-2-2, r0, p0, III and IV v2-2 -2, r1-1, p1-1; metatarsus I, II v2-2 -2, r0, p0; III v2-2 -2, r1-1-1, p-1-1-1, IV v1-1 -1-1-1-2, r1-1-1, p1-1-1. Epigyne: short lateral spurs and internally with rounded head of spermathecae (Figs 3 C–D).
Variation. 2 males: total 8.60–11.50, carapace 5.10–6.80, femur I 5.70–6.10; 2 females: total 11.70–18.80, carapace 6.30–6.50, femur I 4.80–5.00.
Additional material examined. CUBA: 1 male, 1967, P. Alayo (MCZ 14622); 1 female, Ciudad de La Habana, Havana, Aguayo (MCZ 34470); 1 female, Sancti Spiritus, Trinidad (2500–3500 ft), Buenos Aires, 8–14.V.1936, Darlington (MCZ 34472); 2 males, Holguín, Pinares de Mayarí, 4.IV.1997, A. Sánchez (IBSP); 1 male, Guantánamo, Tigre de La Argolla, 7.XII.1912, C. Ramsden (AMNH).
Distribution. Cuba (Fig. 15 C).
description: Published as part of Polotow, Daniele & Brescovit, Antonio D., 2009, Revision of the new wandering spider genus Ohvida and taxonomic remarks on Celaetycheus Simon, 1897 (Araneae: Ctenidae), pp. 1-20 in Zootaxa 2115 on pages 5-7, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.187963