View, read, or make a reprint of this item in its original format. Abstract Caymanis bracensis, a new genus and species of Antillocorini from the Cayman Islands, is described and illustrated. This species differs from other antillocorines by the reticulated texture of the surface of the third and fourth abdominal sternites in both sexes and by the presence of a large curved basal spine found ventrally on the fore femur in the males. These specimens are not congeneric with the type species of Botocudo. They differ from Botocudo and most other antillocorines by the presence of all trichobothria of the fifth abdominal sternite located anterior to the spiracle of the same segment, fore femora incrassate and armed ventrally with spines in both sexes, and the males with a large distally curved spine at the base of the fore femur.
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Caymanis bracensis Baranowski and Brambila. Abdominal sternites 3 and 4 reticulate in both male and female. Named for the island, Cayman Brac, on which it was found. Sexual dimorphism occurs in the genus Caymanis, males having on the fore femora a large spine near the base, on the ventral surface, not present in females. Chiefly dark reddish brown.