First records of extant Hispaniolan spiders of the families Mysmenidae, Symphytognathidae, and Ochyroceratidae (Araneae), including a new species of Ochyrocera

Title Variants

Alternative: Hispaniolan spiders

Related Titles

Series: American Museum novitates, no. 3577

By

Hormiga, Gustavo

Alvarez-Padilla, Fernando
Benjamin, Suresh P.

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

New York, NY American Museum of Natural History c2007

Notes

Caption title.

"June 28, 2007."

A new species of ochyroceratid spider, Ochyrocera cachote, n.sp., is described and its unique web architecture is documented. This is the first record of Ochyroceratidae for the extant fauna of Hispaniola. Additional new family records include Symphytognathidae (Patu sp. and Symphytognatha sp.) and Mysmenidae (Microdipoena sp.), with the latter family having been previously recorded from the fossil amber fauna. This makes a new total of 46 spider families recorded from the extant Hispaniolan fauna, but on the whole the island's araneofauna remains poorly known and warrants further investigation.

Subjects

Arachnida , Classification , Dominican Republic , Hispaniola , Mysmenidae , Ochyrocera cachote , Ochyroceratidae , Spider webs , Spiders , Symphytognathidae

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no.3577 2007

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1206/0003-0082(2007)3577[1:FROEHS]2.0.CO;2
OCLC: 150532280