Nops guanabacoae | |
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Nops guanabacoae male, Cuba | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Family: | Caponiidae |
Genus: | Nops |
Species: | N. guanabacoae |
Binomial name | |
Nops guanabacoae MacLeay, 1839 |
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Medium-sized caponiids with only two eyes and carapace uniformly orange. N. guanabacoae is the type species of genus Nops, more information on this article.
Differ from other Nops species by the male and female genitalia.
Extensively distributed throughout the archipelago of Cuba.
Soil spiders inhabiting preferably under stones and in leaf litter.
Nops guanabacoae female (right) and male (left), dorsal view.
Nops guanabacoae female (right) and male (left), ventral view.
Nops guanabacoae male allotype describe by Bryant (1940), dorsal view.