Abstract
A new species of the spider genus Ochyrocera Simon, 1891 is described from southern Mexico. Males and females of Ochyrocera marialuisae sp. nov. were collected from a cave in Oaxaca, Mexico. With the description of the new species herein, the species diversity of the genus from Mexico increases to eight species. In addition, biogeographical comments about the distribution of the species, an updated taxonomic identification key, and a distribution map for the Mexican species are provided.
Subject
Animal Science and Zoology,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Reference41 articles.
1. Baert, L. (2014) Ochyroceratidae (Araneae) of Ecuador. Bulletin de la Société Royale Belge d’Entomologie, 150, 70–82.
2. Baptista, R.L.C. (2003) Speocera eleonorae sp. n., the first troglomorphic spider from Brazilian caves (Araneae: Ochyroceratidae). Revista Ibérica Aracnología, 7, 221–224.
3. Baptista, R.L.C., González, A.P. & Tourinho, A.L. (2008) Ochyrocera ibitipoca (Araneae: Ochyroceratidae), a new spider species from Brazilian caves. Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment, 43, 243–246.
4. Brescovit, A.D, Cizauskas, I. & Mota, L.P. (2018) Seven new species of the spider genus Ochyrocera from caves in Floresta Nacional de Carajás, PA, Brazil (Araneae, Ochyroceratidae). ZooKeys, 726, 87–130. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.726.19778
5. Brescovit, A.D., Zampaulo, R.deA., Pedroso, L.M. & Cizauskas, I. (2021) Four new species of the genus Ochyrocera (Araneae, Ochyroceratidae) from iron caves of the state of Minas Gerais, with the description of the third anophtalmic species from Brazil. Subterranean Biology, 41, 63–68.