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Novitates PUBLISHED by the AMERICAN MUSEUM of NATURAL HISTORY CENTRAL PARK WEST at 79TH STREET, NEW YORK, N.Y AMERICAN MUSEUM Novitates PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY CENTRAL PARK WEST AT 79TH STREET, NEW YORK, N.Y. 10024 Number 3062, 9 pp., 8 figures, 5 maps June 10, 1993 A Review of the Cuban Ground Spiders of the Family Gnaphosidae (Araneae, Gnaphosoidea) GIRALDO ALAYON G.1 AND NORMAN I. PLATNICK2 ABSTRACT Sixteen species ofGnaphosidae are known from is described for the first time. Sergiolus kastoni Cuba. A new genus, Cubanopyllus, is described for Platnick and Shadab, S. cyaneiventris Simon, Ce- Litopyllus inconspicuus Bryant, the male ofwhich sonia bilineata (Hentz), C. irvingi (Mello-Leitio), is described for the first time. A new species ofthe and Urozelotes rusticus (L. Koch) are newly re- Caribbean gnaphosine genus Microsa, M. cubitas, corded from Cuba. is described. The male of Cesonia cincta (Banks) INTRODUCTION Only a few arachnologists have reported sequently synonymized with G. sericata (L. spiders ofthe family Gnaphosidae from Cuba. Koch). The most important work on the fau- Banks (1909, 1914) described two species, na to date is Bryant (1940), in which seven Eilicina cincta and Callilepis grisea (both now gnaphosid species were recorded, and three placed in Cesonia), from La Habana and Pi- genera (Caridrassus, Paramyrmecion, and nar del Rio, respectively. Franganillo (1926) Eilicina) were newly established (all three ge- described Gnaphosa simplex, which was sub- neric names have been synonymized in sub- ' Kalbfleisch Research Fellow, Department of Entomology, American Museum of Natural History; Curator of Arachnida, Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba. 2 Chairman and Curator, Department of Entomology, American Museum of Natural History; Adjunct Professor, Department of Biology, City College, City University of New York; Adjunct Professor, Department of Entomology, Cornell University. Copyright © American Museum of Natural History 1993 ISSN 0003-0082 / Price $1.50 2 AMERICAN MUSEUM NOVITATES NO. 3062 Figs. 1, 2. Microsa cubitas, new species, male palp. 1. Ventral view. 2. Retrolateral view. sequent revisions). Platnick (1975) and Plat- seum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ, cour- nick and Shadab (1975, 1980a, 1980b, 1981, tesy of H. W. Levi), the Museum National 1982) revised the Nearctic elements of the d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHN, courtesy family, including Cuban records from ma- of C. Rollard), the Museo Nacional de His- terial deposited in North American collec- toria Natural, Havana (MNHNC), and the tions. Finally Alayon (1992, in press) de- National Museum ofNatural History, Wash- scribed two new species, one in the genus ington (USNM, courtesy of J. Coddington). Zelotes and the other in Camillina. We thank M. U. Shadab (AMNH) for help In this paper we report on specimens from with illustrations, and C. D. Dondale of the Cuban collections taken, over the last two Centre for Land and Biological Resources decades, in various parts of the island. We Research, Ottawa, and J. A. Murphy of describe one new genus (including the first Hampton, England, for helpful comments on known males of its type species, Litopyllus a draft of the manuscript. inconspicuus Bryant), one new species of the Caribbean gnaphosine genus Microsa, and the SYSTEMATICS male of Cesonia cincta (Banks), and present five new records for Cuba as well as new lo- Gnaphosa sericata (L. Koch) cality data for most ofthe remaining species. Map 1 The format of the descriptions and stan- Pythonissa sericata L. Koch, 1866: 31, pl. 2, figs. dard abbreviations of morphological terms 21, 22 (male holotype from Baltimore, Mary- follow those used in Platnick and Shadab land, in BMNH, examined). (1975). All measurements are in millimeters. Gnaphosa simplex Franganillo, 1926:49 (male ho- Material was obtained from the collections lotype from Santa Clara, Cuba, lost). First syn- ofthe American Museum ofNatural History onymized by Bryant, 1940: 390. (AMNH), the Natural History Museum, Gnaphosa sericata: Platnick and Shadab, 1975: London (BMNH, courtesy ofP. Hillyard), G. 61, figs. 143-149. Alayon (CGA), the Instituto de Ecologia y DISTRIBUTION: Found from New York Sistematica, Academia de Ciencias de Cuba south to Guatemala; Cuban records include (IES, courtesy of L. F. de Armas), the Mu- the following provinces: Cienfuegos (Sole- 1993 ALAYON G. AND PLATNICK: CUBAN GROUND SPIDERS 3 dad), La Habana (San Antonio de los Banios), Pinar del Rio (Valle de San Juan; Playa Gal- afre, San Juan y Martinez), and Villa Clare (Santa Clara). NATURAL HISTORY: In Cuba, found under stones in humid, semiopen areas. Microsa cubitas, new species Map 1. Cuba, showing records ofGnaphosa ser- icata (closed circles), Microsa cubitas (cross), Cu- Figures 1, 2; Map 1 banopyllus inconspicuus (open circles), and Lito- TYPE: Male holotype from Loma de la Car- pyllus cubanus (triangles). idad, Sierra de Cubitas, Camaguey province, Cuba (June 15, 1984; L. F. de Armas), de- posited in MNHNC. and interdistances: AME 0.06, ALE 0.06, ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a noun PME 0.07, PLE 0.06; AME-AME 0.05, AME- in apposition taken from the type locality. ALE 0.02, PME-PME 0.06, PME-PLE 0.05, DIAGNOSIS: Males resemble those of Mi- ALE-PLE 0.06; MOQ length 0.20, front width crosa chickeringi Platnick and Shadab but lack 0.18, back width 0.20. Leg spination: femora: the distal prolateral lobe found on the palp I pO-1-1; III rO-O-1; IV pO-O-1; patellae III, of that species (figs. 1, 2; cf. Platnick and IV rO-0-0; tibiae: I v2-2-2; II vlr-2-2; III dO- Shadab, 1977, figs. 4-6). 0-0; IV dO-0-0, pO-1-0; metatarsi: I, II v2-0- MALE: Total length 1.88. Carapace 0.88 0; IV pO-2-2, v2-0-1p. Dorsum of abdomen long, 0.77 wide. Femur II 0.62 long. Eye sizes with transverse white band at about half its and interdistances: AME 0.04, ALE 0.05, length. Embolus long, basally thickened (fig. PME 0.04, PLE 0.06; AME-AME 0.03, AME- 3); retrolateral tibial apophysis constricted at ALE 0.02, PME-PME 0.05, PME-PLE 0.05, tip (fig. 4). ALE-PLE 0.06; MOQ length 0.14, front width NEW REcORD: The newly discovered male 0.1 1, back width 0. 12. Leg spination: femur was taken 5 km S ofYaguajay, Sancti Spiritus IV pO-0-0; tibiae: I vlr-lr-0; II vir-ir-ip; III province, Cuba, in May 1978 (L. F. de Ar- dl-0-0, pO-1-0, vlp-2-2; metatarsi: I vO-0-0; mas, CGA). II vO-lr-0; III pO-O-i, vO-0-2, rO-O-1; IV pO- 0-1, vO-0-2, rl-0-1. Palp with retrolateral pa- Cesonia grisea (Banks) tellar apophysis, without retrolateral tibial Map 2 apophysis, without distal prolateral lobe (figs. Callilepis grisea Banks, 1914: 639, fig. 2 (female 1, 2). holotype from Pinar del Rio, Cuba, in AMNH, FEMALE: Unknown. examined). OTHER MATERLAL EXAMINED: None. Cesonia grisea: Platnick and Shadab, 1980b: 384, DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the type figs, 144, 145. locality. DISTRIBUTION: Endemic to Cuba; recorded from Crocodile (formerly Jacksonville), Isle Cesonia cincta (Banks) of Youth (formerly Isle of Pines), Batey del Figures 3, 4; Map 2 Medio, Meneses, Sancti Spiritus province; La Eilica cincta Banks, 1909: 157, pl. 45, fig. 8 (female Punta, 5 km from La Mula, Guama, Santiago holotype from La Habana, La Habana province, de Cuba province. Cuba, in MCZ, examined). NATURAL HISTORY: Specimens have been Cesonia cincta: Platnick and Shadab, 1980b: 380, taken on bromeliads (Tillandsia sp.) in wet figs. 114, 115. forests. DIAGNOSIS: Males, newly described here, resemble those of C. bryantae Platnick and Cesonia bilineata (Hentz) Shadab but can be distinguished by the lon- Map 2 ger, basally thicker embolus (figs. 3, 4). Herpyllus bilineatus Hentz, 1847: 456, pl. 24, fig. MALE: Total length 3.33. Carapace 1.61 5 (male and female syntypes from North Car- long, 1.71 wide. Femur II 0.96 long. Eye sizes olina and Alabama, destroyed). 4 AMERICAN MUSEUM NOVITATES NO. 3062 4 Figs. 3, 4. Cesonia cincta (Banks), male palp. 3. Ventral view. 4. Retrolateral view. Cesonia bilineata: Platnick and Shadab, 1980b: Cesonia irvingi: Platnick and Shadab, 1 980b: 382, 342, figs. 1-7. figs. 1 34-1 39. DISTRIBUTION: Eastern North America, DISTRIBUTION: Known only from southern from Manitoba south to Florida and Cuba Florida, the Bahamas, and Cuba: Cayo Can- (Puerto Manati, Las Tunas province). tiles, Canarreos Archipelago, Isle of Youth NATURAL HISTORY: Cuban specimens have (formerly Isle of Pines). been taken in sandy and marshy places on NATURAL HISTORY: In Cuba this species the border of coastal forests. lives in coastal forest, under stones and bark. Cesonia irvingi (Mello-Leitao) Map 2 Cubanopyllus, new genus Herpyllus australis Fox, 1938: 233, pl. 2, fig. 1 TYPE SPECIES: Litopyllus inconspicuus Bry- (female holotype from Key West, Monroe ant. County, Florida, in USNM, examined). ETYMOLOGY: The generic name is a con- Herpyllus irvingi Mello-Leitio, 1944: 4 (new name for Herpyllus australis Fox, believed to be pre- traction ofCuban Litopyllus and is masculine occupied in Herpyllus by Drassus australis in gender. Holmberg). DIAGNOSIS: Cubanopyllus can be recog- nized most easily by genitalic characters: the rounded spermathecae and enlarged median ducts of females, and palpi with the retrola- teral tibial apophysis distally swollen, the median apophysis sinuous and folded at the base of the embolus, and the embolus short, thick, and distally acute. Specimens can be distinguished from other North American gnaphosid genera as follows: from Gnaphosa, Map 2. Cuba, showing records ofCesonia cincta Callilepis, and Eilica by lacking a retromar- (closed circles), C. grisea (cross), C. bilineata (open ginal cheliceral keel or lamina; from Dras- circle), and C. irvingi (square). sodes by lacking deeply notched trochanters; 1 993 ALAYON G.
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