A peer-reviewed open-access journal ZooKeys 105: 1–182 (2011) A revision of Selenops in America and the Carribean 1 doi: 10.3897/zookeys.105.724 MONOGRAPH www.zookeys.org Launched to accelerate biodiversity research A revision of the spider genus Selenops Latreille, 1819 (Arachnida, Araneae, Selenopidae) in North America, Central America and the Caribbean Sarah C. Crews Berkeley City College, 2050 Center Street, Berkeley, CA, 94704 urn:lsid:zoobank.org:author:216D356C-DE43-41F4-A7D9-EEB9DD2CD73F Corresponding author: Sarah C. Crews (
[email protected]) Academic editor: Dmitry Logunov | Received 13 November 2010 | Accepted 18 April 2010 | Published 14 June 2011 urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:74F68C91-9FD2-4399-9034-F46E7C140FA8 Citation: Crews SC (2011) A revision of the spider genus Selenops Latreille, 1819 (Arachnida, Araneae, Selenopidae) in North America, Central America and the Caribbean. ZooKeys 105: 1–182. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.105.724 Abstract The spider genus Selenops Latreille, 1819 occurs in both the Old World and New World tropics and sub- tropics and contains nearly half of the species in the family Selenopidae Simon, 1897. In this paper the members of the genus Selenops found in North America, Central America, and on islands of the Caribbean are revised, excluding Cuban endemics. No taxonomic changes are currently made to the species from the southwestern United States. In total, 21 new species are described, including S. arikok sp. n., S. chamela sp. n., S. amona sp. n., S. baweka sp. n., S. bocacanadensis sp. n., S. enriquillo sp. n, S. ixchel sp. n., S. hue- tocatl sp. n., S.