Pholcophora ? “Cu12-325”

Figs 32, 33N

S323 Gen. Cu12-325 Cu12-325 – Eberle et al. 2018 (molecular data). — Huber et al. 2018: 55.

Remarks

The two adult females available of this species resemble other large representatives of the genus (Fig. 32A–B); body length 2.4; tibia 1 length 1.28, 1.36. Epigynum (Fig. 32C–D) consisting of trapezoidal anterior plate and short but wide posterior plate; internal genitalia (Fig. 32E–F) with distinctive median tube, curled up and ~600 µm long (reminding of the putatively distantly related Gertschiola neuquena Huber, 2000; see Huber 2000: fig. 354).

Our molecular data suggest that the present species is more closely related with other Caribbean taxa ( Pholcophora bahama, the undescribed Pholcophora ? “ Car 544”, and the genus Papiamenta) than with true Pholcophora .

Material examined

CUBA – Santiago de Cuba • 2 ♀♀, in pure ethanol; Siboney, Cueva de los Majases; 19.9623° N, 75.7171° W; ~ 90 m a.s.l.; Apr. 2012; F. Cala Riquelme leg.; ZFMK Cu 12-325 .