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Two New Species of the Genus Otiothops (Araneae, Palpimanidae) from the Virgin Islands
Author(s) -
Arthur M. Chickering
Publication year - 1967
Publication title -
psyche a journal of entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.168
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1687-7438
pISSN - 0033-2615
DOI - 10.1155/1967/876804
Subject(s) - genus , zoology , spider , geography , biology
Otiothops walckenaeri MaeLeay, 1839, was established on the basis of a female from Cuba. Miss Bryant recognized the male and very briefly described it in 1940. O. oblongus Simon, 1891 was described from a female taken on St. Vincent, B. W. I. The male remains unknown. I failed to collect any members of this family during my visit to this island in October 1966. O. lutzi Petrunkevitch, 1929, was also described from a female taken on Puerto Rico. The male has never been reported. I was again disappointed in not finding any members of this family during my period of collecting in Puerto Rico in January and February 1964. While collecting in Trinidad, W. I. in 1964 I found both sexes of a new species described as O. carpenteri Chickering, 1966. While collecting in the American and

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