New data on the spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Anguilla, the Lesser Antilles with descriptions of seven new species
Abstract
28 species of spider have recently been recorded from Anguilla, a British overseas territory, in the Lesser Antilles, including seven that are also new to science: Agyneta anguilla Sherwood, Mukhida, and Connor sp. Nov. (Linyphiidae), Sphecozone sandy beach Sherwood, Mukhida, and Connor sp. Nov. (Linyphiidae), Mimetus antillensis Sherwood, Mukhida, and Connor sp. Nov. (Mimetidae), Modisimus anguillensis Sherwood, Mukhida, and Connor sp. Nov. (Pholcidae), Anelosimus blackgardens Sherwood, Mukhida, and Connor sp. Nov. (Therididae), Anelosimus covepond Sherwood, Mukhida, and Connor sp. Nov. (Theridiidae), and Coleosomes road salt Sherwood, Mukhida, and Connor sp. Nov. (Therididae). The remaining 18 species representing new faunistic records are: Hibana tenuis (L. Koch, 1866) (Anyphaenidae), Alpine Dominica Levi, 1988 (Araneidae), Eriophora ravilla (CL Koch, 1844) (Araneidae), Gea seven sided (Hentz, 1850) (Araneidae), Neoscona oaxacensis (Keyserling, 1864) (Araneidae), Cheiracanthium inclusive (Hentz, 1847) (Cheiracanthiidae), Hogna cf. sanctivincenti (Simon, 1898) (Lycosidae), Sorry portoricensis Banks, 1901 (Lycosidae), Prolycosides Aussererie (Keyserling, 1877) (Lycosidae), Ischnothyreus peltifer (Simon, 1892) (Oonopidae), Peucetia viridis (Blackwall, 1858) (Oxyopidae), Micropholcus fauroti (Simon, 1887) (Pholcidae), Henzia Antilles Bryant, 1940 (Salticidae), Scytodes sp. (Scytodidae), Nolavia antiguensis (Keyserling, 1880) (Sparassidae), Tetragnatha guatemalensis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889 (Tetragnathidae), Coleosomes acutivents (Keyserling, 1884) (Theridiidae), Coleosomes floridanum Banks, 1900 (Theridiidae), Latrodectus geometricus CL Koch, 1841 (Theridiidae), Tmarus cf. vertumus Chickering, 1966 (Thomisidae), and Zosis geniculata (Olivier, 1789) (Uloboridae). The families Anyphaenidae Bertkau, 1878, Mimetidae Simon, 1881, Oonopidae Simon, 1892, and Uloboridae Thorell, 1869 are thus recorded for the first time from Anguilla.
