Patu sp.

HORMIGA, GUSTAVO, ALVAREZ-PADILLA, FERNANDO & BENJAMIN, SURESH P., 2007, First Records of Extant Hispaniolan Spiders of the Families Mysmenidae, Symphytognathidae, and Ochyroceratidae (Araneae), Including a New Species of Ochyrocera, American Museum Novitates 3577, pp. 1-24 : 15

Patu sp.

Webs of this species were common in the leaf litter in a cloud forest of the southwestern region of the country ( fig. 15A, B ). The web was a horizontal planar orb web with numer- ous radii (including many accessory radii) and without out-of-plane radii in the finished webs, as is typical of this family (e.g., Griswold et al., 1998: fig. 3C ). The spider is often found upside-down at the hub.

MATERIAL EXAMINED: Dominican Republic: Barahona Province, Paraíso, Reserva Natural Cachote , cloud forest surrounded by secondary growth, N18 ° 05 9 54.8 0: W71 ° 11 9 22.0 0, 1220 m, 6–9.IV.2005, G. Hormiga, F. Alvarez-Padilla, and S.P. Benjamin (males and females): photos 9–11/ R1 GH (7.IV.2005, 1 female); photos 12– 15/ R3 GH (9.IV.2005, 1 female); photos 16–26/ R3 GH (9.IV.2005, 1 female); photos 7364– 7366 FAP (1 female; deposited in MCZ) .

Figures

Fig. 15. Webs of Dominican Republic symphytognathids and mysmenids. A, B, Web of Patu sp. (Symphytognathidae), cloud forest in Barahona Province, Paraíso, (Reserva Natural Cachote). C, D, Web of Microdipoena sp. (Mysmenidae), cloud forest in Duarte Province, San Francisco de Macorís (Reserva Científica Loma Quita Espuela). Photos by Gustavo Hormiga (A, B) and Fernando Alvarez-Padilla (C, D).

Fig. 3. Ochyrocera cachote, n.sp., female. A, Tracheal system, ventral. B, Genital area. C, Chelicera, dorsal. D, Chelicera, ventral. Scale bars 0.1 mm.