Ochyrocera Simon, 1892

Brescovit, Antonio D., Cizauskas, Igor & Mota, Leandro P., 2018, Seven new species of the spider genus Ochyrocera from caves in Floresta Nacional de Carajas, PA, Brazil (Araneae, Ochyroceratidae), ZooKeys 726, pp. 87-130 : 88

Ochyrocera Simon, 1892

Ochyrocera Simon, 1892: 565 (Type species, O. arietina Simon)

Ceruleocera Marples, 1955: 462 (Type species by original designation C. ransfordi Marples); Brignoli 1979: 598 (Syn.)

Diagnosis.

Species of the genus Ochyrocera can be distinguished by having a tracheal spiracle between the epigastric fold and spinnerets (see Pérez-González et al. 2016: fig. 8A); clypeus sloping (Fig. 1 A–B); tip of labium notched (Fig. 8E); long legs; male palp without tibial apophysis; cymbium conical and with prolateral extension, with or without apical cuspule; and flexed embolus projecting forward (Fig. 1 C–D).

Composition.

Thirty-nine species ( World Spider Catalog 2017).

Distribution.

With the exception of Ochyrocera ransfordi , described by Marples (1955) from Samoa, all described species are from Mexico, Cuba, Hispaniola, Lesser Antilles, Saint Vincent, Guatemala, Venezuela, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, Argentina, and Brazil.