Scytodidae, Scytodes fusca, Walckenaer, 1837

Hembra

Macho

Sparassidae, Olios antiguensis

Females 20mm, males 12mm, with over 9 cm legspan.

I have found this species for the first time in 1989.

They live inside the leaves of big trees and have nocturnal habits.

Segestriidae, Ariadna sp.

Esta es una nueva especie de este gènero que descubrì en 2014.
Muy dificil de encontrar y probablemente aun no descrita.
Miden entre 4 y 6mm y viven en madrigueras en el suelo
que forran de seda.

Hembra

 Macho

Lycosidae, Agalenocosa bryantae

These small spiders live near water, in ponds, rivers and streams.

They can run over the water very fast and hide under the surface,

like fishing spiders from the family Pisauridae and Ctenidae. 

The size is about 13mm for the females and 10mm for the males.

Female

Male

Juvenile

Female preparing the eggsac

Theraphosidae, Cyrtopholis sp.

Familia: Theraphosidae

Subfamilia: Theraphosinae

Genero: Cyrtopholis

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Theraphosidae, Avicularia sp.

Family: Theraphosidae

Subfamily: Aviculariinae

Female.

Theraphosidae, subfamily Trichopelmatinae

The spiders from this family are called brush-footed trapdoor spiders, 

they dig tubelike burrows, completely lined with silk, 

then they build the trapdoor with silk and debris. 

Sometime they have more than one entrance. 

When they feels the vibration of a passing prey they rushes out, 

capture the prey and come back to the tube quickly .

Only the subfamily Trichopelmatinae is present on the island with two

genera, Trichopelma and Psalistops.

Trichopelma sp. 1 - Immature

Trichopelma sp. 2 - Immature

Trichopelma sp.3 - Female

Psalistops sp. 1 - Female

Psalistops sp. 1 - Male

Psalistops sp. 2 - Female

Miturgidae

The genus Syspira is not reported in Dominican Republic, I've found 

two species, the first one in 1988 and the second one in summer 2013.

They are very interesting and beautiful spiders.

The genus Teminius is represented with 3 species.

Syspira sp. 1 - South Region - Female

Male

Syspira sp. 2 - East Region - Female

Male

Teminius monticola - Female

Male

Araneidae

Araneidae

Mecynogea martiana (Archer, 1958) 

Hembra

Parawixia tredecimnotata F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1904

Macho

Micrathena forcipata (Thorell, 1859)

Neoscona nautica

Hembra

Neoscona oaxacensis (Keyserling, 1864)

Hembra

Neoscona moreli

Hembra

Neoscona sp.

Hembra