Nops guanabacoae is a species of medium-sized caponiid spider with only two eyes and carapace uniformly orange. N. guanabacoae is the type species of genus Nops, more information on this article.Sánchez-Ruiz, A. (2004) Current taxonomic status of the family Caponiidae (Arachnida, Araneae) in Cuba with the description of two new species. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 9: 95-102.
Description Differ from other Nops species by the male and female genitalia.
Distribution Extensively distributed throughout the archipelago of Cuba.
Habitat Soil spiders inhabiting preferably under stones and in leaf litter.Chickering, A. (1967) The genus Nops (Araneae, Caponiidae) in Panama and the West Indies. Brev. Museum Comparative Zoology, 272: 19 pp.
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