Neofiber alleni True
Fig. 49
Baculum: Stalk massive, greatest length (4.7 mm.) 1¾ times greatest breadth, 4 times greatest depth; ossification in digitate processes variable; in one (KU 27123) of two specimens examined lateral processes ossified and median process unossified, as in two specimens examined by Hamilton (1946:379) from "southern Florida"; in my other specimen (KU 27268) that is possibly more mature, median process ossified although less deeply stained than lateral ossifications or stalk; posterior profile in probable dorsal view roughly rounded; in end-view probable dorsal concavity deep, ventral concavity broad but shallow, and with center convex; median constriction 3/5 greatest depth; shaft heavy, least depth 2/3 greatest depth of base; stalk, at mid-point, slightly wider than deep and more than 1/3 width of base; lateral profile in dorsal view sharply incurved distal to point of greatest breadth, shaft therefore relatively distinct from basal part of stalk; slight subterminal constriction; tip less reduced in the two specimens examined than in two figured by Hamilton. In preparation, the tissues that make it possible to distinguish with certainty the dorsal and ventral surfaces of the baculum were removed in both specimens.
Specimens examined: Two, of the subspecies Neofiber alleni alleni, 2 mi. S Gainesville, Alachua Co., Florida, 27268; 1 mi. E Courtenay, Merritt Island, Brevard Co., Florida, 27123.