Xanthofreya albosignata (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901 )

Martínez, Leonel, 2017, New records of the genus Xanthofreya Edwards from Colombia (Salticidae: Freyina), Peckhamia 155 (1), pp. 1-6 : 2-3

Xanthofreya albosignata (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901)

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Cyrene albosignata F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901: 235 pl. 19, figs 16 (female holotype from Guatemala,

deposited in BNHM, not examined). Freya albosignata (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) ; Petrunkevitch, 1911:651. Freya demarcata Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936: 23 , pl. 7, f. 47-48 = Xanthofreya albosignata (F. O. Pickard-

Cambridge, 1901), synonymized by Edwards, 2015: 76. Xanthofreya albosignata (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) ; Edwards, 2015: 76, fig. 34A-K, new combination;

World Spider Catalog, 2017.

Material examined. 32♂, 1♀ and 2 juveniles, from Colombia, Bolívar , San Jacinto, Reserva Campesina La Flecha, 9.852705°N, 75.175644°W, 324m above sea level, 9 October 2016, L . Martínez ( ICN –Ar 9722). 1♂, from Colombia, Choco , Acandí , Sapzurro, Tacarcuna Nature Reserve, 8.65°N, 77.34°W, 13m above sea level, June 2015, W . Galvis & CARBIO team (ICN-Ar 8097). 1♂, 2♀, same data (ICN-Ar 8099) .

Distribution and natural history. Known from Panama (Canal Zone Biological Area), Colombia (Bolívar and Choco, Figures 15-16 ), and Guatemala. In Colombia this species was collected by beating low vegetation in a tropical low-dry ecosystem, in a fragment of secondary forest with an average yearly precipitation close to 1790 millimeters, average temperature of 28°C, and average relative humidity of 83.5%.

Note. For diagnosis and further taxonomic information see F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901: 235, pl. 19, figs 16 and Edwards, 2015: 76, fig 34A-K.

dCP sp

Figures 3-7. Xanthofreya albosignata from Bolivar. 3-5, Left pedipalp of male. 3,

Prolateral view. 4, Ventral view. 5, Retrolateral view. 6-7, Cleared epigynum of

female. 6, Dorsal view. 7, Ventral view. Abbreviations: dCP= dorsal coupling pocket,

cd= copulatory duct, co= copulatory opening, e= embolus, fd= fertilization duct, RTA=

retrolateral tibial apophysis, sp= spermatheca, Spe= spermophore.

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Figures 1-2. Xanthofreya albosignata from Bolivar. 1, Male, habitus. 2, Female, habitus.

Figures 15-16. Known distribution of the species of the genus Xanthofreya in Colombia. 15, Localities near the Carribean coast of Colombia. 16, Detail of white inset rectangle in (15). Background satellite images (OCT 2004) courtesy of the NASA Blue Marble Next Generation project.