Sphecozone niwina ( Chamberlin, 1916 )

Rodrigues, Everton Nei Lopes & Brescovit, Antonio Domingos, 2012, Linyphiid spiders of Peru: description of a new species, complementary descriptions and new distribution records (Araneae: Linyphiidae), Zootaxa 3506, pp. 77-86 : 85

Sphecozone niwina ( Chamberlin, 1916)

Erigone niwina Chamberlin, 1916: 235 , pl. 17, fig. 4 (Holotype female from Urubamba, Cuzco, Peru, in MCZ); Bonnet, 1956: 1770.

Erigone nivina, Roewer, 1942: 725 . Lapsus calami .

Erigone taibo Chamberlin, 1916: 234 , pl. 17, fig. 5 (Holotype female from Urubamba, Cuzco, Peru, in MCZ). Crosby & Bishop, 1928: 8; Roewer, 1942: 725; Bonnet, 1956: 1775.

Sphecozone aurantia Millidge, 1991: 171 , fig. 720 (Female holotype from Camino al Illimani, La Paz, Bolivia, in AMNH); Platnick, 1993: 353.

Sphecozone niwina, Miller, 2007: 195 , figs. 142I, 147C–D, G, I; Platnick, 2012.

New records. PERU. Junin: Huaype, 21.X.1963, 3Ƥ (MUSM ENT 0 0 508011); La Libertad: Manachaqui, 3600m, 22.III.1988, D. Silva col., 33, 12Ƥ (MUSM ENT 0 0 508012); Pasco: Huayllay, Santuario de Huayallay, 4118m, 03.IX.2007, W. Paredes col., 73, 10Ƥ (MUSM ENT 0 0 508013); Puno: Isla Amantani (Lago Titicaca), 3900m, III.1948, F. Blancas col., 43, 5Ƥ (MUSM ENT 0 0 508014); Juli, 02.IX.1997, J. Ochoa col., 3Ƥ (MUSM ENT 0 0 508015).

Distribution. Bolivia (La Paz), Chile (Tarapacá) and Peru (Cuzco, Junin, La Libertad, Pasco and Puno).