Anasaitis canalis ( Chamberlin 1925 )

Bedoya-Roqueme, Edwin & Lopez-Villada, Samia, 2020, Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from the Department of Córdoba in the Caribbean Region of Colombia, Peckhamia 224 (1), pp. 1-23 : 11-12

9. Anasaitis canalis ( Chamberlin 1925)

Saitis canalis Chamberlin 1925 ; Corythalia canalis Banks 1929 ; Chickering 1946; Anasaitis canalis Zhang & Maddison 2015 .

Material examined. 2♀ [ Figures 27-29 ], Colombia, Córdoba, San Antero: Punta Nisperal [N9.4143°, W75.8017°], [2m] 22 Aug 2018, mangrove forest, Rhizophora mangle L . tree, shaking foliage, E . BedoyaRoqueme coll . ( LEUC; OARA –139). Type material deposited in the MCZ not examined .

Diagnosis. According to Chickering (1946) and Zhang & Maddison (2015), the females of Anasaitis canalis ( Figures 27-28 ), are distinguished from other species by the two large reniform spermathecae at outer posterior corners of the epigyne ( Figure 29 ). Two small depressions, possibly openings, near the center are associated with obscure tubules within (see Chickering 1946, fig. 124; Zhang & Maddison 2015, figs. 18-19).

Measurements (mm; specimens from Colombia). Two females: TL= 4.16-4.20; CL= 2.03; CW= 1.66-1.68; AL= 2.13-2.15; AERW = 1.61-1.63; PERW = 1.43-1.47; LOQ= 1.53-1.55; PMEP =0.35-0.37; eyes of the second row separated from the ALE by 0.17 mm and from the PLE by 0.23-0.25mm.

Distribution. Anasaitis canalis is known from Panama and Colombia.

Salticinae : Salticoida: Saltafresia: Simonida: Euophryini: Corythalia C. L. Koch 1850

Figures

Figures 27-29. Female Anasaitis canalis. 5, Habitus, dorsal view. 6, Habitus, ventral view. 7, Epigyne, ventral view.