Xanthofreya arraijanica ( Chickering, 1946 )

Martínez, Leonel, 2017, New records of the genus Xanthofreya Edwards from Colombia (Salticidae: Freyina), Peckhamia 155 (1), pp. 1-6 : 4

Xanthofreya arraijanica ( Chickering, 1946)

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Freya arraijanica Chickering, 1946: 170 , figs. 145-148 (male holotype and female allotype from Arraijan, deposited in MCZ, not examined) .

Xanthofreya arraijanica ( Chickering, 1946) ; Edwards, 2015: 76, new combination; World Spider Catalog, 2017.

Material examined. 1♂ and 1♀ from Colombia, Sucre , Colosó, Reserva Primatológica Municipal, 9.545138889°N, 75.34016667°W, 390 m above sea level, 6 May 2016, R . Torres ( ICN –Ar 9723) .

Distribution and natural history. Known from Panama (Distrito de Arraijan) and Colombia (Sucre, Figures 15-16 ). This species was collected by beating low vegetation in a tropical low-dry ecosystem, in a fragment of primary forest with an average annual precipitation close to 1990 millimeters, average temperature 27°C, and average relative humidity of 87.6%.

Note. For diagnosis and further taxonomic information see Chickering, 1946: 170-171, figs. 145-148 and Edwards, 2015: 78.

Figures

Figures 8-9. Xanthofreya arraijanica. 8, Male, habitus. 9, 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.