Review of specimens corresponding to three species of Thyene (Araneae: Salticidae: Plexippini) in the Peckham Collection Author Hill, David E. Author Mariante, Rafael M. text Peckhamia 2019 2019-06-13 185 1 1 12 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.5093362 1944-8120 5093362 86CC8B82-2DAF-41CB-9D44-7BF04525A6ED Thyene pulchra Peckham & Peckham 1903 There are two vials (MCZ:IZ:22787: 6 females , labeled as the type , and MCZ:IZ:151905: 2 females and 2 penultimate males, all from Durban) representing Thyene pulchra in the Peckham Collection ( Figures 9- 10 ). In their description the Peckhams (1903) listed only 5 females from Durban. Although the dorsal view of the female Thyene coccineovittata drawn by Berland & Millot (1941 ; Figure 1 :71B) agrees with the Peckhams description of the female T. pulchra , to date this species has maintained a separate identity. Our female Thyene cf. pulchra from Brazil ( Mariante & Hill 2018 ; to be updated in the near future) also agrees in general appearance with the original description of this species by the Peckhams as well as the more recent description by Wesołowska & Haddad (2009) . Figure 9. Dorsal opisthosoma of the female Thyene pulchra . 1-3, Syntypes from Durban (MCZ:IZ: 22787). 4, Another female from Durban (MCZ:IZ:151905). 5, Drawing by Peckham & Peckham (1903 , pl. XXV, fig. 3). Figure 10. Ventral view of epigyna of female Thyene pulchra (anterior toward the top of the page). 1-6, All six syntypes from the Peckham Collection (MCZ:IZ:22787). 7-8, Two additional females from the Peckham Collection (MCZ:IZ:151905). 9, Drawing of the epigynum published by the Peckhams (1903 , pl. XXV, fig. 3A). This compares with (3), with the anterior direction toward the bottom of the page. The dark, paired spots of the posterodorsal opisthosoma of this species are faded but still visible in the older specimens ( Figure 9 ). The epigynum ( Figure 10 ) is very lightly sclerotized, and in recent specimens ( Wesołowska & Haddad 2009 ) only the "parentheses" situated toward the anterior end of the epigynal plate are readily visible from the exterior. Sclerotization of these structures is much lighter than that seen in the female T. ogdeni ( Figure 8 ). The Peckhams' drawing of the epigynum of T. pulchra ( Figure 10 :9) is confusing, but can best be interpreted as a sketch of the sclerotized "parentheses" of the syntype shown in Figure 10 :3, with the anterior end drawn at the bottom of the figure. Presently the best reference description for the female T. pulchra (male not known) can be found in Wesołowska & Haddad (2009) .