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Cuba. Pinar del Rio. common (MCZ). Oriente: common (MCZ, 
AMNH). Dominican republic. Sanchez; Puerto Plata, S of Santi- 
ago (all MCZ). mona isl. (MCZ). Puerto rico. very common 
(MCZ, AMNH, JC) 
TRINIDAD. 9 (MCZ). VENEZUELA. Monagas: Caripito, Aug. 
1942, 9 (AMNH). Carabobo: San Esteban, 21 Jan. 1940, 9 (CUC). 
Colombia Antioquia: Mutata, Dec. 1963, 9 (MCZ); Remedios, 20 
Dec. 1984; 9 (MCZ). Meta: Cano Grande, Sept. 1944, 9 (AMNH). 
Valle: Rio Jamundi, 1000 m; Anchicaya; E. of Buenaventura, 3 9 
(all MCZ). Cauca: Guapi, Aug. 1975, 9 (W. Eberhard, MCZ). Peru. 
Cajamarca: Nanchoc, Caserio Bolivar, 30 April 1967, 9 (C. 
Mazabel, AMNH). 
Witica cay ana (Taczanowski), new combination 
Figures 6, 7, 13-15; Map. 
Epeira cayana Taczanowski, 1873: 135, pi. 5, fig. 15, Female holotype from 
Cayenne, French Guiana (PAN). Specimens examined came from Uassa (Ua$a, 
Amapa, Brazil) in the Taczanowski collection, PAN. 
Female. Total length, 9.0 mm. Carapace, 3. 1 mm long, 2.8 wide. 
First femur, 3.6 mm; patella and tibia, 4.0; metatarsus, 2.4; tarsus, 
1.0. Second patella and tibia, 3.5 mm; third, 2.0; fourth, 3.6. 
Male. Total length, 1.6 mm. Carapace, 1.0 mm long, 1.0 wide. 
First femur, 1.1 mm; patella and tibia, 1.1; metatarsus; 0.6; tarsus, 
0.4. Second patella and tibia, 0.9 mm; third, 0.5; fourth, 0.8. 
Diagnosis. The median septum of the epigynum is narrower 
than the depression on each side (Fig. 7). Base of embolus tip is a 
lobe (Fig. 14). 
Variation. The color, pattern, and shape of the female abdomen 
are variable. Females vary 6.8 to 10.5 mm total length, males 1.4 to 
1 . 6 . 
Habits and Distribution. Probably from forest, Trinidad and 
Venezuela to Peru (Map). 
Records, trinidad 16 km from Arima, 27 Feb. 1959, Arima 
Rd, 29 Dec. 1945, $ (both A. M. Nadler, AMNH); Tucuche, 12 
Nov. 1944, 9 (R- H. Montgomery, AMNH). Venezuela Ara- 
gua: Rancho Grande, 1945, 1946, 4 9 (W. Beebe, AMNH). brazil 
Roraima: Rio Irene, Aug. 1911,9 (AMNH). Colombia Magdalena: 
San Pedro, 8 Feb. 1974, 9 (J. A. Kochalka, IBNA). Meta: Villavi- 
cencio, 11 March 1955, 2 9 (E. I. Schlinger, E. S. Ross, CAS). 
