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Triaeris stenaspis Simon 
Figures 14-18 
Triaeris stenaspis Simon, 1891: 561. The type females from St. Vincent, 
B. W. I. are in the British Museum (Natural History). Simon, 1892: 
443; 1893: 302; Petrunkevitch, 1911: 130; 1928: 88; Bryant, 1948: 
342. 
Triaeris patellaris Bryant, 1940: 268. The type female from Cuba is in 
the Museum of Comparative Zoology, examined. Chickering, 1951: 243. 
New synonymy. 
A comparison of my specimens, until recently identified as Triaeris 
patellaris Bryant, with specimens of T. stenaspis Simon from St. 
Vincent, B. W. I. has convinced me that we must now accept the 
synonymy as given above. Simon gave the length of the type female 
as 2.5 mm. The specimen from St. Vincent, on loan from the 
British Museum (Natural History), measured 1.76 mm. Simon 
published no figures; Miss Bryant published one figure together 
with an adequate description. With the hope of clarification of the 
status of this species I have prepared Figures 14-18. 
Collection records. Many localities in Panama, especially in the 
Canal Zone since 1939. Costa Rica, Turrialba, August 13, 1965. 
Nicaragua, October, 1955 (B. Malkin). Puerto Rico, January, 
1964. Tortola, British Virgin Islands, August, 1966. St. Thomas, 
U. S. Virgin Islands, July, 1941 (C. T. Parsons). Several localities 
in Jamaica, W. I., October-November, 1957; February, 1955 (P. 
Bellinger); May, 1956 (C. C. Hoff). Trinidad, W. I., April, 
1964. Bermuda, October, 1954 (G. Underwood). Bahama Islands, 
South Bimini, May, 1951 (W. J. Gertsch, M. A. Cazier) ; July, 
1951 (C. and P. Vaurie) ; March, 1953 (A. M. Nadler). Miss 
Bryant had the species from Cuba and Haiti. A specimen from 
Miami, Florida, November, 1961 (F. W. Mead) was found in a 
collection on loan from the University of Florida. Simon reported 
the species from Venezuela. Obviously, the species is widely dis- 
tributed. 
