NEW SPECIES OF ERIGONE 
(ARANEAE, LINYPHIIDAE) 
FROM PANAMA AND THE WEST INDIES* 
By Arthur M. Chickering 
Museum of Comparative Zoology 
In the course of my collecting activities for many years in Central 
America and the West Indies I have accumulated a considerable 
number of the small Linyphiidae assigned to the Micryphantinae or 
frequently given independent family status (Micryphantidae) . 
Among those are numerous interesting genera not well known from 
the Neotropical Region. Recently I have been able to separate out 
from the collection a number of specimens which I believe to represent 
new species of the genus Erigone which is well known in North Amer- 
ica. Descriptions of these are given in the following pages of this 
paper for the consideration of those who later continue the study 
of this genus. I feel certain that careful collecting in Central 
America and the West Indies will yield numerous additional species. 
Cuba, Haiti and the Dominican Republic should be especially pro- 
ductive. More careful collecting and matching of males and females 
is much needed. My own studies of the genus have, thus far, pro- 
duced only a very small number of known females although other 
specimens have been under suspicion. 
Grants GB-1801 and GB-5013 from the National Science Founda- 
tion have furnished financial aid for several collecting trips in 
Central America, the West Indies and Florida together with my 
continued research in the Museum of Comparative Zoology for 
nearly five and one half years. As I have repeatedly acknowledged 
in my published papers, I am deeply grateful for the help and en- 
couragement received from members of the staff of the Museum of 
Comparative Zoology extending over a period of many years. 
Genus Erigone Audouin, 1826 
Erigone antegona sp. nov. 
Figures 1-3 
Holotype. The male holotype is from the Panama Canal Zone, 
Forest Preserve, January 29, 1958. The name of the species is an 
arbitrary combination of letters. 
* Manuscript received, by the editor August 13, 1969. 
