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scutum and a narrow ventral scutum. The epigynal area is quite 
distinctive (Fig. 32) with some variation in its appearance among 
numerous available specimens. The palp of the female is quite dis- 
tinctive in respect to the shape of the patella and the conspicuous 
spination on several segments (Figs. 29-31). 
In a collection of Oonopidae from the American Museum of Nat- 
ural History I have found females from the following localities in 
Florida: Royal Palm Park, Feb. 26, 1936; Leesburg, Lake Co., 
March 1 - 1 1 , 1954 (M. Stratham) ; Lake Placid, Archbold Biol. 
Sta., Oct. 1, 1962 (A. M. Nadler) ; Ochopee, Everglades, Decem- 
ber 27, 1963 (Jean and Wilton Ivie). Dr. Gertsch (1936) re- 
ported the species from Newnan’s Lake, near Gainesville and also 
stated that Dr. H. K. Wallace had females from localities in Alachua 
Co. In my personal collection from Florida in 1968 I have females 
from Homestead, March; Everglades National Park ? March; Talla- 
hassee, Tall Timbers Research Station, April. 
Genus Oonops Templeton, 1834 
Oonops floridanus (Chamberlin and Ivie) 
Figures 33-34 
Oonopinus -floridanus Chamberlin and Ivie, 1935: 9, figs. 8-9. The holotype 
male and female paratype have been in the Museum of the University 
of Utah, Salt Lake City but are now being transferred to the American 
Museum of Natural History, New York City. Roewer, 1942: 276. 
Oonops floridanus , — Gertsch, 1936: 9; Bonnet, 1958: 3190. 
Dr. Gertsch correctly recognized that this species belongs in the 
genus Oonops. The original description stated that there were no 
spines on the legs; actually there are many long slender, more or 
less transparent spines somewhat difficult to observe. 
I did not collect this species during my period of held work in 
Florida in 1968 but I have had numerous specimens of both sexes 
on loan from the American Museum of Natural History and the 
University of Florida collected by H. A. Denmark, R. M. Baranow- 
ski, Drs. W. J. Gertsch and R. R. Forster, Dr. Wilton Ivie and 
Dr. F. E. Lutz. These collections have been made in numerous 
localities throughout the State of Florida and seem to indicate that 
this species is one of the most abundant in the family. Figure 33 
represents the eyes of the male as seen from above; Figure 34 repre- 
sents the left palpal patella, tibia and tarsus of a male as seen in 
retrolateral view. The epigynal area of females is extremely obscure 
and appears to be quite variable in appearance and for this reason no 
figure of this region has been prepared. 
