1962] 
Levi — Steatoda and Enoplognatha 
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Steatoda iheringi (Keyserling) , new combination 
Figures 33-36 
Lithyphantes iheringi Keyserling, 1886, Die Spinnen Amerikas, Theridiidae, 
2(2) :240, pi. 20, fig. 295, $. Female type from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, 
in the British Museum, Natural History, examined. 
Lithyphantes canceilatus Mello-Leitao, 1944, Rev. Mus. La Plata, n.s., 3 : 325, 
fig. 8, $. Female type from Jose C. Paz, Provincia de Buenos Aires, 
Argentina in the Museo de la Plata, examined. NEW SYNONYMY. 
Description. Specimen from Paraguay. Carapace yellow-brown, 
cephalic area brown, sternum red-brown, legs yellow, ends of tibiae 
darker. Abdomen with two series of dark spots on dorsum; sides 
and area between posterior spots with some white pigment. Venter 
darker with a small white mark just posterior to the epigynum. 
Anterior median eyes slightly smaller than others, one diameter apart, 
one diameter from laterals. Posterior median eyes three-quarters 
diameters apart, one and one-half diameters from laterals. Chelicerae 
with one tooth on the anterior margin. Legs quite thick, first equal 
in length to fourth. Epigynum (Figs. 34, 35) with a transverse fold. 
Internal genitalia difficult to study; the anterior ducts are very 
transparent and in the single specimen available, could not be seen 
completely. Total length of female type 2.9 mm. Carapace 1.30 mm 
long, 1.08 mm wide. First femur, 1.04 mm; patella and tibia, 1.43 
mm; metatarsus, 0.84 mm; tarsus, 0.52 mm. Second patella and tibia, 
1. 10 mm; third, 0,95 mm; fourth, 1.50 mm. 
The palpus illustrated by Figure 48 may belong to the male of this 
species. It was collected with females of S. ancorata in Rio Grande 
do Sul and belongs to the Keyserling collection in the British Museum. 
Records. Paraguay: Taquararapa, Alto Parana, 1908, $ (AM 
NH). Argentina. Buenos Aires, $ (Latarte, MNHN). 
Steatoda diamantina new species 
Figures 28-30 
Type. Female from Mina Serinha, Diamantina, Minas Gerais, 
Brazil, December 1944 (Mrs. E. Cohn), in the American Museum 
of Natural History. The specific name is a noun in apposition, named 
after the type locality. 
Description. Carapace, sternum, legs red-brown. Abdomen black 
except for one or two thin jagged white lines around sides and 
anterior. A median, longitudinal, dorsal white line varies in thick- 
ness and has several short pairs of lateral branches. Eyes subequal in 
size, in female. Anterior median eyes two-thirds diameter apart. 
