1962 ] 
Levi — Steatoda and Enoplognatha 
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Frizzell) ; 32 km SE of Ambato, 8 Feb. 1955 (E. I. Schlinger and 
E. S. Ross, CAS) ; Rio Pastaza between Banos and Mapoto, Aug. 
1938 (W. C. Macintyre). 
Steatoda variipes (Keyserling) , new combination 
Figures 23, 24 
Theridium variipes Keyserling, 1884 , Die Spinnen Amerikas, Theridiidae, 
2 ( 1 ): 93 , pi. 4, fig. 61 , 9. Female lectotypes here designated from Amable 
Maria [Junin], Peru in the Polish Academy of Science, Warsaw, examined. 
Description. Carapace rich brown, sternum yellow-brown with 
darker margin and darker spot in middle. Legs yellow-brown with 
darker bands as wide as lighter areas. Abdomen probably mottled 
black. Eyes about subequal in size, anterior median eyes one diameter 
apart, one-quarter diameter from laterals; posterior median eyes one 
diameter apart, one-third diameter from laterals. Muscle impressions 
on abdomen and bases of setae slightly sclerotized. Colulus relatively 
small with two setae. Total length of female lectotype 5.0 mm; 
carapace 1.0 mm long, 1.9 mm wide. First femur 2.7 mm; patella 
and tibia 2.9 mm; metatarsus 1.6 mm; tarsus 0.9 mm. Second patella 
and tibia 2.3 mm; third 1.6 mm; fourth 2.4 mm. 
Record: One $ paratype with type. 
Steatoda porteri (Simon), new combination 
Figures 37-39 
Lithyphantes porteri Simon, 1900 , Rev. Chileana, 4 : 50 . Female type from 
Chanarcillo, [Prov. Atacama], Chile, in the Museum National d’Histoire 
Naturelle, Paris, examined. 
Description. Carapace, sternum, legs yellow-brown; fourth leg 
darker than others. Abdomen purplish black with dorsal white marks 
(Fig. 37) and a small white spot posterior to genital groove on 
venter. Anterior median eyes slightly smaller than others, one and 
one-half diameters apart, one diameter from, laterals. Posterior median 
eyes one diameter apart, slightly more than one diameter from laterals. 
One broad tooth on anterior margin of chelicerae. Fourth leg slightly 
longer than first. Epigynum (Fig. 39) with a wrinkled knob pointing 
posterior. Total length 4.7 mm. Carapace, 1.8 mm long, 1.4 mm 
wide. First patella and tibia, 2.1 mm; second, 1.7 mm; third, 1.4 mm. 
Fourth femur 2.0 mm; patella and tibia, 2.4 mm; metatarsus, 1.6 
mm; tarsus, 0.9 mm. 
Record. Chile. Coquimbo : El Tofo, Sept. 1957 (H. Zapfe). 
