Figs. 37-39. Stcatoda porteri (Simon). 37. Female abdomen, dorsal view. 
38. Female genitalia, dorsal view. 39. Epigynum. 
Figs. 40-47. S. ancorata (Holmberg). Fig. 40. Male carapace and 
chelicerae. Figs. 41, 42. Female genitalia, dorsal view. 43. Epigynum. 44-47. 
Palpus. 44. (northern part of range). 45. (southern Peru). 46. (Bolivia). 
47. (southern Chile). 
Fig. 48. S. ? iheringi (Keyserling) , palpus. 
Steatoda ancorata (Holmberg), new combination 
Figures 40-47 
Theridium ancoratum Holmberg, 1876, An. Agr. Rep. Argentina, 4:72, fig. 16. 
Type from Argentina, lost. 
} Lithyphantes vittatus Keyserling, 1884, Die Spinnen Amerikas, Theridiidae, 
2(1) : 134, pi. 6, fig. 83. Juv. type from Minas Gerais, Brazil, in the Hope 
Department of Entomology, Oxford, examined. NEW SYNONYMY. 
Lithyphantes nigrofemoratus Keyserling, 1884, op. cit. 2(1): 139, pi. 6, fig. 
87, $. Female type from Monte Rico, [Ayacucho], Peru, in the Polish Acad- 
emy of Sciences, Warsaw, examined. NEW SYNONYMY. 
Asagena alticeps Keyserling, 1886, op. cit. 2(2) : 4, fig. 136, $ . Male type from 
N. Granada [Panama, Colombia, Venezuela] in the British Museum, 
Natural History. NEW SYNONYMY. 
Lithyphantes laetus O. P.-Cambridge, 1896, Biologia Centrali-Americana, 
Araneidea, 1:181, pi. 22, fig. 12, $. Male type from Costa Rica, in the 
British Museum, Natural History. NEW SYNONYMY. 
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