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10b. With a small apophysis on the patella of the palpus (figs. 74, 
75 of Brady, 1964) or without a patellar apophysis 11 
1 1 a. With a small apophysis on the patella of the palpus as in fig- 
ures 74, 75 of Brady, 1964. Color pattern as in figures 72, 
73 of Brady, 1964 apollo 
11b. Without an apophysis on the patella of the palpus. 12 
12a. Palpus illustrated in Figures 100, 101. ocelot 
12b. Palpus illustrated in Figures 102, 103. felinus 
12c. Palpus illustrated in Figures 104, 105. cornutus 
SPECIES DESCRIPTIONS 
Oxyopes acleistus Chamberlin 
Map 1. 
Oxyopes acleistus Chamberlin, 1929, Ent. News, 40:19, fig. 3, $. Female 
holotype from Sanford, Seminole Co., Florida, in the American Museum 
of Natural History, examined. Roewer, 1954, Katalog der Araneae 
2(a) :330. Bonnet, 1958, Bibliographia Araneorum, 2(4):3223. 
Oxyopes aureus Brady, 1964, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 131(13) :457, figs. 1-4, 
13-17, 27, 28, 35, 36, $ 9. Female holotype from Bentsen State Park, 
6 mi. SW of Mission, Hidalgo Co., Texas, in the Museum of Compara- 
tive Zoology. NEW SYNONYMY. 
Discussion. After seeing both individual and geographic variation 
of the epigynia of O. bifidus (Figs. 25-30), I am led to believe that 
the differences between O. aureus and O. acleistus are, at best, 
subspecific. The fact that the color patterns and the male palpi of 
these two species are much alike supports this position. After seeing 
the variance of certain taxonomic characters within some Mexican 
and Central American species, I am impressed with the similarities 
between O. aureus and O. acleistus. Therefore, I consider them 
conspecific here. 
See Brady, 1964, pages 454-460 for figures, measurements, color 
descriptions, diagnoses, notes on natural history, and collection rec- 
ords north of Mexico. 
Distribution. Florida, Louisiana, Texas and northern Mexico. 
(Map 1 ). 
Records. MEXICO, Tamaulipas. Rio Gualoliejo near Forolon, 
16 April 1939, cfoo (LID, B. Brown). San Luis Potost. Huichi- 
huayan, 19 May 1952, c? (MAC, WJG, RS) ; 10 mi. N of Valles, 
23 July 1945, (A. M. Dame). Nuevo Leon. Horsetail Falls, 7 
July 1972, $ $ (ARB). 
