1984] 
Dondale & Re drier — Genus Pardos a 
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in AMNH. Two paratype males and 13 paratype females from the type locality 
(same data as holotype), in AMNH. One paratype female from northeast shore 
of Salton Sea, 8 October 1963 (Jean and Wilton Ivie), in AMNH. One paratype 
female from east shore of Salton Sea, 23 September 1957 (Vince Roth), in 
AMNH. Two paratype males and 1 paratype female from Salton Sea, 26 
September 1964 (Vince Roth), in AMNH. One paratype female from Salton, 
California, in MCZ. Seven paratype males and 5 paratype females from La 
Choya, Sonora, 12 June 1952 (W. J. Gertsch), in AMNH. 
Male. Total length 6.39 ±0.35 mm; carapace 3.15 ±0.13 mm long 
and 2.46 ±0.12 mm wide (12 specimens). Carapace with yellow 
orange median and submarginal areas, and with pair of dark 
longitudinal bands flanking median area; margins dark. Sternum 
orange yellow, suffused with black, or entirely black. Chelicerae 
orange brown; retromargin with 2 teeth (rarely with small third 
tooth on one or both chelicerae). Legs dark yellow orange. 
Abdomen yellow orange mesally, dark laterally; venter pale. 
Terminal apophysis arched retrolaterally; median apophysis small, 
occupying only about one-third length of genital bulb (Fig. 23); 
conductor with single curve on basal margin, with dark, shiny knob 
near tip (Fig. 26). 
Female. Total length 7.54 ±1.04 mm; carapace 3.39 ±0.34 mm 
long and 2.71 ±0.27 mm wide (20 specimens). General color and 
structure as in male but paler. Epigynum rather short, with ratio of 
length to greatest width of median septum less than 2:1; septum 
abruptly narrowed anteriorly from widest point (Fig. 62); copula- 
tory tubes curved to nearly straight, with swelling on ventral or 
lateral margin (Figs. 63, 64). 
Diagnosis. Specimens of P. saltonia differ from those of the other 
species in the milvina group by the retrolaterally arched terminal 
apophysis, by the small median apophysis (occupying about one- 
third the genital bulb length), by the short epigynum and abruptly 
narrowed median septum (ratio of epigynal length to greatest me- 
dian septum width less than 2:1), and in part by the presence of 2 
teeth on the cheliceral retromargin. 
Range. Salton Sea area of California; Sonora. 
Natural History. Males of saltonia have been collected in March, 
June, and December, and females in March, June, September, 
October, and December. Egg sacs were found in March and 
September. 
