Freya ambigua (Araneae: Salticidae) introduced to the continental United States, with new synonyms

G. B. Edwards; Gustavo R. S. Ruiz

doi:10.1636/K12-73.1

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G. B. Edwards,¹ Gustavo R. S. Ruiz²

¹Curator: Arachnida & Myriapoda, Florida State Collection of Arthropods, FDACS, Division of Plant Industry, P.O. Box 147100, Gainesville FL 32614-7100 USA. E-mail: GB.Edwards@freshfromflorida.com
²Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Pará, Rua Augusto Corrêa, 01, CEP 66075-110, Belém, PA, Brazil

Abstract

Euophrys ambigua C.L. Koch 1846 is again transferred, becoming Freya ambigua, COMBINATION RESTORED. This jumping spider species, native to northern South America, has been found in North America in the southern parts of two of the states of the USA: Florida (Broward, Hillsborough, Manatee, Miami-Dade, and Pinellas counties) and Texas (Cameron and Hidalgo counties). Previously known from Colombia, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela, it is now also recorded from Brazil and French Guiana. Two other names are reported as NEW SYNONYMS: Menemerus fannae Peckham & Peckham 1896 and Freya perelegans Simon 1902. A lectotype is designated for Menemerus fannae. The female of F. ambigua is described for the first time.

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G. B. Edwards and Gustavo R. S. Ruiz "Freya ambigua (Araneae: Salticidae) introduced to the continental United States, with new synonyms," The Journal of Arachnology 41(1), 11-17, (1 April 2013). https://doi.org/10.1636/K12-73.1

Received: 18 September 2012; Published: 1 April 2013

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