Description of the female of Dendryphantes melanomerus (Araneae: Salticidae) and new records of jumping spiders from Mexico

Abstract

THE FIRST KNOWN FEMALE OF THE SPIDER DENDRYPHANTES MELANOMERUS CHAMBERLIN, 1924 IS DESCRIBED AND THE MALE IS REDESCRIBED FROM THE WETLAND VEGETATION AND XERIC SHRUBLAND OF BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR, MEXICO. NEW RECORDS OF HABRONATTUS DIVARICATUS (BANKS, 1898), HABRONATTUS HALLANI (RICHMAN, 1973) METACYRBA TAENIOLA (HENTZ, 1846), PARAMARPISSA GRISWOLDI LOGUNOV AND CUTLER, 1999, PECKHAMIA PICATA (HENTZ, 1846), SALTICUS PALPALIS (BANKS, 1904), SITTICUS CONCOLOR (BANKS, 1895), AND THIODINA HESPERA RICHMAN AND VETTER, 2004, FROM MEXICO, ARE PROVIDED.