Euophryini: Mesophryni

Hill, David Edwin, 2023, The jumping spiders of Pete Carmichael (Araneae: Salticidae), Peckhamia 292 (1), pp. 1-52 : 26-29

Euophryini: Mesophryni (Figures 25.2-26.1)

This basal branch of the diverse Euophryini is mostly Neotropical, although one well-known species, Anasaitis canosa , can be quite abundant in the leaf litter in the subtropical southeastern US. Anasaitis is largely a Caribbean genus, but the many Corythalia species can be found from Mexico to Argentina. These are most often observed feeding on ants on or near the ground (e.g., Edwards et al. 1974; Baigorria et al. 2021).

25.1 ♁ Menemerus bivittatus Dufour 1831 , SE US 25.2 ♁ Anasaitis canalis (Chamberlin 1925) , Panama

25.3 ♁ Anasaitis canosa (Walckenaer 1837) , SE US 25.4 ♀ Anasaitis canosa, SE US

25.5 ♀ Corythalia opima (Peckham & Peckham 1885) , Belize 25.6 ♀ Corythalia , Costa Rica 26.1 ♁ Corythalia , Ecuador 26.2 ♁ Chapoda , Costa Rica

26.3 ♁ Chapoda recondita (Peckham & Peckham 1896) , 26.4 ♀ Chapoda recondita , Panama

Panama

26.5 ♀ Mexigonus, SW US 26.6 ♀ Sidusa , Panama

27.1 ♁ Sidusa cf. mandibularis , Costa Rica 27.2 ♀ Sidusa cf. mandibularis , Costa Rica

27.3-27.4 ♁ Euophryini (?), Costa Rica

27.5 ♀ Euophryini, South America 27.6 ♁ Paramarpissa albopilosa (Banks 1902) , Arizona