Leptofreya ambigua (C. L. Koch 1846 )

Bedoya-Roqueme, Edwin & Lopez-Villada, Samia, 2020, Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from the Department of Córdoba in the Caribbean Region of Colombia, Peckhamia 224 (1), pp. 1-23 : 16-17

16. Leptofreya ambigua (C. L. Koch 1846)

Euophrys ambigua C. L. Koch 1846 ; Freya ambigua Koch 1850 ; Menemerus fannae Peckham & Peckham 1896 ; Thotmes fannae F. O. Pickard-Cambridge 1901 ; Freya perelegans Simon 1902 ; Plexippus fannae Petrunkevitch 1911 ; Phiale albovittata Schenkel 1953 ; Euophrys ambigua Roewer 1955 ; Freya perelegans Galiano 1963 ; Ruiz & Brescovit 2007; Freya ambigua Edwards & Ruiz 2013 ; Leptofreya ambigua Edwards 2015 .

Material examined [ Figures 43-46 ]. 2♀, Colombia, Córdoba, Momíl-Purisima [N9.2222°, W75.6639°], [8m] 18 Apr 2008, Swamp, Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms 1883 , collected by hand, G. Salleg-Perez; I. Wild coll. ( LEUC; OARA –174). 1♀, Colombia, Córdoba, San Antero: Caño Mocho [N9.4152°, W75.8031°], [6m] 23 Aug 2018, mangrove forest, Rhizophora mangle L. tree, shaking foliage, E. Bedoya–Roqueme coll. ( LEUC; OARA –175). 2♀, Colombia, Córdoba, Montería [N8.7229°, W75.88830°], [12m] 17 Jul 2018, Licania tomentosa (Benth.) Fritsch tree, shaking foliage, Averrhoa carambola L., collected by hand, E. Bedoya–Roqueme coll. ( LEUC; OARA –162). Type material deposited in the AMNH, MNHU not examined.

Distribution: Leptofreya ambigua is known from Brazil, Colombia, Guatemala, Guyana, Suriname, Tobago, Trinidad, USA (Introduced), and Venezuela.

Figures

Figures 43-46. Living Leptofreya ambigua. 43-44, Male. 45-46, Female.