Dipoena variabilis (Keyserling, 1886)

Rodrigues, Everton Nei Lopes, 2013, Six new species, complementary descriptions and new records from the Neotropical Region of the spider genus Dipoena (Araneae: Theridiidae), Zootaxa 3750 (1), pp. 1-25 : 24

Dipoena variabilis (Keyserling, 1886)

Euryopis variabilis Keyserling, 1886: 262 , pl. 21, fig. 310 (Holotype female from Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Brazil, deposited in the Natural History Museum, London, not examined).

Dipoena variabilis, Levi, 1963: 167 , figs. 185–186 (transferred female from Euryopis ); Buckup & Marques, 1996: 54, fig. 18; Platnick, 2013.

Dipoena sicki Levi, 1963: 176 , figs. 248–249 (Holotype male from Sumaré, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 200-300 m alt., Jan. 1946, H. Sick col., deposited in the American Museum of Natural History, New York).

Dipoenata sicki, Wunderlich, 1988: 156 (Transferred male from Dipoena ).

New records. São Paulo: Guarulhos, Parque Estadual da Cantareira, Cabuçu (23°24'15,1''S; 46°31'59,7''W), 16– 22.VII.2001, Equipe Biota col., one male (MCN 41540); two females (MCN 41548); Mairiporã, Parque Estadual da Cantareira (23°19’08”S; 46°35’13”W), 29.IV.2001, R. Pinto-da-Rocha et al. col., one male, one female (MCN 41756); Mogi das Cruzes, Parque Natural Municipal da Serra do Itapety (23°29’S; 46°12’W), 13–19.X.2003, Equipe Biota col., one female (MCN 41246); São José do Barreiro, Parque Nacional da Serra da Bocaina (22°43’S; 44°36’W), 28.IV–03.V.2002, Equipe Biota col., one female (MCN 41179); São Paulo, Parque Estadual do Jaraguá (23°27’33”S; 46°46’2”W), 14–19.X.2002, Equipe Biota col., one male (MCN 41999); one female (MCN 42000).

Distribution. Brasil (Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Paraná, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul).