Maevia C.L. Koch, 1846

Prószyński, Jerzy, 2017, Pragmatic classification of the World's Salticidae (Araneae), Ecologica Montenegrina 12, pp. 1-133 : 35-36

Maevia C.L. Koch, 1846 and Paramaevia F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901

Edwards' (1977: 22) opinion: " Paramaevia Barnes. ... should not have been erected and all species in it should revert back into Maevia , since Maevia (Paramaevia) michelsoni Barnes is intermediate between the two" is not supported by any diagnostic documentation, so he probably refers to external appearance of these spiders. There are, however, striking differences in palps and epigyne of these genera (see drawings of their respective type species Fig. 14M and Fig. 10J , see also files http://www.peckhamia.com/salticidae/q18- Maevia .html and http://www.peckhamia.com/salticidae/q28-Paramaev.html respectively), suggesting

classification not only in different genera but in different groups of genera. Such difference in the most important and useful diagnostic characters exclude possibility that these forms may be congeneric. Therefore:

Maevia hobbsae Barnes, 1958 = Paramaevia hobbsae Barnes, 1958 (reinstatement of the previous

combination, documentation as above).

Maevia michelsoni Barnes, 1958 = Paramaevia michelsoni (Barnes, 1958) (reinstatement of the

previous combination, documentation as above).

Maevia poultoni Peckham & Peckham, 1909 = Paramaevia poultoni (Peckham & Peckham, 1901)

(type species) (reinstatement of the previous combination, documentation as above).

Figures

Figure 10. Diagnostic characters of representatives of informal group of genera COLONINES. A-B - Colonus sylvanus (Hentz, 1846), C - Colonus pallidus (C. L. Koch, 1846), D - Cotinusa distincta (Peckham & Peckham, 1888), DD - misidentified " Cotinusa" (compare embolus - Fig. 7R), E - Gedea flavogularis Simon, 1902, F - Kalcerrytus excultus (Simon, 1902), G - Marma baeri Simon, 1902, H-I - Metacyrba taeniola (Hentz, 1846), J - Paramaevia poultoni Peckham & Peckham, 1901, K - Platycryptus undatus (De Geer, 1778).