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Description of a new species of Hentziectypus and the female of H. rafaeli (Araneae, Theridiidae)

Hentziectypus tayrona sp. nov. is described based on a male from Santa Marta, Colombia. The female of H. rafaeli Buckup & Marques, 1991, is described for the first time and the distribution range is extended to Bolivia and South of Brazil.

Taxonomy; Neotropical; spiders; Colombia; Brazil


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