Contributions on the spider families Nesticidae and Pholcidae (Araneae) from Argentina

Authors: VICTOR MANUEL TORRES, PAOLO LUCIANO PARDO, ANDREA XIMENA GONZALEZ-REYES, SANDRA MONICA RODRIGUEZ-ARTIGAS, JOSE CORRONCA

Abstract: A new species of Nesticus Thorell, 1869, N. Salta sp. Nov., and a new species of Guaranita Huber, 2000, G. Dobby sp. Nov., are described from the Chaco Serrano ecoregion of Salta Province (Argentina). The female of G. Yaculica Huber, 2000 is described for the first time, and the known distribution of G. Munda (Gertsch, 1982) is enlarged to Jujuy Province, northern Argentina.

Keywords: Spiders, Nesticidae, Nesticus, Pholcidae, Guaranita, new species, new record, Argentina

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