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Issue: Vol. 5683 No. 4: 22 Aug. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-08-22
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5683.4.6
Page range: 561-572
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Two new species of cribellated spider for Colombia (Araneae: Macrobunidae Bonnet, 1957)

Arachnid Study Group of the University of Quindío (GAUQ); Faculty of Basic Sciences and Technologies; Biology Programme; Carrera 15; Cl. 12 Nte; Armenia; Quindío; Colombia
Arachnid Study Group of the University of Quindío (GAUQ); Faculty of Basic Sciences and Technologies; Biology Programme; Carrera 15; Cl. 12 Nte; Armenia; Quindío; Colombia
Araneae Neotropics description taxonomy araneomorphae

Abstract

The Macrobunidae family is poorly represented in Colombia, with only the genus Retiro Mello-Leitão, 1915, and the species Retiro granadensis (Keyserling, 1878). This paper describes and illustrates two new species of this genus: Retiro sabatoi sp. nov. (♂♀) and Retiro leonardi sp. nov. (♂♀) found in central-western Colombia, in the department of Quindío.

 

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How to Cite

Rodríguez-Castro, G. & Rodríguez, E. (2025) Two new species of cribellated spider for Colombia (Araneae: Macrobunidae Bonnet, 1957). Zootaxa, 5683 (4), 561–572. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5683.4.6