New records and geographical distribution of ctenid spiders (Araneae: Ctenidae) in Colombia

This study provides new records, geographical distribution extensions and a checklist of the current ctenids species in Co-lombia based on the review of four arachnological collections and published literature. A total of 15 new records for Cteni-dae in Colombia are reported; nine of these species are new records for the country and the distribution of the remaining six is expanded. The genus Centroctenus Mello-Leitão, 1929 (C. ocelliventer Strand, 1909) is recorded for first time in Colombia and Cupiennius coccineus (F.O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) for South America. Due to the strategic geographic position of Colombia, which is a transition zone between Southern and Central American biotas, species inventories in different localities are important to fill distributional gaps. The number of known species of ctenids in Colombia is in-creased from 16 to 25 and these data will be useful for future studies in taxonomy, systematics and biogeography of this family.

• Autores: Valderrama Ardila, Carlos Humberto; Simo, Miguel; Polotow, Daniele; Brescovit, Antonio D.; Hazzi, Nicolas A.
• Tipo de recurso: Article of investigation
• Fecha de publicación: 2013
• Institución: Universidad ICESI
• Repositorio: Repositorio ICESI
• Idioma: eng
• OAI Identifier: oai:repository.icesi.edu.co:10906/79895
• Acceso en línea: https://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84883607819&origin=inward&txGid=0; https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26240908; http://hdl.handle.net/10906/79895; https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3709.3.3
• Palabra clave: Biología; Ecología; Biology; Ecology; Diversidad; Arañas; Especies
• Rights: openAccess
• License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/