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The genus Nesticella Lehtinen & Saaristo (Araneae, Nesticidae) in Brazil

The genus Nesticella is recorded for the first time from Brazil. Two new species are described and illustrated: Nesticella murici sp. nov. from Bahia, Alagoas and Sergipe, based on males and female and Nesticella ducke sp. nov. from Amazonas, on a female.

Neotropical; spiders; taxonomy


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