Estol Narelle, Rodrigues Everton Nei Lopes
Laboratório de Diversidade e Sistemática de Arachnida. Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS). Av. Unisinos, 950, Cristo Rei, 93022-000 São Leopoldo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil..
Zootaxa. 2017 Feb 13;4231(4):zootaxa.4231.4.4. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4231.4.4.
The spider family Nesticidae includes 233 species in 13 genera and is distributed almost worldwide (World Spider Catalog, 2016). However, the family is still poorly known in the Neotropical Region. The genus Nesticus Thorell, 1869 comprises 132 species and seven subspecies and was described based on N. cellulanus (Clerck, 1757), from Europe (World Spider Catalog, 2016). Meridional South American species of Nesticus were revised by Ott & Lise (2002). More recently, Faleiro & Santos (2011) described a new species from the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil and Torres et al. (2016) a new species from the province of Salta, Argentina. Nowadays, Nesticus is represented by six species in Brazil: Nesticus brasiliensis Brignoli, 1979; Nesticus brignolii Ott & Lise, 2002; Nesticus calilegua Ott & Lise, 2002; Nesticus ivone Faleiro & Santos, 2011; Nesticus potreiro Ott & Lise, 2002 and Nesticus taim Ott & Lise, 2002 (World Spider Catalog 2016).
球蛛科包含13个属的233个物种,几乎分布于全球(《世界蜘蛛名录》,2016年)。然而,该科在新热带地区仍鲜为人知。1869年,托雷尔建立的球蛛属包含132个物种和7个亚种,其描述基于采自欧洲的库氏球蛛(克勒克,1757年)(《世界蜘蛛名录》,2016年)。奥特和利泽(2002年)对南美洲南部的球蛛属物种进行了修订。最近,法莱罗和桑托斯(2011年)描述了一种来自巴西米纳斯吉拉斯州的新物种,托雷斯等人(2016年)描述了一种来自阿根廷萨尔塔省的新物种。如今,球蛛属在巴西有6个物种:巴西球蛛,布里尼奥利,1979年;布里尼奥利球蛛,奥特和利泽,2002年;卡列瓜球蛛,奥特和利泽,2002年;伊冯球蛛,法莱罗和桑托斯,2011年;波特雷罗球蛛,奥特和利泽,2002年;塔伊姆球蛛,奥特和利泽,2002年(《世界蜘蛛名录》,2016年)。