TY - JOUR A1 - Azevedo, Narelle Estol de A1 - Valiati, Victor Hugo A1 - Brescovit, Antonio D. A1 - Rodrigues, Everton Nei Lopes T1 - On the Neotropical species of the spider genus Tekellina Levi, 1957 (Arachnida: Araneae: Synotaxidae) T2 - European journal of taxonomy N2 - The genus Tekellina Levi, 1957 is currently composed of ten species, six of which are Neotropical. They are small-sized spiders (0.9 to 1.5 mm), with a wide distribution, with a great diversity in the Neotropical Region and well represented in Brazil. In this article, males and females of the species Tekellina bella Marques & Buckup, 1993 and T. crica Marques & Buckup, 1993 are redescribed and illustrated. The female of Tekellina minor Marques & Buckup, 1993 is described and illustrated for the first time. New records are included for Neotropical species. Tekellina guaiba Marques & Buckup, 1993 is synonymized with T. pretiosa Marques & Buckup, 1993. Three new species are described for Brazil: Tekellina picurrucha Rodrigues & Estol sp. nov. (São Paulo, Paraná and Rio Grande do Sul), Tekellina miuda Rodrigues & Estol sp. nov. (São Paulo and Paraná) and Tekellina miudinha Rodrigues & Estol sp. nov. (São Paulo). Distribution maps with new records and an identification key of the Neotropical species are also presented. T3 - European journal of taxonomy : EJT - 943:154–178 KW - new species KW - new synonymy KW - new records KW - taxonomy Y1 - 2024 UR - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/74466 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-744665 SN - 2118-9773 VL - 2024 IS - 943 SP - 154 EP - 178 PB - Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle CY - Paris ER -