Glebych minutissimus gen. et sp. nov., the smallest cobweb spider (Araneae: Theridiidae).

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Institute for Biological Problems of the North RAS, Portovaya Str.18, Magadan, 685000, Russia. Department of Zoology Entomology, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa. Zoological Museum, Biodiversity Unit, FI-20014 University of Turku, Finland..

Published: July 2021

Glebych minutissimus gen. et sp. n., (♂♀), a minute six-eyed and apparently lungless theridiid spider, inhabiting epiphytes in foggy-forest belt at Peruvian Andes is described, representing the smallest (total length varies from 0.79 to 0.92 mm, carapace length ca. 0.36 mm) member of the family. Glebych gen. n. is related to the Neotropic genus Styposis Simon, 1894, which is small-sized and six-eyed as well.

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Glebych minutissimus gen. et sp. nov., the smallest cobweb spider (Araneae: Theridiidae).

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