A new species, Micrathena cicuta, is described and illustrated based on females from southeastern Brazil. Plectana degeeri Walckenaer is synonymized with M. plana (C.L. Koch), based upon the original description.
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1 August 2004
A NEW SPECIES AND A NEW SYNONYMY IN THE SPINY ORB-WEAVER SPIDER GENUS MICRATHENA (ARANEAE, ARANEIDAE)
Marcelo O. Gonzaga,
Adalberto J. Santos
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Brazil
Micrathena
new species
South America
systematics