The smallest spider of Uloboridae, a new species of Conifaber Opell, 1982 (Arachnida: Araneae) from Brazil

The smallest spider of Uloboridae, a new species of Conifaber Opell, 1982 (Arachnida: Araneae) from Brazil

A new species,Conifaber manicoban. sp., is described based on a female from the state of Pará, Brazil. It is characterized asbeing the smallest uloborid female and by having the thoracic region posteriorly depressed.

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