title: New species of the neotropical spider genus Celaetycheus Simon, 1897 (Araneae: Ctenidae).
abstract: Nine species of the Neotropical spider genus Celaetycheus Simon, 1897 are newly described. All the species are endemic to the State of Bahia, northeast of Brazil: Celaetycheus abara sp. nov., C. aberen sp. nov., C. acaraje sp. nov., C. beiju sp. nov., C. bobo sp. nov., C. caruru sp. nov., C. moqueca sp. nov., C. mungunza sp. nov. and C. vatapa sp. nov. A new generic diagnosis, species diagnoses and distributional maps are provided.
authors.affiliation: Laboratório Especial de Coleções Zoológicas, Instituto Butantan, Av. Vital Brasil 1500, CEP 05503-900, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. danielepolotow@gmail.com
authors.forename: Daniele
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Polotow
authors.forename: Antonio D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Brescovit
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D017753:Ecosystem; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D013112:Spiders / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification*