Balmaceda picta Peckham & Peckham, 1894

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Balmaceda picta Peckham & Peckham, 1894: 101, pl. 10, fig. 1; F.O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901:

297, pl. 28, figs. 18-19; Chickering, 1946: 61, figs. 42-44; Edwards, 2006: 211, figs. 115-122;

World Spider Catalog, 2018.

Material examined. 1♀ from Colombia, Nariño, Tumaco, Sede Universidad Nacional de Colombia, 1.8°N, 78.75°W, 30 m, 4-14 .III .2015, W. Galvis (ICN-Ar 8584) .

Note. For diagnosis and further taxonomic information including a diagnostic comparison with B. nigrosecta see Edwards (2006: 211) and Rubio et al. (2016: 13).

Distribution and Natural History. Previously known from Guatemala (Izabal) and Panama (Canal Zone Biological Area) (World Spider Catalog, 2018). This is a new record of the genus and species from Colombia (Figure 8), representing the southernmost record of the species (Figure 8). The female specimen was collected by beating low scrubs in the daytime, in a secondary Chocoan wet forest.