Leonel Antonio Martínez-García

Leonel Martinez, Colombian arachnologist

• División Aracnología, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia” CONICET, Avenida Ángel Gallardo 470, CP: 1405DJR, C.A.B.A., Buenos Aires, Argentina.
• Universidad del Atlántico, Barranquilla, Colombia

• Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina.

• E-mail: leonelmarbio@gmail.com

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 87 taxon names authored by Leonel Antonio Martínez-García

Publications

2017

• Martinez, L. & Galvis, W. 2017. Three new species of jumping spiders of the genus Hypaeus Simon, 1900 from Colombia (Salticidae: Salticinae: Amycini). Zootaxa 4282(1): 192–200. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4282.1.12. Reference page. 
• Martinez, L., Villarreal Blanco, E.R. & Martinez-Hernández, N.J. 2017. A new species of the genus Parachemmis Chickering, 1937 from Colombia (Araneae, Corinnidae, Corinninae). ZooKeys 679: 29—35. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.679.12421. Reference page. 

2018

• Martinez, L., Brescovit, A.D. & Martinez-Hernández, N.J. 2018. Five new species of the Ghost Spider genus Anyphaenoides Berland from Colombia (Araneae: Anyphaenidae: Anyphaeninae). Zootaxa 4425(2): 357–371. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4425.2.10 Reference page. 

2019

• García, A.F., Martinez, L. & Ahumada-C, D. 2019. A new species of the armored spider genus Caraimatta Lehtinen, 1981 from Colombia (Araneae: Synspermiata: Tetrablemmidae). Zootaxa 4619(1): 168–176. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4619.1.8 Reference page. 

2020

• Martínez, L., Brescovit, A.D. & Oliveira, L.F.M. 2020. Two new species of the ghost spider genus Macrophyes O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1893 from Colombia and description of the first male of Mesilla Simon, 1903 (Araneae: Anyphaenidae: Anyphaeninae). Zootaxa 4853(4): 581–590. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4853.4.7. . Reference page. 
• Martinez, L., Flórez D., E. & Brescovit, A.D. 2020. Two new species of the armored spider genus Tetrablemma O. P.-Cambridge, 1873 from northern South America (Araneae: Synspermiata: Tetrablemmidae). Zootaxa 4743(1): 092–102. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4743.1.7. . Reference page. 

2021

• Martínez, L., Brescovit, A.D., Villarreal Blanco, E.R. & Oliveira, L.F.M. 2021. An update of morphological and distributional data of the genus Patrera Simon (Araneae: Anyphaenidae: Anyphaeninae) with the description of twenty-five new species from Colombia. Zootaxa 4914(1): 001–064. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4914.1.1. . Reference page. 
• Martinez, L. & Gutierrez, L.C. 2021. A new species of the genus Fernandezina Birabén, 1951 (Araneae: Palpimanidae: Otiothopinae) from Colombia. Zootaxa 4949(3): 596–600. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4949.3.12. . Reference page. 
• Martínez, L., Sánchez-Ruiz, A. & Bonaldo, A.B. 2021. The spider genus Medionops Sánchez-Ruiz & Brescovit (Araneae: Caponiidae) in Colombia, with the description of four new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 773: 61–79. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.773.1511.. Reference page. 
• Medrano, M.A., Kury, A.B. & Martinez-García, L.A. 2021. A fresh look at Cosmetus Perty, 1833 (Opiliones: Cosmetidae), with new synonymies and description of two new species from Colombia. Zootaxa 5004(3): 430–446. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5004.3.2. Reference page. 
• Sánchez-Ruiz, A., Martínez García, L.A. & Bonaldo, A.B. 2021. Three new species of the spider genus Nopsma (Araneae, Caponiidae, Nopinae) from Colombia. Zoosystematics and Evolution 97(2): 383-392. DOI: 10.3897/zse.97.69089. . Reference page. 

2022

• Martínez, L., Brescovit, A.D. & Quijano-Cuervo, L.G. 2022. Revealing the diversity of ant-eating spiders in Colombia I: morphology, distribution and taxonomy of the barronus group of the genus Tenedos O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897 (Araneae: Zodariidae). Zootaxa 5130(1): 001–154. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5130.1.1. . Reference page. 
• Martínez, L., Marquez, J., Dominguez-Haydar, Y., Quijano-Cuervo, L.G. & Martinez, C. 2022. A new species of Tenedos O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897 (Araneae: Zodariidae) from Colombia, with notes on its habitat preferences. Arachnology 19(2): 591-596. DOI: 10.13156/arac.2022.19.2.591. Reference page. 
• Sánchez-Ruiz, A., Martínez García, L.A. & Bonaldo, A.B. 2022. An update on the spider genus Caponina Simon (Araneae: Caponiidae) with descriptions of three new six-eyed species from Colombia. European Journal of Taxonomy 813: 87-102. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2022.813.1735. . Reference page. 

2023

• Martínez, L., Brescovit, A.D. & Martínez, C.P. 2023. Revealing the diversity of ant-eating spiders in Colombia II: morphology, distribution, and taxonomy of the trilobatus group of the genus Tenedos O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897 (Araneae: Zodariidae). Zootaxa 5328(1): 001–066. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5328.1.1. Reference page. 
• Botero-Trujillo, R., Martínez, L., Iuri, H.A., Ojanguren-Affilastro, A.A. & Carvalho, L.S. 2023. Revision of the genera Eutrecha and Xenotrecha (Solifugae: Ammotrechidae), taxonomic notes on Ammotrechinae, and description of a remarkable new Eutrecha from Colombia. Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 81: 317–344 DOI: 10.3897/asp.81.e95181 Reference page. 

2024

• Villarreal-Blanco, E.R., Martínez-García, L.A. & Eyes-Escalante, M. 2024. Update in the Peruvian Caponiidae: New records and new species of Nyetnops Platnick & Lise, 2007 (Araneae: Caponiidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 932: 204–224. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2024.932.2523. . Reference page. 

2025

• Casas, C.M., Villarreal-Blanco, E., Morales, A., Osorio, C.M. & Martínez, L.A. 2025. Unveiling the diversity of Eutichurus Simon, 1897 (Araneae: Cheiracanthiidae) in Colombia: new species, records and comments on their distribution. Zootaxa 5691(3): 399–448. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5691.3.2. Reference page. 
• Martínez-García, L.A. 2025. A revision of the genus Monoblemma Gertsch, 1941 (Araneae: Tetrablemmidae) in Central America and the Caribbean, Zootaxa 5636(2): 287–315. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5636.2.4. Reference page. 
• Martínez, L.A., Kochalka, J.A., Cabra-García, J. & Ramírez, M.J. 2025. Revealing the identity of Josa chazaliae (Simon, 1897) (Araneae: Anyphaenidae): new species and the highest altitude record for a spider in South America. Zootaxa 5566(2): 201–242. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5566.2.1. . Reference page. 
• Villarreal-Blanco, E.R., Martínez-García, L.A. & Eyes-Escalante, M. 2025. Four new species of Nopsma Sánchez-Ruiz, Brescovit & Bonaldo, 2020 (Arachnida: Caponiidae) from Peru. European Journal of Taxonomy 981: 21–37. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.981.2807. . Reference page. 

2026

• Martínez-García, L.A. 2026. An eyeless new species of Monoblemma Gertsch, 1941 (Araneae: Tetrablemmidae) from Venezuela, with a new record of the single-eyed

Monoblemma unicum Gertsch, 1941 from the Dominican Republic. Zootaxa 5787(2): 394–400. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5787.2.12. Reference page.