The first record of Telemidae (Arachnida, Araneae) from Korea, with a description of new species of the genus Telema Simon, 1882

[Display omitted] •The family Telemidae Fage, 1913 (Arachnida: Araneae) is reported for the first time from Korea.•New species, Telema coreana sp. nov. are described with microscopic images, diagnostic characters, and a key to Telema species.•The new species brings a total number of 45 families of the Korean spider fauna, and the first report of an eyeless spider among the Korean species. In this study, we report the first record of the family Telemidae Fage, 1913 from Korea, with the description of a new species of the genus TelemaSimon, 1882: Telema coreanasp. nov. The individuals of the new species were found in a Baeti-shale cave (Hapcheon-gun, Gyeongsangnam-do, Korea). Also, we provide microscopic photographs of the new species and a key to differentiating the Telema species.