Hortipes Bosselaers and Ledoux (type species Hortipes luytenae Bosselaers and Ledoux from South Africa) is a genus of small (1.5–4 mm), pale, mainly soil-dwelling spiders from sub-Saharan Africa. The genus, which is tentatively placed in the Liocranidae, is characterized by the presence of a peculiar ellipsoidal array of setae on the dorsal side of metatarsi I and II and by the large anterior median eyes with a dark retina restricted to the median portion. Ledoux and Emerit (1998) described five more species from Ivory Coast and Gabon. Sixty-three additional Hortipes species are described here as new: H. platnicki (♀), H. castor (♂♀), H. pollux (♂♀), H. fastigiensis (♂♀), H. ostiovolutus (♂♀), H. salticola (♂♀), H. exoptans (♂♀), H. scharffi (♂♀), H. cucurbita (♂♀), H. hesperoecius (♀), H. klumpkeae (♀), H. aurora (♂♀), H. echo (♀), H. stoltzei (♂), H. creber (♂♀), H. orchatocnemis (♂♀), H. contubernalis (♂♀), H. mesembrinus (♀), H. coccinatus (♂♀), H. wimmertensi (♂♀), H. irimus (♀), H. licnophorus (♀), H. schoemanae (♂♀), H. aelurisiepae (♀), H. hyakutake (♂), H. rothorum (♂), H. griswoldi (♂), H. oronesiotes (♂♀), H. penthesileia (♀),H. zombaensis (♂♀), H. atalante ♀), H. merwei (♂♀), H. leno (♂♀), H. mulciber (♀), H. libidinosus (♂♀), H. delphinus (♂♀), H. bjorni (♂), H. amphibolus (♀), H. hastatus (♂♀), H. horta (♀), H. angariopsis (♀), H. falcatus (♂♀), H. lejeunei (♂♀), H. narcissus (♂♀), H. auriga (♂), H. puylaerti (♀), H. chrysothemis (♀), H. machaeropolion (♂♀), H. centralis (♀), H. tarachodes (♂♀), H. terminator (♂), H. baerti (♂), H. robertus (♂♀), H. abucoletus ♀, H. alderweireldti (♂), H. architelones (♂♀), H. calliblepharus (♂), H. fortipes (♂), H. bosmansi (♂♀), H