Three new species and new records of the orb-weaving spider genus Philoponella (Araneae, Uloboridae) from Brazil and Ecuador Author Faleiro, Bárbara T. Author Santos, Adalberto J. text Zootaxa 2014 3754 5 572 582 journal article 46628 10.11646/zootaxa.3754.5.3 cc6f92c4-6db7-4694-9986-80ee6463f108 1175-5326 226016 A0F48E2A-5B80-4925-800C-F38916B6AACF Philoponella vittata (Keyserling, 1881) Distribution. P. vittata is distributed from Panama to Paraguay , except in Venezuela and French Guyana ( Platnick 2013 , Opell 1979 ). There is only one record for Brazil , in the state of Acre ( Opell, 1979 ). Here, the distribution is expanded in Ecuador and northern Brazil , and new records for south-eastern Brazil were reported ( Fig. 7B ). Material examined. Brazil , Acre : Cruzeiro do Sul ( 7°45’41”S 72°22’46”W ), 18–20.V.2010 , E.A. Peres & J. Sobczak leg ., 1♂ ( UFMG 4791); Manoel Urbano (Parque Estadual do Chandless, 9°24’29”S 69°55’45”W ), 23–31. XI. 2010 , E. F. Morato leg., 1 ♂ ( UFMG 6188); Amazonas : Manaus (Fazenda Dimona, 2°20’28”S 60°5’51”W ), 4–10.VIII.2009 , A.J. Santos leg., 1♀ ( UFMG 3481); Bahia : Ilhéus (Reserva Zoobotânica, CEPLAC, 14°46’23”S 39°13’14”W , 40 m ), 8–9.XII.2010 , G.H.F. Azevedo & A.J. Santos leg., 9♂ 4♀ ( UFMG 9499); Goiás : Serranópolis (Reserva Particular do Patrimônio Natural Pousada das Araras, 18°26’18”S 52°0’14”W , 556 m ), 10– 12.IV.2011 , G.H.F. Azevedo & A.J. Santos leg., 6♀ ( UFMG 9891); Mato Grosso : Cotriguaçu (Fazenda São Nicolau, 9°50’24”S 58°14’54”W ), 2–14.X.2010 , A.J. Santos leg., 2♂ ( UFMG 10044); Minas Gerais : Bandeira ( Mata da Balbina, 15°53’5”S 40°33’33”W , 292 m ), 2.III.2004 , 1♂ ( UFMG 1682); Gouveia (Picada, 18°27’1”S 43°44’W ), 15–20.II.2012 , P.H. Martins leg., 1♂ ( UFMG 11419); Ibiá ( 19°28’44”S 46°32’21”W , 835 m ), 14.I.2012 , P.H. Martins leg., 1♀ ( UFMG 11351); Marliéria (Parque Estadual do Rio Doce, 19°39’31”S 42°34’32”W , 266 m ), 21.VI.2010 , B.T. Faleiro leg., 1♂ ( UFMG 4940); 1♂ ( UFMG 4961); ditto, 20.VII.2010 , B.T. Faleiro leg., 2♂ ( UFMG 4980); ditto (Parque Estadual do Rio Doce, 19°42’59”S 42°44’2”W , 597m ), 19- 20.V.2010 , A.J. Santos leg., 4♂ 3♀ ( UFMG 9517); Pará : Belém (Parque Ambiental de Belém, Utinga, 1°25’29”S 48°26’17”W , 19 m ), II.2010 , G.H.F. Azevedo et al. leg., 6♀ ( UFMG 9958). Ecuador , Napo : (Estación Biológica Jatun-Sacha, 1°3’57”S 77°37’W , 410 m ), 1–5.XII.2009 , A.J. Santos leg., 10♂ 2♀ ( UFMG 9206).