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 republicana (Simon, 1891) Distribution. According to Opell (1979) the distribution of P. republicana includes Panama , Colombia , Guyana , Peru , Bolivia and Brazil . Here, the distribution is expanded in Brazil , and the first record for Ecuador is provided ( 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 4792); 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., 1♂ ( UFMG 9890); Minas Gerais : Bandeira ( Mata da Balbina, 15°53’5”S 40°33’33”W , 292 m ), 2.III.2004 , 1♀ ( UFMG 11786). Ecuador , Napo : (Estación Biológica Jatun-Sacha, 1°3’57”S 77°37’W , 410 m ), 1–5.XI.2009 , A.J. Santos leg., 3♂ ( UFMG 9205); 5♀ ( UFMG 9205).