title: Three new species of Fufius Simon, 1888 (Araneae, Cyrtaucheniidae) from Brazil with the redescription of Fufius funebris Vellard, 1924 and description of the female of Fufius lucasae Guadanucci & Indicatti, 2004.
abstract: The mygalomorph neotropical genus Fufius Simon, 1888 comprises ten species, distributed from Guatemala in Central America to southeastern Brazil, in South America. Most of the species were described from northern South America, in the Amazonian region. Only F. funebris Vellard, 1924 and F. lucasae Guadanucci & Indicatti, 2004 are known from regions more to the south of the continent. Herein we describe three new Brazilian species, Fufius minusculus sp. n. and F. jalapensis sp. n. from the state of Tocantins, and F. candango sp. n. from Distrito Federal. The female of F. lucasae is described for first time and the male and female of F. funebris are redescribed based on specimens collected at the type locality.
authors.affiliation: Instituto Butantan, Laboratório Especial de Ecologia e Evolução, Av. Vital Brazil, 1500, 05503-900, São Paulo - SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Diego Ribeiro Migueis
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Ortega
authors.forename: Roberto Hiroaki
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Nagahama
authors.forename: Paulo Cesar
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Motta
authors.forename: Rogério
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bertani
keywords: Brazilian Atlantic rainforest; cerrado; mygalomorph; new species; taxonomy