title: Three new species and new records of the orb-weaving spider genus Philoponella (Araneae, Uloboridae) from Brazil and Ecuador.
abstract: Three new species of the spider genus Philoponella Mello-Leitão, 1917 are described: Philoponella opelli n. sp. from Brazil and Ecuador, and Philoponella fluviidulcifis n. sp. , and Philoponella duopunctata n. sp. from Brazil. New records for Philoponella vittata (Keyserling, 1881), P. republicana (Simon, 1891), P. fasciata (Mello-Leitão, 1917) and P. divisa Opell, 1979 are provided for Brazil and Ecuador.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Avenida Antonio Carlos 6627, 31270-901 Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.; Email: btf8@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Bárbara T
authors.initials: BT
authors.lastname: Faleiro
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Avenida Antonio Carlos 6627, 31270-901 Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.; Email: oxyopes@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Adalberto J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Santos
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D004484:Ecuador; D005260:Female; D005843:Geography; D008297:Male; D013112:Spiders / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification*