title: The spider genus Kukulcania in South America (Araneae: Filistatidae): a redescription of K. brevipes (Keyserling) and new records of K. hibernalis (Hentz).
abstract: Two species of the spider genus Kukulcania are known from South America. Kukulcania brevipes (Keyserling), originally described from Peru, is here diagnosed, illustrated and redescribed, with several new records provided for eastern Peru and northern Chile. The synanthropic Kukulcania hibernalis (Hentz) is illustrated and diagnosed, with several new records extending the distribution of this species from northern Venezuela to southern Brazil.
authors.affiliation: Laboratório Especial de Coleções Zoológicas, Instituto Butantan, Av. Vital Brasil, 1500, Butantã, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, CEP 05503-900; Email: adbresc@terra.com.br.
authors.forename: Antonio D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Brescovit
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Av. Antonio Carlos, 6627. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil. CEP 31270-901; Email: oxyopes@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Adalberto J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Santos
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D002677:Chile; D017753:Ecosystem; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D010568:Peru; D013112:Spiders / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification*