The study describes three new species and redescribes existing ones in Ruppeliana, indicating their distribution.
The Neotropical genus Ruppeliana Young, 1977 comprises 13 species. The following three are redescribed and illustrated herein: R. coronata (Signoret, 1853), R. fulva (Taschenberg, 1884), and R. nigripes (Signoret, 1853). Additionally, three new species are described and illustrated: R. delicata sp. nov., R. robusta sp. nov., and R. tridentata sp. nov., from the states of Paraná, Santa Catarina, and Rio de Janeiro, respectively. A revised diagnosis, a key to males, a distribution map, and a neotype designation for R. grossii Cavichioli et al., 2017 are also proposed.
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