Notes on the orb-weaving spider genus Alpaida (Araneae, Araneidae) with description of four new species from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Author Baptista, Renner Luiz Cerqueira Author Castanheira, Pedro De Souza Author Prado, André Wanderley Do text Zootaxa 2018 2018-04-11 4407 3 321 345 journal article 30296 10.11646/zootaxa.4407.3.2 8d28c61d-bf82-49ed-831e-77d6765637e4 1175-5326 1216546 83D13B58-FB77-4CE8-B211-7E10606EB576 Alpaida venger Castanheira & Baptista, 2015 New records . BRAZIL : Minas Gerais : Catas Altas : Caraça , around park headquarters, secondary woods, 1.X.2010 , looking up, R. Baptista coll., 3 ♂ , 2 ♀ ( UFRJ 279 ) ; 3.X.2010 , looking down, R. Baptista coll., 1 ♀, 1 immature (UFRJ 0717); 5.X.2010 , looking up, R. Baptista coll., 2 ♀ (UFRJ 0741); 4.X.2010 , looking up, R. Baptista coll., 1 ♀ (UFRJ 0836); 4.X.2010 , beating, R. Baptista coll., 2 ♀ (UFRJ 0873); idem , around park headquarters, secondary woods, lakeshore, 4.X.2010 , looking up, R. Baptista coll., 1 ♀ (UFRJ 0842); Rio Preto : Fazenda do Luluca , 14–20.V.2002 , R. Baptista et al . coll., 79 immatures. ( MNRJ 1582 ) ; Rio de Janeiro : Guapimirim : around Dedo de Deus peak, 2 ♀ ( MNRJ 4256 ) . Distribution . A. venger has been recorded from Catas Altas , central Minas Gerais state and Santa Teresa, central Espírito Santo state, to Guapimirim and Rio de Janeiro , central Rio de Janeiro state, all in southeastern Brazil (Map 2).