Cyrnellus fraternus (Banks 1905)

Material examined. BRAZIL: Maranhão: Caxias, Área de Proteção Ambiental Inhamum, Igarapé Soledade, 04°53'40.8"S, 43°25'18.9"W, 384 m a.s.l., 3 males, 20–21.xii.2014, D. Sousa, G.R. Desidério, S.R.S. Nascimento legs. , Pennsylvania trap (CZMA), Caxias, Área de Proteção Ambiental Inhamum, Igarapé Sumidouro do Padre I, 04°53'28.1"S, 43°25'52.3"W, 448 m a.s.l., 8 males, 20–21.xii.2014, D. Sousa, G.R. Desidério, S.R.S. Nascimento, M.A.G. Almeida legs. , Pennsylvania trap (CZMA), Caxias, Área de Proteção Ambiental Inhamum, Igarapé Sumidouro do Padre II, 04°53'23.6"S, 43°25'53.2"W, 363 m a.s.l., 21 males, 20–21.xii.2014, G.R. Desidério, S.R.S. Nascimento legs. , Pennsylvania trap (CZMA), Caxias, Fazenda Pé da Serra, Rio Itapecuru, 05°07'49.5"S, 43°33'0.40"W, 60 m a.s.l., 1 male, 06.vii.2014, D. Sousa, G.R. Desidério, G. Sousa, M.A.G. Almeida legs., white sheet with mixed light (CZMA) .

Known distribution. ARGENTINA, BRAZIL (Amazonas, Bahia, Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Pará, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, Santa Catarina), COSTA RICA, ECUADOR, El SALVADOR, MEXICO, NICARAGUA, PANAMA, PARAGUAY, SURINAME, UNITED STATES, URUGUAY, VENEZUELA.

Remarks. This species has a wide distribution in the New World, known from the northern United States to Argentina (Flint et al. 1999). In this study, its range is extended in the Northeast Region, Brazil, and it is recorded here for the first time from the state of Maranhão [Caxias municipality].