Styposis is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1894.[3] It is a senior synonym of Cyatholipulus.[2]

Styposis
Temporal range: Neogene– Present
male S. selis
Eye pattern of S. rancho
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Theridiidae
Genus: Styposis
Simon, 1894[1]
Type species
S. flavescens
Simon, 1894
Species

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Synonyms[1]

They are unpigmented, small spiders, usually measuring less than 2 millimetres (0.079 in) long. Comb-footed spiders usually have eight eyes, but most species have six large eyes, with the anterior median eyes extremely small or absent entirely. Members of Comaroma also have six eyes, but also have a large colulus and are less sclerotized.[4]

Species

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As of June 2020 it contains fourteen species, found in Central America, South America, the Congo, the United States, and Puerto Rico:[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2020). "Gen. Styposis Simon, 1894". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-07-14.
  2. ^ a b Brignoli, P. M. (1980). "Some new or interesting eastern Mediterranean Dysderidae and Agelenidae (Araneae)". Annales Zoologici, Warszawa. 35: 731.
  3. ^ Simon, E (1894). Histoire naturelle des araignées (in French). Paris: Roret. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.
  4. ^ Levi, H. W. (1960). "The spider genus Styposis (Araneae, Theridiidae)" (PDF). Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 66 (1–2): 13–19. doi:10.1155/1959/68145.

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