''Neospintharus'' is a

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of comb-footed spiders that was first described by H. Exline in 1950. It was synonymized with '' Argyrodes'' in 1962, but revalidated in 2004.

Species

it contains thirteen species, found in the Caribbean, South America, Central America, Asia,

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, the

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, and

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: *'' Neospintharus baboquivari'' (Exline &

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, 1962) – USA,

*'' Neospintharus baekamensis'' Seo, 2010 –

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*'' Neospintharus bicornis'' ( O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880) –

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*'' Neospintharus concisus'' (Exline & Levi, 1962) – Mexico *'' Neospintharus fur'' (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) –

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, Korea,

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*'' Neospintharus furcatus'' (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894) – USA to El Salvador,

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*'' Neospintharus nipponicus'' (Kumada, 1990) – China, Korea, Japan *'' Neospintharus obscurus'' ( Keyserling, 1884) –

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*'' Neospintharus parvus'' Exline, 1950 ( type) – Panama to Ecuador *'' Neospintharus rioensis'' (Exline & Levi, 1962) – Brazil,

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*'' Neospintharus syriacus'' (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) –

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*'' Neospintharus triangularis'' ( Taczanowski, 1873) –

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*'' Neospintharus trigonum'' ( Hentz, 1850) – USA,

In synonymy: *''N. bifissus'' (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902) = ''Neospintharus furcatus'' (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894) *''N. frontatus'' (Banks, 1908) = ''Neospintharus furcatus'' (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894) *''N. gansuensis'' (Zhu, 1998) = ''Neospintharus fur'' (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) *''N. montanus'' (Keyserling, 1884) = ''Neospintharus obscurus'' (Keyserling, 1884)

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