''Styposis'' is a

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of comb-footed spiders that was first described by

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of ''Cyatholipulus''. They are unpigmented, small spiders, usually measuring less than 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 ''

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'' also have six eyes, but also have a large

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and are less sclerotized.

Species

it contains fourteen species, found in Central America, South America, the Congo, the

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, and

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: *'' Styposis ajo''

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, 1960 – USA *'' Styposis albula'' ( Gertsch, 1960) – Guyana *'' Styposis camoteensis'' (Levi, 1967) –

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the eas ...

(Juan Fernandez Is.) *'' Styposis chickeringi'' Levi, 1960 –

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*'' Styposis clausis'' Levi, 1960 – USA to Colombia *'' Styposis colorados'' Levi, 1964 –

Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechuan languages, Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar language, Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechuan ...

*'' Styposis flavescens'' Simon, 1894 (

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) – Nicaragua to Venezuela *'' Styposis kahuziensis'' Miller, 1970 – Congo *'' Styposis lutea'' ( Petrunkevitch, 1930) –

*'' Styposis nicaraguensis'' Levi, 1960 –

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*'' Styposis rancho'' Levi, 1960 –

Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in ...

*'' Styposis scleropsis'' Levi, 1960 – Panama *''

Styposis selis ''Styposis selis'' is a species of comb-footed spider in the family Theridiidae Theridiidae, also known as the tangle-web spiders, cobweb spiders and comb-footed spiders, is a large family of Araneomorphae, araneomorph spiders first described ...

'' Levi, 1964 –

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*'' Styposis tepus'' (Levi, 1967) – Chile

Species

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