''Faiditus'' is a

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of comb-footed spiders that was first described by

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in 1884.

Species

it contains fifty-nine species, all found in the Americas except for ''F. xiphias'', found in"Asia: *'' F. acuminatus'' (Keyserling, 1891) –

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*'' F. affinis'' ( O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880) – Brazil *'' F. alticeps'' (Keyserling, 1891) – Brazil,

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*'' F. altus'' (Keyserling, 1891) –

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, Brazil *'' F. amates'' (Exline & Levi, 1962) –

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, Guatemala *'' F. americanus'' (

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, 1874) – USA to Brazil, Argentina *'' F. amplifrons'' (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880) – Panama to Argentina *'' F. analiae'' (González & Carmen, 1996) – Brazil *'' F. arthuri'' (Exline & Levi, 1962) –

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*'' F. atopus'' ( Chamberlin &

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, 1936) – Panama to Ecuador *'' F. bryantae'' (Exline & Levi, 1962) – Costa Rica, Panama *'' F. cancellatus'' ( Hentz, 1850) – USA,

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, Bahama Is. *'' F. caronae'' (González & Carmen, 1996) – Brazil *'' F. caudatus'' (Taczanowski, 1874) – USA, Caribbean to Argentina *'' F. chicaensis'' (González & Carmen, 1996) – Argentina *'' F. chickeringi'' (Exline & Levi, 1962) – Panama *'' F. cochleaformus'' (Exline, 1945) –

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*'' F. convolutus'' (Exline & Levi, 1962) – Guatemala to Peru, Brazil *'' F. cordillera'' (Exline, 1945) – Ecuador *'' F. cristinae'' (González & Carmen, 1996) – Brazil *'' F. cubensis'' (Exline & Levi, 1962) –

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*'' F. darlingtoni'' (Exline & Levi, 1962) –

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*'' F. davisi'' (Exline & Levi, 1962) – USA, Mexico *'' F. dracus'' (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936) – USA to Paraguay *'' F. duckensis'' (González & Carmen, 1996) – Brazil *'' F. ecaudatus'' Keyserling, 1884 (

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) – Brazil *'' F. exiguus'' (Exline & Levi, 1962) – Cuba,

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*'' F. fulvus'' (Exline & Levi, 1962) – Brazil *'' F. gapensis'' (Exline & Levi, 1962) – Jamaica *'' F. gertschi'' (Exline & Levi, 1962) – Panama *'' F. globosus'' (Keyserling, 1884) – USA to Ecuador *'' F. godmani'' (Exline & Levi, 1962) – Guatemala *'' F. iguazuensis'' (González & Carmen, 1996) – Argentina *'' F. jamaicensis'' (Exline & Levi, 1962) – Jamaica *'' F. laraensis'' (González & Carmen, 1996) – Argentina *'' F. leonensis'' (Exline & Levi, 1962) – Mexico *'' F. maculosus'' (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898) – USA, Mexico *'' F. mariae'' (González & Carmen, 1996) – Argentina *'' F. morretensis'' (González & Carmen, 1996) – Brazil, Argentina *'' F. nataliae'' (González & Carmen, 1996) – Argentina *'' F. peruensis'' (Exline & Levi, 1962) – Peru *'' F. plaumanni'' (Exline & Levi, 1962) – Brazil *'' F. proboscifer'' (Exline, 1945) – Ecuador, Peru *'' F. quasiobtusus'' (Exline & Levi, 1962) – Puerto Rico, Virgin Is. *'' F. rossi'' (Exline & Levi, 1962) – Colombia *'' F. sicki'' (Exline & Levi, 1962) – Brazil *'' F. solidao'' (Levi, 1967) – Brazil *'' F. spinosus'' (Keyserling, 1884) – Venezuela, Peru *'' F. striatus'' (Keyserling, 1891) – Brazil *'' F. subdolus'' (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898) – USA to Guatemala *'' F. subflavus'' (Exline & Levi, 1962) – Peru *'' F. sullana'' (Exline, 1945) – Peru *'' F. taeter'' (Exline & Levi, 1962) – Mexico *'' F. ululans'' (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880) – Mexico to Brazil *'' F. vadoensis'' (González & Carmen, 1996) – Argentina *'' F. woytkowskii'' (Exline & Levi, 1962) – Peru *'' F. xiphias'' ( Thorell, 1887) –

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(Nicobar Is.) to Japan,

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(Krakatau) *'' F. yacuiensis'' (González & Carmen, 1996) – Argentina *'' F. yutoensis'' (González & Carmen, 1996) – Argentina

References

Araneomorphae genera Spiders of Asia Spiders of Central America Spiders of North America Spiders of South America Taxa named by Eugen von Keyserling Theridiidae {{Theridiidae-stub

Species

See also

References