''Spheropistha'' is a

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of Asian comb-footed spiders that was first described by T. Yaginuma in 1957.

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it contains seven species, found in

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Spheropistha huangsangensis ''Spheropistha'' is a genus of Asian comb-footed spiders that was first described by T. Yaginuma in 1957. Species it contains seven species, found in Taiwan, Japan, and China: *'' Spheropistha huangsangensis'' (Yin, Peng & Bao, 2004) – China ...

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Spheropistha melanosoma ''Spheropistha'' is a genus of Asian Theridiidae, comb-footed spiders that was first described by T. Yaginuma in 1957. Species it contains seven species, found in Taiwan, Japan, and China: *''Spheropistha huangsangensis'' (Yin, Peng & Bao, 2004) ...

'' Yaginuma, 1957 ( type) –

, Korea? *'' Spheropistha miyashitai'' (Tanikawa, 1998) – Japan *'' Spheropistha nigroris'' (Yoshida, Tso & Severinghaus, 2000) –

*'' Spheropistha orbita'' (Zhu, 1998) – China *''

Spheropistha rhomboides ''Spheropistha'' is a genus of Asian comb-footed spiders that was first described by T. Yaginuma in 1957. Species it contains seven species, found in Taiwan, Japan, and China: *'' Spheropistha huangsangensis'' (Yin, Peng & Bao, 2004) – China ...

'' (Yin, Peng & Bao, 2004) – China *''

Spheropistha xinhua ''Spheropistha'' is a genus of Asian comb-footed spiders that was first described by T. Yaginuma in 1957. Species it contains seven species, found in Taiwan, Japan, and China: *'' Spheropistha huangsangensis'' (Yin, Peng & Bao, 2004) – China ...

'' Barrion, Barrion-Dupo & Heong, 2013 – China

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