''Faiditus'' is a
genus
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of
comb-footed spiders that was first described by
Eugen von Keyserling Eugen von Keyserling (22 March 1833 in Pockroy, Lithuania – 4 April 1889 in Dzierżoniów, Silesia) was a Baltic-German arachnologist.
He studied in the University of Tartu.
He was the author of ''Die Spinnen Amerikas'', and completed ''Die Ara ...
in 1884.
Species
it contains fifty-nine species, all found in the Americas except for ''F. xiphias'', found in"Asia:
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F. acuminatus''
(Keyserling, 1891) –
Brazil
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,
Argentina
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F. affinis''
( O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880) – Brazil
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F. alticeps''
(Keyserling, 1891) – Brazil,
Paraguay
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F. altus''
(Keyserling, 1891) –
Venezuela
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, Brazil
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F. amates''
(Exline & Levi
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, 1962) –
Mexico
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,
Guatemala
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F. americanus''
( Taczanowski, 1874) – USA to Brazil, Argentina
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F. amplifrons''
(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880) – Panama to Argentina
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F. analiae''
(González & Carmen, 1996) – Brazil
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F. arthuri''
(Exline & Levi, 1962) –
Panama
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F. atopus''
(Chamberlin
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& Ivie, 1936) – Panama to Ecuador
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F. bryantae''
(Exline & Levi, 1962) –
Costa Rica
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, Panama
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F. cancellatus''
( Hentz, 1850) – USA,
Canada
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, Bahama Is.
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F. caronae''
(González & Carmen, 1996) – Brazil
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F. caudatus''
(Taczanowski, 1874) – USA, Caribbean to Argentina
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F. chicaensis''
(González & Carmen, 1996) – Argentina
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F. chickeringi''
(Exline & Levi, 1962) – Panama
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F. cochleaformus''
(Exline, 1945) –
Ecuador
Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ''Eku ...
,
Peru
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F. convolutus''
(Exline & Levi, 1962) – Guatemala to Peru, Brazil
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F. cordillera''
(Exline, 1945) – Ecuador
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F. cristinae''
(González & Carmen, 1996) – Brazil
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F. cubensis''
(Exline & Levi, 1962) –
Cuba
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F. darlingtoni''
(Exline & Levi, 1962) –
Jamaica
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,
Hispaniola
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F. davisi''
(Exline & Levi, 1962) – USA, Mexico
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F. dracus''
(Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936) – USA to Paraguay
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F. duckensis''
(González & Carmen, 1996) – Brazil
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F. ecaudatus''
Keyserling, 1884 (
type) – Brazil
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F. exiguus''
(Exline & Levi, 1962) – Cuba,
Puerto Rico
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F. fulvus''
(Exline & Levi, 1962) – Brazil
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F. gapensis''
(Exline & Levi, 1962) – Jamaica
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F. gertschi''
(Exline & Levi, 1962) – Panama
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F. globosus''
(Keyserling, 1884) – USA to Ecuador
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F. godmani''
(Exline & Levi, 1962) – Guatemala
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F. iguazuensis''
(González & Carmen, 1996) – Argentina
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F. jamaicensis''
(Exline & Levi, 1962) – Jamaica
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F. laraensis''
(González & Carmen, 1996) – Argentina
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F. leonensis''
(Exline & Levi, 1962) – Mexico
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F. maculosus''
(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898) – USA, Mexico
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F. mariae''
(González & Carmen, 1996) – Argentina
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F. morretensis''
(González & Carmen, 1996) – Brazil, Argentina
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F. nataliae''
(González & Carmen, 1996) – Argentina
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F. peruensis''
(Exline & Levi, 1962) – Peru
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F. plaumanni''
(Exline & Levi, 1962) – Brazil
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F. proboscifer''
(Exline, 1945) – Ecuador, Peru
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F. quasiobtusus''
(Exline & Levi, 1962) – Puerto Rico, Virgin Is.
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F. rossi''
(Exline & Levi, 1962) –
Colombia
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F. sicki''
(Exline & Levi, 1962) – Brazil
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F. solidao''
(Levi, 1967) – Brazil
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F. spinosus''
(Keyserling, 1884) – Venezuela, Peru
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F. striatus''
(Keyserling, 1891) – Brazil
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F. subdolus''
(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898) – USA to Guatemala
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F. subflavus''
(Exline & Levi, 1962) – Peru
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F. sullana''
(Exline, 1945) – Peru
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F. taeter''
(Exline & Levi, 1962) – Mexico
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F. ululans''
(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880) – Mexico to Brazil
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F. vadoensis''
(González & Carmen, 1996) – Argentina
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F. woytkowskii''
(Exline & Levi, 1962) – Peru
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F. xiphias''
( Thorell, 1887) –
Myanmar
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,
India
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(Nicobar Is.) to Japan,
Indonesia
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(Krakatau)
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F. yacuiensis''
(González & Carmen, 1996) – Argentina
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F. yutoensis''
(González & Carmen, 1996) – Argentina
See also
*
List of Theridiidae species
This page lists all described genera and species of the spider family Theridiidae. , the World Spider Catalog accepts 3028 species in 124 genera:
A ''Achaearanea''
''Achaearanea'' Strand, 1929
* ''Achaearanea alboinsignita'' Locket, 1980 — ...
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
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