''Fufius'' is a
genus
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of
Central
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and
South America
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n
wafer trapdoor spiders that was first described by
Eugène Simon
Eugène Louis Simon (; 30 April 1848 – 17 November 1924) was a French naturalist who worked particularly on insects and spiders, but also on birds and plants. He is by far the most prolific spider taxonomist in history, describing over 4, ...
in 1888.
Originally placed with the
curtain web spiders, it was moved to the Cyrtaucheniidae in 1941.
Species
it contains thirteen species:
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Fufius albovittatus
''Fufius'' is a genus of Central and South American wafer trapdoor spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon in 1888. Originally placed with the curtain web spiders, it was moved to the Cyrtaucheniidae in 1941.
Species
it contains thi ...
''
(Simon, 1891) – Brazil
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Fufius annulipes''
( Mello-Leitão, 1941) – Colombia
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Fufius antillensis''
( F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899) – Trinidad
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Fufius atramentarius''
Simon, 1888 (
type) – Central America
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Fufius auricomus''
(Simon, 1891) – Brazil
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Fufius candango
''Fufius'' is a genus of Central and South American wafer trapdoor spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon in 1888. Originally placed with the curtain web spiders, it was moved to the Cyrtaucheniidae in 1941.
Species
it contains thi ...
''
Ortega, Nagahama, Motta & Bertani, 2013 – Brazil
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Fufius ecuadorensis''
(Simon, 1892) – Ecuador
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Fufius funebris
''Fufius'' is a genus of Central and South American wafer trapdoor spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon in 1888. Originally placed with the curtain web spiders, it was moved to the Cyrtaucheniidae in 1941.
Species
it contains thi ...
''
Vellard, 1924 – Brazil
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Fufius jalapensis
''Fufius'' is a genus of Central and South American wafer trapdoor spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon in 1888. Originally placed with the curtain web spiders, it was moved to the Cyrtaucheniidae in 1941.
Species
it contains thi ...
''
Ortega, Nagahama, Motta & Bertani, 2013 – Brazil
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Fufius lanicius
''Fufius'' is a genus of Central and South American wafer trapdoor spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon in 1888. Originally placed with the curtain web spiders, it was moved to the Cyrtaucheniidae in 1941.
Species
it contains thi ...
''
(Simon, 1892) – Bolivia
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Fufius lucasae
''Fufius lucasae'' is a spider in the family Cyrtaucheniidae, native to Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and ...
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Guadanucci & Indicatti, 2004 – Brazil
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Fufius minusculus
''Fufius'' is a genus of Central and South American wafer trapdoor spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon in 1888. Originally placed with the curtain web spiders, it was moved to the Cyrtaucheniidae in 1941.
Species
it contains thi ...
''
Ortega, Nagahama, Motta & Bertani, 2013 – Brazil
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Fufius striatipes
''Fufius'' is a genus of Central and South American wafer trapdoor spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon in 1888. Originally placed with the curtain web spiders, it was moved to the Cyrtaucheniidae in 1941.
Species
it contains thi ...
''
(Drolshagen & Bäckstam, 2009) – Brazil
References
Cyrtaucheniidae
Mygalomorphae genera
Taxa named by Eugène Simon
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