
Fufius is a genus of Central and South American Rhytidicolidae that was first described by Eugène Simon in 1888. Originally placed with the curtain web spiders, it was moved to the Cyrtaucheniidae in 1941 and to Rhytidicolidae in 2022.
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Fufius is a genus of Central and South American Rhytidicolidae that was first described by Eugène Simon in 1888. Originally placed with the curtain web spiders, it was moved to the Cyrtaucheniidae in 1941 and to Rhytidicolidae in 2022.
==Species== it contains thirteen species: Fufius albovittatus (Simon, 1891) – Brazil Fufius annulipes (Mello-Leitão, 1941) – Colombia Fufius antillensis (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899) – Trinidad Fufius atramentarius Simon, 1888 (type) – Central America Fufius auricomus (Simon, 1891) – Brazil Fufius candango Ortega, Nagahama, Motta & Bertani, 2013 – Brazil Fufius ecuadorensis (Simon, 1892) – Ecuador Fufius funebris Vellard, 1924 – Brazil Fufius jalapensis Ortega, Nagahama, Motta & Bertani, 2013 – Brazil Fufius lanicius (Simon, 1892) – Bolivia Fufius lucasae Guadanucci & Indicatti, 2004 – Brazil Fufius minusculus Ortega, Nagahama, Motta & Bertani, 2013 – Brazil Fufius striatipes (Drolshagen & Bäckstam, 2009) – Brazil
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