Fufius

Fufius is a genus of Central and South American Rhytidicolidae that was first described by Eugène Simon in 1888.^[4] Originally placed with the curtain web spiders, it was moved to the Cyrtaucheniidae in 1941 and to Rhytidicolidae in 2022.^[5]

Fufius
F. lucasae, female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Mygalomorphae
Family:	Rhytidicolidae
Genus:	Fufius Simon, 1888[1]
Type species
F. atramentarius Simon, 1888
Species
13, see text
Synonyms[1][2]
Hermorhachias Mello-Leitão, 1941[3] Metriura Drolshagen & Bäckstam, 2009

Species

As of September 2022^[update] it contains thirteen species:^[1]

• 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