Styposis is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1894. It is a senior synonym of Cyatholipulus.
They are unpigmented, small spiders, usually measuring less than long. Comb-footed spiders usually have eight eyes, but most species have six large eyes, with the anterior median eyes extremely small or absent entirely. Members of Comaroma also have six eyes, but also have a large colulus and are less sclerotized.
Species it contains fourteen species, found in Central America, South America, the Congo, the United States, and Puerto Rico: Styposis ajo Levi, 1960 – USA Styposis albula (Gertsch, 1960) – Guyana Styposis camoteensis (Levi, 1967) – Chile (Juan Fernandez Is.) Styposis chickeringi Levi, 1960 – Panama Styposis clausis Levi, 1960 – USA to Colombia Styposis colorados Levi, 1964 – Ecuador Styposis flavescens Simon, 1894 (type) – Nicaragua to Venezuela Styposis kahuziensis Miller, 1970 – Congo Styposis lutea (Petrunkevitch, 1930) – Puerto Rico Styposis nicaraguensis Levi, 1960 – Nicaragua Styposis rancho Levi, 1960 – Venezuela Styposis scleropsis Levi, 1960 – Panama Styposis selis Levi, 1964 – Brazil Styposis tepus (Levi, 1967) – Chile
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