title: Strophius (spider)
text: # Strophius (spider)
  
  Strophius is a genus of crab spiders first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1880.
  
  ## Species
  
  As of April 2019 it contains seven species:
  
  * Strophius albofasciatus Mello-Leitão, 1929 — Brazil
  * Strophius fidelis Mello-Leitão, 1929 — Brazil
  * Strophius hirsutus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1891 — Costa Rica, Panama
  * Strophius levyi Soares, 1943 — Brazil
  * Strophius mendax Mello-Leitão, 1929 — Brazil
  * Strophius nigricans Keyserling, 1880 — Trinidad, Peru, Brazil, Paraguay
  * Strophius signatus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1892 — Mexico, Guatemala, Brazil
  