Typhistes is a genus of sheet weavers that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1894.
Species it contains four species: Typhistes antilope Simon, 1894 – Sri Lanka Typhistes comatus Simon, 1894 (type) – Sri Lanka Typhistes elephas Berland, 1922 – Ethiopia Typhistes gloriosus Jocqué, 1984 – South Africa
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