Xylethrus
Xylethrus is a genus of Central and South American orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1895.[2]
| Xylethrus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Araneidae |
| Genus: | Xylethrus Simon, 1895[1] |
| Type species | |
| X. superbus Simon, 1895 | |
| Species | |
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6, see text | |
Species
As of April 2019 it contains six species:[1]
- Xylethrus ameda Levi, 1996 – Brazil
- Xylethrus anomid Levi, 1996 – Peru, Brazil
- Xylethrus arawak Archer, 1965 – Mexico, Jamaica
- Xylethrus perlatus Simon, 1895 – Brazil
- Xylethrus scrupeus Simon, 1895 – Panama to Bolivia, Brazil
- Xylethrus superbus Simon, 1895 (type) – Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Brazil
References
- Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Xylethrus Simon, 1895". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-15.
- Simon, E. (1895). "Etudes arachnologiques. 26e. XLI. Descriptions d'espèces et de genres nouveaux de l'ordre des Araneae". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 64: 131–160.
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