Xerophaeus
| Xerophaeus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Gnaphosidae |
| Genus: | Xerophaeus Purcell[1] |
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42, see text | |
Xerophaeus is a genus of spiders in the Gnaphosidae family. It was first described in 1907 by Purcell. As of 2017[update], it contains 42 species; most in South Africa, all in Africa, except for X. coruscus found in Ethiopia, East Africa, and Yemen.[1]
Species
Xerophaeus comprises the following species:[1]
- Xerophaeus ahenus Purcell, 1908
- Xerophaeus anthropoides Hewitt, 1916
- Xerophaeus appendiculatus Purcell, 1907
- Xerophaeus aridus Purcell, 1907
- Xerophaeus aurariarum Purcell, 1907
- Xerophaeus bicavus Tucker, 1923
- Xerophaeus biplagiatus Tullgren, 1910
- Xerophaeus capensis Purcell, 1907
- Xerophaeus communis Purcell, 1907
- Xerophaeus coruscus (L. Koch, 1875)
- Xerophaeus coruscus kibonotensis Tullgren, 1910
- Xerophaeus crusculus Tucker, 1923
- Xerophaeus crustosus Purcell, 1907
- Xerophaeus druryi Tucker, 1923
- Xerophaeus espoir Platnick, 1981
- Xerophaeus exiguus Purcell, 1907
- Xerophaeus flammeus Tucker, 1923
- Xerophaeus flavescens Purcell, 1907
- Xerophaeus hottentottus Purcell, 1908
- Xerophaeus kiwuensis Strand, 1913
- Xerophaeus lightfooti Purcell, 1907
- Xerophaeus longispinus Purcell, 1908
- Xerophaeus lunulifer Purcell, 1907
- Xerophaeus maritimus Lawrence, 1938
- Xerophaeus matroosbergensis Tucker, 1923
- Xerophaeus occiduus Tucker, 1923
- Xerophaeus oceanicus Schmidt & Jocqué, 1983
- Xerophaeus pallidus Tucker, 1923
- Xerophaeus patricki Purcell, 1907
- Xerophaeus perversus Purcell, 1923
- Xerophaeus phaseolus Tucker, 1923
- Xerophaeus robustus Lawrence, 1936
- Xerophaeus rostratus Purcell, 1907
- Xerophaeus ruandanus Strand, 1913
- Xerophaeus rubeus Tucker, 1923
- Xerophaeus silvaticus Tucker, 1923
- Xerophaeus spiralifer Purcell, 1907
- Xerophaeus spoliator Purcell, 1907
- Xerophaeus tenebrosus Tucker, 1923
- Xerophaeus thomasi (Caporiacco, 1949)
- Xerophaeus vickermani Tucker, 1923
- Xerophaeus zuluensis Lawrence, 1938
References
- ^ a b c "Gnaphosidae". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2017-03-06.