Xylethrus is a genus of Central and South American orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1895.[2]
Species
As of April 2019 it contains six species:[1]
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Xylethrus ameda Levi, 1996 – Brazil
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Xylethrus anomid Levi, 1996 – Peru, Brazil
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Xylethrus arawak Archer, 1965 – Mexico, Jamaica
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Xylethrus perlatus Simon, 1895 – Brazil
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Xylethrus scrupeus Simon, 1895 – Panama to Bolivia, Brazil
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Xylethrus superbus Simon, 1895 (type) – Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Brazil
References
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^ a b 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.
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^ 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.
