Xylethrus

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Xylethrus
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Xylethrus
Simon, 1895[1]
Type species

Simon, 1895
Species

6, see text

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]

  • Levi, 1996 – Brazil
  • Levi, 1996 – Peru, Brazil
  • Archer, 1965 – Mexico, Jamaica
  • Simon, 1895 – Brazil
  • Simon, 1895 – Panama to Bolivia, Brazil
  • Simon, 1895 (type) – Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Brazil

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: 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.
  2. ^ 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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