Biology:Xerophaeus

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Xerophaeus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Gnaphosidae
Genus: Xerophaeus
Purcell, 1907[1]
Type species
X. capensis
Purcell, 1907
Species

41, see text

Xerophaeus is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by William Frederick Purcell in 1907.[2]

Species

(As of May 2019) it contains forty-one species and one subspecies:[1]

  • Xerophaeus ahenus Purcell, 1908 – South Africa
  • Xerophaeus anthropoides Hewitt, 1916 – South Africa
  • Xerophaeus appendiculatus Purcell, 1907 – South Africa
  • Xerophaeus aridus Purcell, 1907 – Namibia, South Africa
  • Xerophaeus aurariarum Purcell, 1907 – South Africa
  • Xerophaeus bicavus Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
  • Xerophaeus biplagiatus Tullgren, 1910 – East AFrica
  • Xerophaeus capensis Purcell, 1907 (type) – South Africa
  • Xerophaeus communis Purcell, 1907 – South Africa
  • Xerophaeus coruscus (L. Koch, 1875) – Ethiopia, East Africa, Yemen
    • Xerophaeus c. kibonotensis Tullgren, 1910 – East, South Africa
  • Xerophaeus crusculus Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
  • Xerophaeus crustosus Purcell, 1907 – South Africa
  • Xerophaeus druryi Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
  • Xerophaeus espoir Platnick, 1981 – Seychelles
  • Xerophaeus exiguus Purcell, 1907 – South Africa
  • Xerophaeus flammeus Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
  • Xerophaeus flavescens Purcell, 1907 – South Africa
  • Xerophaeus hottentottus Purcell, 1908 – South Africa
  • Xerophaeus kiwuensis Strand, 1913 – Central Africa
  • Xerophaeus lightfooti Purcell, 1907 – South Africa
  • Xerophaeus longispina Purcell, 1908 – South Africa
  • Xerophaeus lunulifer Purcell, 1907 – South Africa
  • Xerophaeus maritimus Lawrence, 1938 – South Africa
  • Xerophaeus matroosbergensis Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
  • Xerophaeus occiduus Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
  • Xerophaeus oceanicus Schmidt & Jocqué, 1983 – Réunion
  • Xerophaeus pallidus Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
  • Xerophaeus patricki Purcell, 1907 – South Africa
  • Xerophaeus perversus Purcell, 1923 – South Africa
  • Xerophaeus phaseolus Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
  • Xerophaeus robustus Lawrence, 1936 – South Africa
  • Xerophaeus rostratus Purcell, 1907 – South Africa
  • Xerophaeus ruandanus Strand, 1913 – Rwanda
  • Xerophaeus rubeus Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
  • Xerophaeus silvaticus Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
  • Xerophaeus spiralifer Purcell, 1907 – South Africa
  • Xerophaeus spoliator Purcell, 1907 – South Africa
  • Xerophaeus tenebrosus Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
  • Xerophaeus thomasi (Caporiacco, 1949) – Kenya
  • Xerophaeus vickermani Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
  • Xerophaeus zuluensis Lawrence, 1938 – South Africa

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Gen. Xerophaeus Purcell, 1907. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/1004. Retrieved 2019-06-06. 
  2. Purcell, W. F. (1907). "New South African spiders of the family Drassidae in the collection of the South African Museum.". Annals and Magazine of Natural History 20 (7): 297–336. doi:10.1080/00222930709487339. https://zenodo.org/record/2154792. 

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