''Xylethrus'' is a
genus
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of
Central
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and
South America
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n
orb-weaver spiders first described by
Eugène Simon
Eugène Louis Simon (; 30 April 1848 – 17 November 1924) was a French naturalist who worked particularly on insects and spiders, but also on birds and plants. He is by far the most prolific spider taxonomist in history, describing over 4 ...
in 1895.
Species
it contains six species:
*''
Xylethrus ameda''
Levi
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, 1996 – Brazil
*''
Xylethrus anomid''
Levi, 1996 – Peru, Brazil
*''
Xylethrus arawak''
Archer
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, 1965 – Mexico, Jamaica
*''
Xylethrus perlatus''
Simon, 1895 – Brazil
*''
Xylethrus scrupeus''
Simon, 1895 – Panama to Bolivia, Brazil
*''
Xylethrus superbus''
Simon, 1895 (
type
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) – Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Brazil
References
Araneidae
Araneomorphae genera
Spiders of North America
Spiders of South America
Taxa named by Eugène Simon
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