''Xylethrus'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
Central 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 Taxonomy (biology), taxonomist in history, ...
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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