Xylethrus Superbus
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''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 South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a considerably smaller portion in the Northern Hemisphere. It can also be described as the southern Subregion#Americas, subregion o ...
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''
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, 1996
– Brazil *'' Xylethrus anomid'' Levi, 1996 – Peru, Brazil *'' Xylethrus arawak''
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, 1965
– Mexico, Jamaica *'' Xylethrus perlatus'' Simon, 1895 – Brazil *'' Xylethrus scrupeus'' Simon, 1895 – Panama to Bolivia, Brazil *'' Xylethrus superbus'' Simon, 1895 (
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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 {{Araneidae-stub