Xerophaeus Explained

Xerophaeus is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by William Frederick Purcell in 1907.^[1]

Species

it contains forty-one species and one subspecies:^[2]

• 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

Notes and References

1. 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. 297–336. 20. 7. 10.1080/00222930709487339 .
2. Gen. Xerophaeus Purcell, 1907. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-06-06. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.