Xeropigo Explained

Xeropigo is a genus of South American and Caribbean corinnid sac spiders first described by O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1882.^[1]

Species

it contains seventeen species:^[2]

• Xeropigo aitatu Carvalho, Shimano, Candiani & Bonaldo, 2016 – Brazil
• Xeropigo brescoviti De Souza & Bonaldo, 2007 – Bolivia
• Xeropigo cajuina Carvalho, Shimano, Candiani & Bonaldo, 2016 – Brazil
• Xeropigo camilae De Souza & Bonaldo, 2007 – Brazil
• Xeropigo candango De Souza & Bonaldo, 2007 – Brazil
• Xeropigo canga Carvalho, Shimano, Candiani & Bonaldo, 2016 – Brazil
• Xeropigo cotijuba De Souza & Bonaldo, 2007 – Guiana, Brazil
• Xeropigo crispim Carvalho, Shimano, Candiani & Bonaldo, 2016 – Brazil
• Xeropigo oxente Carvalho, Shimano, Candiani & Bonaldo, 2016 – Brazil
• Xeropigo pachitea De Souza & Bonaldo, 2007 – Peru, Brazil
• Xeropigo perene De Souza & Bonaldo, 2007 – Peru, Brazil
• Xeropigo piripiri Carvalho, Shimano, Candiani & Bonaldo, 2016 – Brazil
• Xeropigo rheimsae De Souza & Bonaldo, 2007 – Brazil
• Xeropigo smedigari (Caporiacco, 1955) – Venezuela, Trinidad
• Xeropigo tridentiger (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1870) (type) – USA, Caribbean to Brazil, St. Helena
  • Xeropigo t. reichardti (Strand, 1916) – Cayman Is. (Grand Cayman)
• Xeropigo ufo Carvalho, Shimano, Candiani & Bonaldo, 2016 – Brazil

Notes and References

1. Pickard-Cambridge. O.. 1882. On new genera and species of Araneidea.. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 423–442. 50. 3. 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1882.tb02749.x. 2027/coo.31924018443543. free.
2. Gen. Xeropigo O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-05-23. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2. Gloor. Daniel. Nentwig. Wolfgang. Blick. Theo. Kropf. Christian.