Xevioso (spider) explained

Xevioso is a genus of African araneomorph spiders in the family Phyxelididae, and was first described by Pekka T. Lehtinen in 1967.^[1]

Species

it contains eleven species, found only in Africa:^[2]

• Xevioso amica Griswold, 1990 – South Africa
• Xevioso aululata Griswold, 1990 – South Africa
• Xevioso cepfi Pett & Jocqué, 2020 – Mozambique
• Xevioso colobata Griswold, 1990 – South Africa
• Xevioso jocquei Griswold, 1990 – Malawi
• Xevioso kulufa Griswold, 1990 – South Africa
• Xevioso lichmadina Griswold, 1990 – South Africa
• Xevioso megcummingae Pett & Jocqué, 2020 – Malawi, Zimbabwe
• Xevioso orthomeles Griswold, 1990 – Zimbabwe, Eswatini, South Africa
• Xevioso tuberculata (Lawrence, 1939) (type) – South Africa
• Xevioso zuluana (Lawrence, 1939) – South Africa

See also

• List of Phyxelididae species

Notes and References

1. Lehtinen. P. T.. 1967. Classification of the cribellate spiders and some allied families, with notes on the evolution of the suborder Araneomorpha. Annales Zoologici Fennici. 199–468. 4. Pekka_T._Lehtinen.
2. Gen. Xevioso Lehtinen, 1967. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-07-05. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.