Xilithus Explained

Xilithus is a genus of araneomorph spiders in the family Phrurolithidae. It was first described by Liu & Li in 2023 as a replacement name for Acrolithus.^[1]

Species

, it contains twenty-two species:^[2]

• Xilithus acerosus (Yao, Irfan & Peng, 2019) — China
• Xilithus acutus (Fu, Z. S. Zhang & F. Zhang, 2016) — China
• Xilithus auritus (Fu, Z. S. Zhang & F. Zhang, 2016) — China
• Xilithus digitatus (Fu, Z. S. Zhang & F. Zhang, 2016) — China
• Xilithus jiulong (Liu & S. Q. Li, 2022) — China
• Xilithus leibo (Fu, Z. S. Zhang & F. Zhang, 2016) — China
• Xilithus lingyun (Liu & S. Q. Li, 2022) (type) — China
• Xilithus meles (Kamura, 2021) — Japan
• Xilithus mustela (Kamura, 2008) — Japan
• Xilithus ovatus (Fu, Z. S. Zhang & F. Zhang, 2016) — China
• Xilithus pseudostella (Fu, Jin & Zhang, 2014) — China
• Xilithus pugio Mu & Zhang, 2023 — China
• Xilithus ruyii (Liu & S. Q. Li, 2022) — China
• Xilithus shijiao (Liu & S. Q. Li, 2022) — China
• Xilithus stella (Kamura, 2005) — Japan
• Xilithus vulpes (Kamura, 2001) — Japan
• Xilithus wangi Mu & Zhang, 2023 — China
• Xilithus xiajing (Liu & S. Q. Li, 2022) — China
• Xilithus xiaojing (Liu & S. Q. Li, 2022) — China
• Xilithus xingdoushanensis (Yao, Irfan & Peng, 2019) — China
• Xilithus yeniu (Liu & S. Q. Li, 2022) — China
• Xilithus zhangi (Fu, Jin & Zhang, 2014) — China

References

1. Lin . Y. J. . Li . S. Q. . Pham . D. S. . 2023 . Taxonomic notes on some spider species (Arachnida: Araneae) from China and Vietnam . Zoological Systematics . 48 . 1 . 1–99 . 10.11865/zs.2023101.
2. Web site: Gen. Xilithus Liu & Li, 2023 . 25 August 2023 . World Spider Catalog . Natural History Museum Bern.