Xiruana Explained

Xiruana is a genus of South American anyphaenid sac spiders first described by Antônio Brescovit in 1997.^[1]

Species

it contains seventeen species:^[2]

• Xiruana affinis (Mello-Leitão, 1922) – Brazil
• Xiruana ajuricaba Oliveira & Brescovit, 2015 – Brazil
• Xiruana aymara Oliveira & Brescovit, 2015 – Bolivia
• Xiruana bifida Oliveira & Brescovit, 2015 – Brazil, Paraguay
• Xiruana cocha Oliveira & Brescovit, 2015 – Peru
• Xiruana fiebrigi Oliveira & Brescovit, 2015 – Paraguay
• Xiruana gracilipes (Keyserling, 1891) – Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina
• Xiruana guaia Oliveira & Brescovit, 2015 – Brazil
• Xiruana hirsuta (Mello-Leitão, 1938) – Venezuela, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina, Uruguay
• Xiruana jaboticabal Oliveira & Brescovit, 2015 – Brazil
• Xiruana lusitania Oliveira & Brescovit, 2015 – Brazil
• Xiruana minacu Oliveira & Brescovit, 2015 – Brazil
• Xiruana pocone Oliveira & Brescovit, 2015 – Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina
• Xiruana silarae Oliveira & Brescovit, 2015 – Brazil
• Xiruana tapirape Oliveira & Brescovit, 2015 – Brazil
• Xiruana tetraseta (Mello-Leitão, 1939) – Venezuela, Brazil, Paraguay
• Xiruana tribarrense Oliveira & Brescovit, 2015 – Brazil

Notes and References

1. Brescovit. A. D.. 1997. Revisão de Anyphaeninae Bertkau a nivel de gêneros na região Neotropical (Araneae, Anyphaenidae).. Revista Brasileira de Zoologia. 1–187. 13. Suppl.1. 10.1590/S0101-81751996000500001. free.
2. Web site: Gen. Xiruana Brescovit, 1997. World Spider Catalog. 2019-05-10. Natural History Museum Bern.