Xylethrus Explained

Xylethrus is a genus of Central and South American orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1895.^[1]

Species

it contains six species:^[2]

• Xylethrus ameda Levi, 1996 – Brazil
• Xylethrus anomid Levi, 1996 – Peru, Brazil
• Xylethrus arawak Archer, 1965 – Mexico, Jamaica
• Xylethrus perlatus Simon, 1895 – Brazil
• Xylethrus scrupeus Simon, 1895 – Panama to Bolivia, Brazil
• Xylethrus superbus Simon, 1895 (type) – Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Brazil

Notes and References

1. Simon. E.. 1895. Etudes arachnologiques. 26e. XLI. Descriptions d'espèces et de genres nouveaux de l'ordre des Araneae.. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 131–160. 64.
2. Gen. Xylethrus Simon, 1895. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-05-15. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2. Gloor. Daniel. Nentwig. Wolfgang. Blick. Theo. Kropf. Christian.