Xerophaeus is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by William Frederick Purcell in 1907.[2]
| Xerophaeus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Gnaphosidae |
| Genus: | Xerophaeus Purcell, 1907[1] |
| Type species | |
| X. capensis Purcell, 1907
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| Species | |
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41, see text | |
Species edit
As of May 2019[update] it contains forty-one species and one subspecies:[1]
- Xerophaeus ahenus Purcell, 1908 – South Africa
- Xerophaeus anthropoides Hewitt, 1916 – South Africa
- Xerophaeus appendiculatus Purcell, 1907 – South Africa
- Xerophaeus aridus Purcell, 1907 – Namibia, South Africa
- Xerophaeus aurariarum Purcell, 1907 – South Africa
- Xerophaeus bicavus Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
- Xerophaeus biplagiatus Tullgren, 1910 – East AFrica
- Xerophaeus capensis Purcell, 1907 (type) – South Africa
- Xerophaeus communis Purcell, 1907 – South Africa
- Xerophaeus coruscus (L. Koch, 1875) – Ethiopia, East Africa, Yemen
- Xerophaeus c. kibonotensis Tullgren, 1910 – East, South Africa
- Xerophaeus crusculus Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
- Xerophaeus crustosus Purcell, 1907 – South Africa
- Xerophaeus druryi Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
- Xerophaeus espoir Platnick, 1981 – Seychelles
- Xerophaeus exiguus Purcell, 1907 – South Africa
- Xerophaeus flammeus Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
- Xerophaeus flavescens Purcell, 1907 – South Africa
- Xerophaeus hottentottus Purcell, 1908 – South Africa
- Xerophaeus kiwuensis Strand, 1913 – Central Africa
- Xerophaeus lightfooti Purcell, 1907 – South Africa
- Xerophaeus longispina Purcell, 1908 – South Africa
- Xerophaeus lunulifer Purcell, 1907 – South Africa
- Xerophaeus maritimus Lawrence, 1938 – South Africa
- Xerophaeus matroosbergensis Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
- Xerophaeus occiduus Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
- Xerophaeus oceanicus Schmidt & Jocqué, 1983 – Réunion
- Xerophaeus pallidus Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
- Xerophaeus patricki Purcell, 1907 – South Africa
- Xerophaeus perversus Purcell, 1923 – South Africa
- Xerophaeus phaseolus Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
- Xerophaeus robustus Lawrence, 1936 – South Africa
- Xerophaeus rostratus Purcell, 1907 – South Africa
- Xerophaeus ruandanus Strand, 1913 – Rwanda
- Xerophaeus rubeus Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
- Xerophaeus silvaticus Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
- Xerophaeus spiralifer Purcell, 1907 – South Africa
- Xerophaeus spoliator Purcell, 1907 – South Africa
- Xerophaeus tenebrosus Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
- Xerophaeus thomasi (Caporiacco, 1949) – Kenya
- Xerophaeus vickermani Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
- Xerophaeus zuluensis Lawrence, 1938 – South Africa
References edit
- ^ a b "Gen. Xerophaeus Purcell, 1907". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-06.
- ^ Purcell, W. F. (1907). "New South African spiders of the family Drassidae in the collection of the South African Museum". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 20 (7): 297–336. doi:10.1080/00222930709487339.