Xerophaeus

Xerophaeus is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by William Frederick Purcell in 1907.^[2]

Species

As of May 2019 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

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