Xerophaeus

''Xerophaeus'' is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by William Frederick Purcell in 1907.

Species

it contains forty-one species and one subspecies:
*'' 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

Araneomorphae genera
Gnaphosidae
Spiders of Africa
Spiders of Asia
Taxa named by William Frederick Purcell

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