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Xylethrus

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

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It sits within the topics Araneidae, Araneomorphae genera and Spiders of North America.

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Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassArachnida
  4. OrderAraneae
  5. FamilyAraneidae
Observations35

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
7
Family
Araneidae
Collections
USNM, MPEG
Recorded in
Panama, Brasil

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Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Araneidae
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taxon name
Xylethrus
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Xylethrus
taxonomic type
Xylethrus superbus
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Encyclopedic overview

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

==Species== it contains six species: 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

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