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Xerophaeus

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Xerophaeus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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
Species

41, see text

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

Species

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As of May 2019 it contains forty-one species and one subspecies:[1]

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.