Xiruana

Xiruana is a genus of South American anyphaenid sac spiders first described by Antônio Brescovit in 1997.^[2]

Xiruana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Anyphaenidae
Genus:	Xiruana Brescovit, 1997[1]
Type species
X. gracilipes (Keyserling, 1891)
Species
17, see text

Species

As of April 2019^[update] it contains seventeen species:^[1]

• Xiruana affinis (Mello-Leitão, 1922) – Brazil
• Xiruana ajuricaba Oliveira & Brescovit, 2015 – Brazil
• Xiruana aymara Oliveira & Brescovit, 2015 – Bolivia
• Xiruana bifida Oliveira & Brescovit, 2015 – Brazil, Paraguay
• Xiruana cocha Oliveira & Brescovit, 2015 – Peru
• Xiruana fiebrigi Oliveira & Brescovit, 2015 – Paraguay
• Xiruana gracilipes (Keyserling, 1891) – Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina
• Xiruana guaia Oliveira & Brescovit, 2015 – Brazil
• Xiruana hirsuta (Mello-Leitão, 1938) – Venezuela, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina, Uruguay
• Xiruana jaboticabal Oliveira & Brescovit, 2015 – Brazil
• Xiruana lusitania Oliveira & Brescovit, 2015 – Brazil
• Xiruana minacu Oliveira & Brescovit, 2015 – Brazil
• Xiruana pocone Oliveira & Brescovit, 2015 – Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina
• Xiruana silarae Oliveira & Brescovit, 2015 – Brazil
• Xiruana tapirape Oliveira & Brescovit, 2015 – Brazil
• Xiruana tetraseta (Mello-Leitão, 1939) – Venezuela, Brazil, Paraguay
• Xiruana tribarrense Oliveira & Brescovit, 2015 – Brazil