Xylethrus

Xylethrus is a genus of Central and South American orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1895.^[2]

Xylethrus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Araneidae
Genus:	Xylethrus Simon, 1895[1]
Type species
X. superbus Simon, 1895
Species
6, see text

Species

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

• 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