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 <small>Levi, 1996</small> â Brazil
- Xylethrus anomid <small>Levi, 1996</small> â Peru, Brazil
- Xylethrus arawak <small>Archer, 1965</small> â Mexico, Jamaica
- Xylethrus perlatus <small>Simon, 1895</small> â Brazil
- Xylethrus scrupeus <small>Simon, 1895</small> â Panama to Bolivia, Brazil
- Xylethrus superbus <small>Simon, 1895</small> (type) â Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Brazil
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