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 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

References
  1. "Gen. Xiruana Brescovit, 1997". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-10.
  2. Brescovit, A. D. (1997). "Revisão de Anyphaeninae Bertkau a nivel de gêneros na região Neotropical (Araneae, Anyphaenidae)". Revista Brasileira de Zoologia. 13 (Suppl.1): 1–187. doi:10.1590/S0101-81751996000500001.


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