Xerophaeus és un gènere d'aranyes araneomorfes de la família Gnaphosidae. Es poden trobar a l'Àfrica subsahariana.
Van ser descrits per primer cop per William Frederick Purcell l'any 1907.
Espècies Segons The World Spider Catalog 12.0:Platnick, 2011 : The world spider catalog (American Museum of Natural History). Xerophaeus ahenus Purcell, 1908 Xerophaeus anthropoides Hewitt, 1916 Xerophaeus appendiculatus Purcell, 1907 Xerophaeus aridus Purcell, 1907 Xerophaeus aurariarum Purcell, 1907 Xerophaeus bicavus Tucker, 1923 Xerophaeus biplagiatus Tullgren, 1910 Xerophaeus capensis Purcell, 1907 Xerophaeus communis Purcell, 1907 Xerophaeus coruscus (L. Koch, 1875) Xerophaeus crusculus Tucker, 1923 Xerophaeus crustosus Purcell, 1907 Xerophaeus druryi Tucker, 1923 Xerophaeus espoir Platnick, 1981 Xerophaeus exiguus Purcell, 1907 Xerophaeus flammeus Tucker, 1923 Xerophaeus flavescens Purcell, 1907 Xerophaeus hottentottus Purcell, 1908 Xerophaeus kiwuensis Strand, 1913 Xerophaeus lightfooti Purcell, 1907 Xerophaeus longispinus Purcell, 1908 Xerophaeus lunulifer Purcell, 1907 Xerophaeus maritimus Lawrence, 1938 Xerophaeus matroosbergensis Tucker, 1923 Xerophaeus occiduus Tucker, 1923 Xerophaeus oceanicus Schmidt & Jocqué, 1983 Xerophaeus pallidus Tucker, 1923 Xerophaeus patricki Purcell, 1907 Xerophaeus perversus Purcell, 1923 Xerophaeus phaseolus Tucker, 1923 Xerophaeus robustus Lawrence, 1936 Xerophaeus rostratus Purcell, 1907 Xerophaeus ruandanus Strand, 1913 Xerophaeus rubeus Tucker, 1923 Xerophaeus silvaticus Tucker, 1923 Xerophaeus spiralifer Purcell, 1907 Xerophaeus spoliator Purcell, 1907 Xerophaeus tenebrosus Tucker, 1923 Xerophaeus thomasi (Caporiacco, 1949) Xerophaeus vickermani Tucker, 1923 Xerophaeus zuluensis Lawrence, 1938
Referències
Bibliografia Purcell, 1907 : New South African spiders of the family Drassidae in the collection of the South African Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 7, vol.20, p.297-336.
Enllaços externs en ION Nomenclator Zoologicus
Categoria:Gnafòsids