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Xylethrus
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Xylethrus

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

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6 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Xylethrus superbus

speciesXylethrus superbus

Roly Poly Orbweaver

speciesXylethrus scrupeus

Xylethrus anomid

speciesXylethrus anomid

Xylethrus perlatus

speciesXylethrus perlatus

Xylethrus ameda

speciesXylethrus ameda

Xylethrus arawak

speciesXylethrus arawak

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Recorded sightings

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 249995.