Xilithus

Xilithus
female X. qizimeishanensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Phrurolithidae
Genus:	Xilithus Liu & Li, 2023
Type species
Xilithus lingyun (Liu & S. Q. Li, 2022)
Species
22, see text
Synonyms
AcrolithusLiu & S. Q. Li, 2022

Xilithus is a genus of araneomorph spiders in the family Phrurolithidae. It was first described by Liu & Li in 2023 as a replacement name for Acrolithus. ^[1]

Species

As of January 2026 ^[update] , this genus includes 22 species: ^[2]

• Xilithus acerosus (Yao, Irfan & Peng, 2019) – China
• Xilithus acutus (Fu, Z. S. Zhang & F. Zhang, 2016) – China
• Xilithus auritus (Fu, Z. S. Zhang & F. Zhang, 2016) – China
• Xilithus digitatus (Fu, Z. S. Zhang & F. Zhang, 2016) – China
• Xilithus leibo (Fu, Z. S. Zhang & F. Zhang, 2016) – China
• Xilithus lingyun (Liu & S. Q. Li, 2022) – China
• Xilithus meles (Kamura, 2021) – Japan
• Xilithus mustela (Kamura, 2008) – Japan
• Xilithus ovatus (Fu, Z. S. Zhang & F. Zhang, 2016) – China
• Xilithus pseudostella (Fu, Jin & Zhang, 2014) – China
• Xilithus pugio Mu & Zhang, 2023 – China
• Xilithus qizimeishanensis J. Liu & Hu, 2024 – China
• Xilithus ruyii (Liu & S. Q. Li, 2022) – China
• Xilithus shijiao (Liu & S. Q. Li, 2022) – China
• Xilithus stella (Kamura, 2005) – Japan
• Xilithus vulpes (Kamura, 2001) – Japan
• Xilithus wangi Mu & Zhang, 2023 – China
• Xilithus xiajing (Liu & S. Q. Li, 2022) – China
• Xilithus xiaojing (Liu & S. Q. Li, 2022) – China
• Xilithus xingdoushanensis (Yao, Irfan & Peng, 2019) – China
• Xilithus yeniu (Liu & S. Q. Li, 2022) – China
• Xilithus zhangi (Fu, Jin & Zhang, 2014) – China

References

1. Lin, Y. J.; Li, S. Q.; Pham, D. S. (2023). "Taxonomic notes on some spider species (Arachnida: Araneae) from China and Vietnam". Zoological Systematics. 48 (1): 1–99. doi:10.11865/zs.2023101.  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
2. "Gen. Xilithus Liu & Li, 2023". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2026-01-23.

External links

• Citizen science observations for Xilithus at iNaturalist