Xuriella

Xuriella
male X. prima
male X. prima
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Salticidae
Subfamily:	Salticinae
Genus:	Xuriella Wesolowska & Russell-Smith, 2000
Type species
Xuriella prima Wesolowska & Russell-Smith, 2000
Species
See text.

Xuriella is a genus of spiders in the jumping spider family, Salticidae with two described species.

The female of Heliophanus pygmaeus was incorrectly associated with the male of X. prima. Both species are beetle-like in appearance. Beetle mimicry is rather common in spiders (including salticids), and has probably developed independently several times. ^[1]

Species

As of October 2025 ^[update] , this genus includes two species: ^[2]

• Xuriella marmorea Wesołowska & van Harten, 2007 – Yemen
• Xuriella prima Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2000 – Tanzania, Zimbabwe, South Africa (type species)

Notes

1. Wesolowska 2004
2. "Gen. Xuriella Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2000". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2025-10-17.

References

• Wesolowska, Wanda (2004): A redescription of Heliophanus pygmaeusWesolowska et Russel-Smith, 2000, a small beetle-like salticid from Africa (Araneae: Salticidae). Genus15(2): 275-280. PDF Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Citizen science observations for Xuriella at iNaturalist

• Salticidae.org: Photographs of X. marmorea Archived 2009-04-27 at the Wayback Machine
• Salticidae.org: Diagnostic drawings of X. prima