title: Xerophaeus
text: # Xerophaeus
  
  Xerophaeus is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by William Frederick Purcell in 1907.
  
  ## Species
  
  As of May 2019 it contains forty-one species and one subspecies:
  
  * Xerophaeus ahenus Purcell, 1908 – South Africa
  * Xerophaeus anthropoides Hewitt, 1916 – South Africa
  * Xerophaeus appendiculatus Purcell, 1907 – South Africa
  * Xerophaeus aridus Purcell, 1907 – Namibia, South Africa
  * Xerophaeus aurariarum Purcell, 1907 – South Africa
  * Xerophaeus bicavus Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
  * Xerophaeus biplagiatus Tullgren, 1910 – East AFrica
  * Xerophaeus capensis Purcell, 1907 (type) – South Africa
  * Xerophaeus communis Purcell, 1907 – South Africa
  * Xerophaeus coruscus (L. Koch, 1875) – Ethiopia, East Africa, Yemen
     * Xerophaeus c. kibonotensis Tullgren, 1910 – East, South Africa
  * Xerophaeus crusculus Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
  * Xerophaeus crustosus Purcell, 1907 – South Africa
  * Xerophaeus druryi Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
  * Xerophaeus espoir Platnick, 1981 – Seychelles
  * Xerophaeus exiguus Purcell, 1907 – South Africa
  * Xerophaeus flammeus Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
  * Xerophaeus flavescens Purcell, 1907 – South Africa
  * Xerophaeus hottentottus Purcell, 1908 – South Africa
  * Xerophaeus kiwuensis Strand, 1913 – Central Africa
  * Xerophaeus lightfooti Purcell, 1907 – South Africa
  * Xerophaeus longispina Purcell, 1908 – South Africa
  * Xerophaeus lunulifer Purcell, 1907 – South Africa
  * Xerophaeus maritimus Lawrence, 1938 – South Africa
  * Xerophaeus matroosbergensis Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
  * Xerophaeus occiduus Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
  * Xerophaeus oceanicus Schmidt & Jocqué, 1983 – Réunion
  * Xerophaeus pallidus Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
  * Xerophaeus patricki Purcell, 1907 – South Africa
  * Xerophaeus perversus Purcell, 1923 – South Africa
  * Xerophaeus phaseolus Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
  * Xerophaeus robustus Lawrence, 1936 – South Africa
  * Xerophaeus rostratus Purcell, 1907 – South Africa
  * Xerophaeus ruandanus Strand, 1913 – Rwanda
  * Xerophaeus rubeus Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
  * Xerophaeus silvaticus Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
  * Xerophaeus spiralifer Purcell, 1907 – South Africa
  * Xerophaeus spoliator Purcell, 1907 – South Africa
  * Xerophaeus tenebrosus Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
  * Xerophaeus thomasi (Caporiacco, 1949) – Kenya
  * Xerophaeus vickermani Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
  * Xerophaeus zuluensis Lawrence, 1938 – South Africa
  