Xilithus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Ordo: Araneae
Subordo: Opisthothelae
Infraordo: Araneomorphae
Taxon: Neocribellatae
Series: Entelegynae
Sectio: Dionycha
Superfamilia: Corinnoidea

Familia: Corinnidae
Subfamilia: Phrurolithinae
Genus: Xilithus
Species: X. acerosus – X. acutus – X. auritus – X. digitatus – X. jiulong – X. leibo – X. lingyun – X. ovatus – X. pseudostella – X. pugio – X. ruyii – X. shijiao – X. wangi – X. xiajing – X. xiaojing – X. xingdoushanensis – X. yeniu – X. zhangi
Name

Xilithus Lin & Li in Lin, Li & Pham, 2023: 57

Type species: Acrolithus lingyun Liu & Li, 2022

Gender: masculine
Synonymy

Acrolithus (Phrurolithidae), In: Liu et al., 2022a: 352 (preoccupied by Acrolithus Freytag & Ma, 1988 (Animalia, Hemiptera, Cicadellidae))
Xilithus Lin & Li in Lin, Li & Pham, 2023 (replacement name for Acrolithus Liu & Li, 2022)

References
Primary references
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.2023101Open access Reference page.

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 August 2023, it contains twenty-two 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 jiulong (Liu & S. Q. Li, 2022) — China
Xilithus leibo (Fu, Z. S. Zhang & F. Zhang, 2016) — China
Xilithus lingyun (Liu & S. Q. Li, 2022) (type) — 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 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

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.
"Gen. Xilithus Liu & Li, 2023". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 25 August 2023.