Xerophaeus

Xerophaeus is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by William Frederick Purcell in 1907.

Species
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