Xyphinus is a genus of goblin spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1893.[3]

Xyphinus
X. hwangi, male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Oonopidae
Genus: Xyphinus
Simon, 1893[1]
Type species
X. hystrix
Simon, 1893
Species

20, see text

Synonyms[1]

Species

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As of June 2019 it contains twenty species, found only in Asia, India, and Australia:[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Xyphinus Simon, 1893". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-03.
  2. ^ Kranz-Baltensperger, Y. (2014). "The goblin spider genus Xyphinus (Araneae; Oonopidae)". Zootaxa. 3870 (1): 4. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3870.1.1. PMID 25284022.
  3. ^ Simon, E. (1893), "Arachnides", Voyage de M