Xevioso (spider)

Xevioso
X. orthomeles
male X. amica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Phyxelididae
Genus: Xevioso
Lehtinen, 1967
Type species
X. tuberculata
(Lawrence, 1939)
Species

11, see text

Xevioso is a genus of African araneomorph spiders in the family Phyxelididae, and was first described by Pekka T. Lehtinen in 1967.

The genus is named after Xevioso, a god of thunder in Ewe and Dahomean religion.

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