Genus Xeritha Stuckenberg, 1966: 57

Type species: Xeritha plaumanni Stuckenber, 1966 by original designation.

Refs.: Webb, 1977: 473 (com.); Nagatomi, 1982: 31 (com.); Nagatomi, 1984a: 89 (male gen.), 94–95 (com.), 96 (key); Woodley, 1989: 1381 (com.); Webb, 1995: 421 (com.); Stuckenberg, 2000: 156–158 (com.); Woodley, 2007: 29 (com.); Santos, 2008: 47 (com.), 48 (dist.), 49 (com.); Amorim et al., 2009: 6 (com); Woodley, 2009: 493 (com., key); Oberprieler & Yeates, 2014: 141 (com.).

plaumanni Stuckenberg, 1966: 57–60 .

Holotype male (NHMUK). Dist.: Brazil, Santa Catarina State (Nova Teutonia)ΒΈ Rio de Janeiro State (Alto Itatiaia, 2000 masl).

Refs.: Nagatomi, 1982: 143 (dist., com.); Nagatomi, 1984a: 94 (com.); Sinclair et al. 1993: 415 (phy.); Stuckenberg, 2000: 156, 157 (com.); Santos, 2008: 48 (dist.); Kerr, 2010: 33 (morp., phy); Klassa & Santos, 2015: 523 (list).