Trochanteriidae

Flat spiders
Temporal range: Palaeogene–present
Platyoides species
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Trochanteriidae
Karsch, 1879[1]
Diversity
6 genera, 52 species
Synonyms

Trochanteriidae is a family of spiders first described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1879[4] containing about 52 species in 6 genera.[1] Most are endemic to Australia though Doliomalus and Trochanteria are from South America and Plator is from Asia.[1] Platyoides species exist in southern and eastern Africa, Madagascar, and the Canary Islands with one species, P. walteri, introduced to Australia.[5]

Genera

Main article: List of Trochanteriidae species

As of January 2023, the World Spider Catalog accepts the following genera:[1]

  • Doliomalus Simon, 1897 – Chile
  • Hemicloea Thorell, 1870 – Australia, New Zealand
  • Plator Simon, 1880 – Asia
  • Platyoides O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1891 – Africa
  • Trochanteria Karsch, 1878 – Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil
  • Vectius Simon, 1897 – Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Family: Trochanteriidae Karsch, 1879". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-04-26.
  2. ^ Wunderlich, J. (1987). Die Spinnen der Kanarischen Inseln und Madeiras: Adaptive Radiation, Biogeographie, Revisionen und Neubeschreibungen.
  3. ^ Platnick, N. I. (1990). "Spinneret morphology and the phylogeny of ground spiders (Araneae, Gnaphosoidea)". American Museum Novitates (2978).
  4. ^ Karsch, F. (1879). "Arachnologische Beitrage". Zeitschrift für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften. 52: 534–562.
  5. ^ Platnick, N. I. (2002). "A revision of the Australasian ground spiders of the families Ammoxenidae, Cithaeronidae, Gallieniellidae, and Trochanteriidae (Araneae: Gnaphosoidea)" (PDF). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 271: 1–244. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2002)271<0001:AROTAG>2.0.CO;2. S2CID 86321070.
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