Trechaleidae
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The Trechaleidae are a spider family with 75 described species in 15 genera.
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[edit] Distribution
Almost all species in this family live in Central and South America. Only Shinobius orientalis is endemic to Japan.
[edit] Genera
- Amapalea (Brazil)
- Barrisca Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936 (South America)
- Demelodos Mello-Leitão, 1943 (Brazil)
- Dossenus Simon, 1898 (South America)
- Dyrines Simon, 1903 (South America)
- Enna O. P-Cambridge, 1897 (Mexico to Venezuela)
- Heidrunea Brescovit & Höfer, 1994 (Brazil)
- Hesydrus Simon, 1898 (Central and South America)
- Magnichela (Brazil)
- Neoctenus Simon, 1897 (South America)
- Paradossenus F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1903 (South America)
- Paratrechalea Carico, 2005 (South America)
- Rhoicinus Simon, 1898 (South America)
- Shinobius Yaginuma, 1991 (Japan)
- Syntrechalea F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1902 (Central America)
- Trechalea Thorell, 1869 (USA to Peru)
- Trechaleoides Carico, 2005 (South America)
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- Höfer, H. & A. D. Brescovit. On the spider genus Rhoicinus (Araneae, Trechaleidae) in a central Amazonian inundation forest. J. Arachnol. 22: 54-59. PDF
- Carico, J. E. (1993b). Revision of the genus Trechalea Thorell (Araneae, Trechaleidae) with a review of the taxonomy of the Trechaleidae and Pisauridae of the Western Hemisphere. J. Arachnol. 21: 226-257. PDF
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