Trechaleidae

Updated on Jan 28, 2024

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Kingdom Animalia Infraorder Araneomorphae Rank Family		Subphylum Chelicerata Phylum Arthropoda Order Spider

Lower classifications Paratrechalea azul, Paratrechalea ornata

The Trechaleidae are a spider family with about 120 described species in 16 genera.

Distribution

Almost all species in this family live in Central and South America. Only Shinobius orientalis is endemic to Japan.

As of March 2016, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following genera:

Amapalea Silva & Lise, 2006 – Brazil

Barrisca Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936 – Colombia, Venezuela, Panama, Peru

Caricelea Silva & Lise, 2007 – Peru

Dossenus Simon, 1898 – Panama, Colombia, Trinidad, Peru, Brazil

Dyrines Simon, 1903 – Panama, Venezuela, Peru, Guyana, Brazil

Enna O. P-Cambridge, 1897 – Central and South America

Heidrunea Brescovit & Höfer, 1994 – Brazil

Hesydrus Simon, 1898 – Central and South America

Neoctenus Simon, 1897 – Guyana, Brazil, Peru

Paradossenus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1903 – Central and South America

Paratrechalea Carico, 2005 – Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil

Rhoicinus Simon, 1898 – Ecuador, Venezuela, Peru, Guyana, Brazil

Shinobius Yaginuma, 1991 – Japan

Syntrechalea F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902 – Central and South America

Trechalea Thorell, 1869 – Central and South America

Trechaleoides Carico, 2005 – Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay

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