Kingdom Animalia Class Arachnida Phylum Arthropoda Order Spider | Subphylum Chelicerata Infraorder Araneomorphae Rank Family | |
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Similar Gallieniellidae, Malkaridae, Ammoxenidae, Orsolobidae, Cyatholipidae | ||
The Trochanteriidae are a spider family with about 150 species in 19 genera.
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Distribution
Most genera are endemic to Australia.
Doliomalus is endemic to Chile, Trochanteria to Argentina, Paraguay and Brazil.
Olin occurs on Sulawesi and Christmas Island, Plator species live in China, India, Korea and Japan.
Platyoides species exist in southern and eastern Africa, Madagascar and the Canary Islands. One species, P. walteri, was introduced to Australia.
Genera
As of October 2015, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following genera:
References
Trochanteriidae Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA