The Trogulidae are a family of harvestmen with about 45 known species.
Members of this species have short legs and live in soil. They have dirt attached to their bodies, to escape predators. Their body length ranges from 2 to 22 mm. The body is in most genera somewhat flattened and leathery. Adults have a small hood, which hides their short chelicerae and pedipalps.
Members of this family occur in western and southern Europe, up to western North Africa and the Levant, the Caucasus and northern Iran. Trogulus tricarinatus, a predator of terrestrial snails, has been introduced to eastern North America.
The derivation of the name of the type genus, Trogulus, is not fully understood. The describer Latreille wrote that he named it because it looks like a monkshood. Perrier (1929) however derived the name from Ancient Greek trogein "gnawing", because of the rough, "gnawed-upon" appearance.
Trogulus Latreille, 1802Trogulus albicerus Sørensen, 1873Trogulus aquaticus Simon, 1879Trogulus banaticus Avram, 1971Trogulus cisalpinus Chemini & Martens, 1988 (Italy)Trogulus coriziformis C. L. Koch, in Hahn & C .L. Koch 1839 (southern Europe, Algeria)Trogulus falcipenis Komposch, 1999 (Austria)Trogulus galasensis Avram, 1971Trogulus graecus Dahl, 1903 (Greece)Trogulus gypseus Simon, 1879 (Israel, Egypt)† Trogulus longipes Haupt, 1956 (fossil: Eocene)Trogulus lusitanicus Giltay, 1932 (Portugal)Trogulus martensi Chemini, 1983 (Italy)Trogulus nepaeformis (Scopoli, 1763) (southern Europe)Trogulus roeweri Avram, 1971Trogulus salfi Lerma, 1949 (Italy)Trogulus setosissmus Roewer, 1940 (Crete)Trogulus sinuosus Sørensen, 1873Trogulus squamatus C. L. Koch, in Hahn & C .L .Koch 1839 (Dalmatia)Trogulus tingiformis C.L. Koch, in Hahn & C. L. Koch 1839Trogulus torosus Simon, 1885 (Dalmatia)Trogulus tricarinatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (central Europe)Trogulus tricarinatus Linnaeus, 1758Trogulus hirtus Dahl, 1903 (Hercegovina)Trogulus uncinatus Gruber, 1973Anelasmocephalus Simon, 1879Anelasmocephalus balearicus Martens & Chemini, 1988 (Baleares)Anelasmocephalus bicarinatus Simon, 1879 (Algeria, Corsica)Anelasmocephalus brignolii Martens & Chemini, 1988 (Sardinia)Anelasmocephalus calcaneatus Martens & Chemini, 1988 (Sicily)Anelasmocephalus cambridgei (Westwood, 1874) (Europe)Anelasmocephalus crassipes (Lucas, 1847) (Algeria)Anelasmocephalus hadzii Martens, 1978 (Austria)Anelasmocephalus lycosinus (Sørensen, 1873) (Italy)Anelasmocephalus oblongus (Sørensen, 1873) (Algeria)Anelasmocephalus osellai Martens & Chemini, 1988 (Italy)Anelasmocephalus pusillus Simon, 1879 (Corsica, Sardinia)Anelasmocephalus pyrenaicus Martens, 1978 (Spain)Anelasmocephalus rufitarsis Simon, 1879 (France)Anelasmocephalus tenuiglandis Martens & Chemini, 1988 (France)Anelasmocephalus tuscus Martens & Chemini, 1988 (Italy)Calathocratus Simon, 1879Calathocratus africanus (Lucas, 1847) (southern Europe, Algeria)Trogulocratus Roewer, 1940Trogulocratus intermedius Roewer, 1940 (Crete)Trogulocratus rhodiensis Gruber, 1963Trogulocratus tunetanus Roewer, 1950Konfiniotis Roewer, 1940Konfiniotis creticus Roewer, 1940 (Crete)Anarthrotarsus Silhavý, 1967Anarthrotarsus martensi Silhavý, 1967Platybessobius Roewer, 1940Platybessobius singularis Roewer, 1940 (Crete)Platybessobius caucasicus Silhavý, 1966
