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Trochanteriidae

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Trochanteriidae is a family of spiders first described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1879[4] containing about 52 species in6 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

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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Trochanteriidae: Brief Summary

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Trochanteriidae is a family of spiders first described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1879 containing about 52 species in6 genera. Most are endemic to Australia though Doliomalus and Trochanteria are from South America and Plator is from Asia. Platyoides species exist in southern and eastern Africa, Madagascar, and the Canary Islands with one species, P. walteri, introduced to Australia.

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