Overview
The Trochanteriidae are a spider family with 149 species in 18 genera.
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 Africa, Madagascar and Canary Islands. One species, P. walteri, was introduced to Australia.
Genera
- Boolathana Platnick, 2002 ? Australia
- Desognaphosa Platnick, 2002 ? Australia
- Doliomalus Simon, 1897 ? Chile
- Fissarena Henschel, Davies & Dickman, 1995 ? Australia
- Hemicloeina Simon, 1893 ? Australia
- Longr ita Platnick, 2002 ? Australia
- Morebilus Platnick, 2002 ? Australia
- Olin Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001 ? Sulawesi, Christmas Island
- Plator Simon, 1880 ? China, India, Korea, Japan
- Platorish Platnick, 2002 ? Australia
- Platyoides O. P-Cambridge, 1890 ? Africa, Madagascar
- Pyrnus Simon, 1880 ? - Australia, New Caledonia
- Rebilus Simon, 1880 ? - Australia
- Tinytrema Platnick, 2002 ? - Australia
- Trachycosmus Simon, 1893 ? Australia
- Trachyspina Platnick, 2002 ? Australia
- Trachytrema Simon, 1909 ? Australia
- Trochanteria Karsch, 1878 ? South America
See also
- List of Trochanteriidae species
- Spider families with sperm cells
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 Africa, Madagascar and Canary Islands. One species, P. walteri, was introduced to Australia.
Genera
- Boolathana Platnick, 2002 ? Australia
- Desognaphosa Platnick, 2002 ? Australia
- Doliomalus Simon, 1897 ? Chile
- Fissarena Henschel, Davies & Dickman, 1995 ? Australia
- Hemicloeina Simon, 1893 ? Australia
- Longrita Platnick, 2002 ? Australia
- Morebilus Platnick, 2002 ? Australia
- Olin Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001 ? Sulawesi, Christmas Island
- Plator Simon, 1880 ? China, India, Korea, Japan
- Platorish Platnick, 2002 ? Australia
- Platyoides O. P-Cambridge, 1890 ? Africa, Madagascar
- Pyrnus Simon, 1880 ? - Australia, New Caledonia
- Rebilus Simon, 1880 ? - Australia
- Tinytrema Platnick, 2002 ? - Australia
- Trachycosmus Simon, 1893 ? Australia
- Trachyspina Platnick, 2002 ? Australia
- Trachytrema Simon, 1909 ? Australia
- Trochanteria Karsch, 1878 ? South America
See also
- List of Trochanteriidae species
- Spider families with sperm cells
References
- Platnick, N.I. (2002): A revision of the Australasian ground spiders of the families Ammoxenidae, Cithaeronidae, Gallieniellidae, and Trochanteriidae (Araneae, Gnaphosoidea). Bulletin of the AMNH 271 PDF (26Mb) Abstract (with key to Australian species)
- Platnick, Norman I. (2008): The world spider catalog, version 8.5. American Museum of Natural History.
External links
Taxonomy
The Family Trochanteriidae is a member of the Superfamily Gnaphosoidea. Here is the complete "parentage" of Trochanteriidae:
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Branch: Protostomia
Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
- Infrakingdom: Ecdysozoa
A.M.A. Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - ecdysozoans
- Superphylum: Panarthropoda
Cuvier
- Phylum: Arthropoda
Latreille, 1829 - Arthropods
- Subphylum: Arachnomorpha
Heider, 1913
- Infraphylum: Cheliceriformes
- Superclass: Chelicerata
- Class: Arachnida
Cuvier, 1812 - Arachnids
- Subclass: Micrura
- Order: Araneae
C. Clerck, 1757 - Spiders
- Suborder: Opisthothelae
Pocock, 1892 - Modern Spiders
- Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
- Superfamily: Gnaphosoidea
- Family: Trochanteriidae Karsch, 1879
- Superfamily: Gnaphosoidea
- Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
- Suborder: Opisthothelae
Pocock, 1892 - Modern Spiders
- Order: Araneae
C. Clerck, 1757 - Spiders
- Subclass: Micrura
- Class: Arachnida
Cuvier, 1812 - Arachnids
- Superclass: Chelicerata
- Infraphylum: Cheliceriformes
- Subphylum: Arachnomorpha
Heider, 1913
- Phylum: Arthropoda
Latreille, 1829 - Arthropods
- Superphylum: Panarthropoda
Cuvier
- Infrakingdom: Ecdysozoa
A.M.A. Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - ecdysozoans
- Branch: Protostomia
Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Kingdom: Animalia
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
The Family Trochanteriidae is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Genus (18): Boolathana · Desognaphosa · Doliomalus · Fissarena · Hemicloeina · Longrita · Morebilus · Olin · Plator · Platorish · Platyoides · Pyrnus · Rebilus · Tinytrema · Trachycosmus · Trachyspina · Trachytrema · Trochanteria
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 155 species and subspecies in the Family Trochanteriidae.
Genera
Boolathana
Desognaphosa
Doliomalus
Fissarena
Hemicloeina
Longrita
Morebilus
Olin
Plator
Platorish
Platyoides
Pyrnus
Rebilus
Tinytrema
Trachycosmus
Trachyspina
Trachytrema
Trochanteria
At least 3 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Trochanteria.
More info about the Genus Trochanteria may be found here.
References
- Platnick, N.I. (2002): A revision of the Australasian ground spiders of the families Ammoxenidae, Cithaeronidae, Gallieniellidae, and Trochanteriidae (Araneae, Gnaphosoidea). Bulletin of the AMNH 271 PDF (26Mb) Abstract (with key to Australian species)
- Platnick, Norman I. (2008): The world spider catalog, version 8.5. American Museum of Natural History.
External links
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