Hemicloea Explained

Hemicloea is a genus of South Pacific flat spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1870.^[1] Originally placed with the ground spiders, it was moved to the Trochanteriidae in 2018.^[2]

Species

it contains thirteen species:^[3]

• Hemicloea affinis L. Koch, 1875 – Australia (New South Wales)
• Hemicloea crocotila Simon, 1908 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Hemicloea limbata L. Koch, 1875 – Australia (New South Wales)
• Hemicloea michaelseni Simon, 1908 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Hemicloea murina L. Koch, 1875 – Australia (Queensland)
• Hemicloea pacifica Berland, 1924 – New Caledonia (Loyalty Is.)
• Hemicloea plumea L. Koch, 1875 – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales, Lord Howe Is.)
• Hemicloea rogenhoferi L. Koch, 1875 – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales), New Zealand
• Hemicloea semiplumosa Simon, 1908 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Hemicloea sublimbata Simon, 1908 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Hemicloea sundevalli Thorell, 1870 (type) – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales), New Zealand
• Hemicloea tasmani Dalmas, 1917 – Australia (Tasmania)
• Hemicloea tenera L. Koch, 1876 – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)

Notes and References

1. Thorell. T.. 1870. Araneae nonnullae Novae Hollandie, descriptae.. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar. 367–389. 27.
2. Azevedo. G. H. F. Griswold. C. E.. Santos. A. J.. 2018. Systematics and evolution of ground spiders revisited (Araneae, Dionycha, Gnaphosidae). Cladistics. 34. 6. 612. 10.1111/cla.12226. 89926876. free.
3. Gen. Hemicloea Thorell, 1870. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-06-04. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.