Parachtes Explained

Parachtes is a genus of European woodlouse hunting spiders that was first described by P. Alicata in 1964.^[1]

Species

it contains thirteen species:^[2]

• Parachtes andreinii Alicata, 1966 – Italy
• Parachtes cantabrorum (Simon, 1914) – Spain, France
• Parachtes deminutus (Denis, 1957) – Spain
• Parachtes ignavus (Simon, 1882) – Spain, France (mainland, Corsica)
• Parachtes inaequipes (Simon, 1882) – France (Corsica)
• Parachtes latialis Alicata, 1966 – Italy
• Parachtes limbarae (Kraus, 1955) – Sardinia
• Parachtes loboi Jiménez-Valverde, Barriga & Moreno, 2006 – Spain
• Parachtes riberai Bosmans, 2017 – Spain (Majorca)
• Parachtes romandiolae (Caporiacco, 1949) – Italy
• Parachtes siculus (Caporiacco, 1949) – Italy
• Parachtes teruelis (Kraus, 1955) – Spain
• Parachtes vernae (Caporiacco, 1936) (type) – Italy

Notes and References

1. Alicata. P.. 1964. Le specie italiane di Harpactocrates e di Parachtes n. gen. (Araneae, Dysderidae).. Annuario dell'Istituto e Museo di Zoologia dell'Universita di Napoli. 1–40. 16. 3.
2. Web site: Gen. Parachtes Alicata, 1964. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-06-02. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.