Paratrachelas Explained

Paratrachelas is a genus of araneomorph spiders in the family Trachelidae, first described by M. M. Kovblyuk & A. A. Nadolny in 2009.^[1]

Species

it contains five species:^[2]

• Paratrachelas acuminus (Zhu & An, 1988) — Russia (Far East), China, Korea
• Paratrachelas atlantis Bosselaers & Bosmans, 2010 — Algeria
• Paratrachelas ibericus (Bosselaers, Urones, Barrientos & Alberdi, 2009) — Portugal, Spain, France, Algeria
• Paratrachelas maculatus (Thorell, 1875) — France to Ukraine, Turkey, Israel
• Paratrachelas validus (Simon, 1884) — Portugal, Spain, Italy

Notes and References

1. Kovblyuk. M. M.. Nadolny. A. A.. 2009. The spider genus Trachelas L. Koch, 1872 in Crimea and Caucasus with the description of Paratrachelas gen.n. (Aranei: Corinnidae).. Arthropoda Selecta. 35–46. 18.
2. Web site: Gen. Paratrachelas Kovblyuk & Nadolny, 2009. World Spider Catalog. 2019-04-02. Natural History Museum Bern.