Strophaeus Explained

Strophaeus is a genus of brushed trapdoor spiders first described by Anton Ausserer in 1875.^[1]

Species

it contains four species:^[2]

• Strophaeus austeni (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896) – Brazil
• Strophaeus kochi (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1870) (type) – Peru
• Strophaeus pentodon (Simon, 1892) – Brazil
• Strophaeus sebastiani Miranda & Bermúdez, 2010 – Panama

Notes and References

1. Ausserer. A.. 1875. Zweiter Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Arachniden-Familie der Territelariae Thorell (Mygalidae Autor).. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien. 125–206. 25.
2. Gen. Strophaeus Ausserer, 1875. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-05-17. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2. Gloor. Daniel. Nentwig. Wolfgang. Blick. Theo. Kropf. Christian.