Trachelopachys Explained

Trachelopachys is a genus of South American araneomorph spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1897.^[1] Originally placed with the Corinnidae, it was moved to the Trachelidae in 2014.^[2]

Description

Spiders in this genus have a characteristically dark, often jet black, carapace. The legs are reddish, and typically have dark annulations. As with most trachelids, species of Trachelopachys have no leg spines, however they do bear rows of short, thick, black cuspules on the distal segments of the front two pairs of legs.^[3]

Species

it contains fifteen species throughout South America:^[4]

Trachelopachys aemulatus Gertsch, 1942 – Paraguay
Trachelopachys ammobates Platnick & Rocha, 1995 – Brazil
Trachelopachys bicolor Chamberlin, 1916 – Peru, Bolivia
Trachelopachys bidentatus Tullgren, 1905 – Bolivia
Trachelopachys caviunae (Mello-Leitão, 1947) – Brazil
Trachelopachys cingulipes (Simon, 1886) – Argentina
Trachelopachys gracilis (Keyserling, 1891) – Brazil
Trachelopachys ignacio Platnick, 1975 – Paraguay
Trachelopachys keyserlingi (Roewer, 1951) – Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina
Trachelopachys machupicchu Platnick, 1975 – Peru
Trachelopachys magdalena Platnick, 1975 – Colombia
Trachelopachys quadriocellatus (Mello-Leitão, 1939) – Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina
Trachelopachys sericeus (Simon, 1886) (type) – Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina, Chile
Trachelopachys singularis (Caporiacco, 1955) – Venezuela
Trachelopachys tarma Platnick, 1975 – Peru

Notes and References

Book: Simon, E. 1897. Histoire naturelle des araignées. 10.5962/bhl.title.51973.
Ramírez. M. J.. 2014. The morphology and phylogeny of dionychan spiders (Araneae: Araneomorphae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 390. 342. 10.1206/821.1. 11336/18066. 86146467.
Book: Platnick, Norman . Spiders of the World: A Natural History . Ivy Press . 2020 . 9781782407508 . 231 . English.
Gen. Trachelopachys Simon, 1897. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-05-23. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.