Trechalea Explained

Trechalea is a genus of spiders in the family Trechaleidae. The species of this genus are found in the New World from the United States south to Peru and Brazil.

Taxonomy

The genus was first erected by Carl L. Koch in 1848, and given the name Triclaria. However, this name was already in use for a genus of parrots, and in 1869, Tord T.T. Thorell proposed the replacement name Trechalea. The name is derived from the Greek Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: τρηχαλέος, meaning "rough" or "savage".

Species

, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:

• Trechalea amazonica F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1903 – Trinidad, Colombia, Brazil
• Trechalea bucculenta (Simon, 1898) – Colombia, Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia
• Trechalea connexa (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898) – Mexico
• Trechalea extensa (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896) – Mexico to Panama
• Trechalea gertschi Carico & Minch, 1981 – USA, Mexico
• Trechalea longitarsis (C. L. Koch, 1847) (type species) – Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
• Trechalea macconnelli Pocock, 1900 – Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Guyana, Suriname
• Trechalea paucispina Caporiacco, 1947 – Peru, Brazil, Guyana
• Trechalea tirimbina Silva & Lapinski, 2012 – Costa Rica