Trochanteriidae Explained

Trochanteriidae is a family of spiders first described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1879^[1] containing about 52 species in 6 genera. Most are endemic to Australia though Doliomalus and Trochanteria are from South America and Plator is from Asia. Platyoides species exist in southern and eastern Africa, Madagascar, and the Canary Islands with one species, P. walteri, introduced to Australia.^[2]

Genera

See main article: List of Trochanteriidae species., the World Spider Catalog accepts the following genera:^[3]

• Doliomalus Simon, 1897 – Chile
• Hemicloea Thorell, 1870 – Australia, New Zealand
• Plator Simon, 1880 – Asia
• Platyoides O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1891 – Africa
• Trochanteria Karsch, 1878 – Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil
• Vectius Simon, 1897 – Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina

See also

• List of Trochanteriidae species

External links

• Picture of a Platyoides sp. from South Africa

Notes and References

1. Karsch. F.. 1879. Arachnologische Beitrage. Zeitschrift für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften. 52. 534–562.
2. Platnick. N. I.. 2002. A revision of the Australasian ground spiders of the families Ammoxenidae, Cithaeronidae, Gallieniellidae, and Trochanteriidae (Araneae: Gnaphosoidea). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 271. 1–244. 10.1206/0003-0090(2002)271<0001:AROTAG>2.0.CO;2. 86321070.
3. Web site: Family: Trochanteriidae Karsch, 1879. World Spider Catalog. 2019-04-26. Natural History Museum Bern.