Trochanteriidae
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The Trochanteriidae are a spider family with 149 species in 18 genera.
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[edit] Distribution
Most genera are endemic to Australia.
Doliomalus is endemic to Chile, Trochanteria to Argentina, Paraguay and Brazil.
Olin occurs on Sulawesi and Christmas Island, Plator species live in China, India, Korea and Japan.
Platyoides species exist in southern Africa, Madagascar and Canary Islands. One species, P. walteri, was introduced to Australia.
[edit] Genera
- Boolathana Platnick, 2002 — Australia
- Desognaphosa Platnick, 2002 — Australia
- Doliomalus Simon, 1897 — Chile
- Fissarena Henschel, Davies & Dickman, 1995 — Australia
- Hemicloeina Simon, 1893 — Australia
- Longrita Platnick, 2002 — Australia
- Morebilus Platnick, 2002 — Australia
- Olin Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001 — Sulawesi, Christmas Island
- Plator Simon, 1880 — China, India, Korea, Japan
- Platorish Platnick, 2002 — Australia
- Platyoides O. P-Cambridge, 1890 — Africa, Madagascar
- Pyrnus Simon, 1880 — - Australia, New Caledoni
- Rebilus Simon, 1880 — - Australi
- Tinytrema Platnick, 2002 — - Australi
- Trachycosmus Simon, 1893 — Australia
- Trachyspina Platnick, 2002 — Australia
- Trachytrema Simon, 1909 — Australia
- Trochanteria Karsch, 1878 — South America
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- Platnick, N.I. (2002): A revision of the Australasian ground spiders of the families Ammoxenidae, Cithaeronidae, Gallieniellidae, and Trochanteriidae (Araneae, Gnaphosoidea). Bulletin of the AMNH 271 PDF (26Mb) Abstract (with key to Australian species)
- Platnick, Norman I. (2008): The world spider catalog, version 8.5. American Museum of Natural History.
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