Biology:Trechalea

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Trechalea
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Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Trechaleidae
Genus: Trechalea
Thorell, 1869[1]

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.[1]

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 τρηχαλέος, meaning "rough" or "savage".[2]

Species

(As of March 2016), the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:[1]

  • 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

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Gen. Trechalea Thorell, 1869", World Spider Catalog (Natural History Museum Bern), http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3773, retrieved 2016-03-27 
  2. Thorell, T.T.T. (1869), "On European spiders. Part I. Review of the European genera of spiders, preceded by some observations on zoological nomenclature", Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis, Series 3 7: 1–108, https://archive.org/details/novaactaregiaeso37kung, retrieved 2016-03-27 , p. 37

Wikidata ☰ Q10701624 entry