Biology:Trichothyse

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Trichothyse is a genus of African ground spiders that was first described by R.W.E. Tucker in 1923.[1]

Species

As of September 2025, this genus includes seventeen species and one subspecies:[2]

  • Trichothyse africana (Tucker, 1923) – Mozambique, South Africa
  • Trichothyse antineae (Fage, 1929) – Mali
  • Trichothyse fontensis Lawrence, 1928 – Namibia, South Africa
  • Trichothyse furcata (Simon, 1914) – Spain, France, Italy, Greece
  • Trichothyse golan (Levy, 1999)Israel
  • Trichothyse hamipalpis (Kroneberg, 1875)Iran, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan
  • Trichothyse hortensis Tucker, 1923 – Namibia, South Africa (type species)
  • Trichothyse ilkerakkusi (Coşar, Danışman & Marusik, 2024)Turkey
  • Trichothyse jodhpurensis (Gajbe, 1993)India
  • Trichothyse karoo Haddad & Sankaran, 2025 – South Africa
  • Trichothyse loricata (Kritscher, 1996) – Malta, Italy (Sicily)
  • Trichothyse perversa (Simon, 1914) – France
  • Trichothyse poonaensis (Tikader, 1982) – Portugal, Spain, Greece, Cyprus, Israel, India
  • Trichothyse pugnax (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874)Libya, Egypt, Ethiopia, Israel
  • Trichothyse senilis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872)North Africa, Portugal, Turkmenistan. Introduced to Cape Verde
    • Trichothyse senilis auspex (Simon, 1878) – Spain, France
  • Trichothyse subtropica Lawrence, 1927 – Namibia
  • Trichothyse zuluensis (Lawrence, 1938) – Namibia, South Africa, Lesotho

References

  1. Tucker, R. W. E. (1923). "The Drassidae of South Africa.". Annals of the South African Museum 19: 251–437. 
  2. "Genus Trichothyse". World Spider Catalog. https://wsc.nmbe.ch/genusdetail/999. Retrieved 24 September 2025. 

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