Biology:Trite

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Trite
Trite.planiceps.jpg
T. planiceps
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Trite
Simon, 1885
Type species
Trite pennata
Simon, 1885
Species

see text

Diversity
21 species

Trite is a genus of jumping spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1885.[1] Most of the 18 described species occur in Australia and New Zealand, with several spread over islands of Oceania, one species even reaching Rapa in French Polynesia.[2]

Species

According to the World Spider Catalog in October 2018, there were twenty one recognised species:[2]

  • Trite albopilosa (Keyserling, 1883) – New South Wales, Victoria
  • Trite auricoma (Urquhart, 1886)New Zealand
  • Trite caledoniensis Patoleta, 2014New Caledonia
  • Trite concinna Rainbow, 1920Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island
  • Trite gracilipalpis Berland, 1929 – Loyalty Islands
  • Trite grayi Richardson, 2016 – Lord Howe Islands
  • Trite guilberti Patoleta, 2014 – New Caledonia
  • Trite herbigrada (Urquhart, 1889) – New Zealand
  • Trite ignipilosa Berland, 1924 – New Caledonia
  • Trite lineata Simon, 1885 – New Caledonia
  • Trite longipalpis Marples, 1955 – Samoa, Tonga
  • Trite mustilina (Powell, 1873) – New Zealand
  • Trite ornata Rainbow, 1915 – South Australia
  • Trite parvula (ppBryant, 1935) – New Zealand
  • Trite pennata Simon, 1885 – New Caledonia
  • Trite planiceps Simon, 1899 – New Zealand
  • Trite pollardi Patoleta & Żabka, 2017 – New Zealand
  • Trite ponapensis Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1997 – Caroline Islands
  • Trite rapaensis Berland, 1942 – Rapa
  • Trite simoni Patoleta, 2014 – New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands
  • Trite urvillei (Dalmas, 1917) – New Zealand

References

  1. Simon, E. (1885). "Matériaux pour servir à la faune arachnologique de la Nouvelle Calédonie". Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 29: 87–92. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 World Spider Catalog (2018). "Trite Simon, 1885". Natural History Museum. https://wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3024/Trite. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q984709 entry