Trechaleidae
Encyclopedia
The Trechaleidae are a spider
family with 75 described species in 15 genera.
and South America
. Only Shinobius orientalis is endemic
to Japan
.
Spider
Spiders are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, and chelicerae with fangs that inject venom. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species diversity among all other groups of organisms...
family with 75 described species in 15 genera.
Distribution
Almost all species in this family live in CentralCentral America
Central America is the central geographic region of the Americas. It is the southernmost, isthmian portion of the North American continent, which connects with South America on the southeast. When considered part of the unified continental model, it is considered a subcontinent...
and South America
South America
South America is a continent situated in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere. The continent is also considered a subcontinent of the Americas. It is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east...
. Only Shinobius orientalis is endemic
Endemic (ecology)
Endemism is the ecological state of being unique to a defined geographic location, such as an island, nation or other defined zone, or habitat type; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere. For example, all species of lemur are endemic to the...
to Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
.
Genera
- Amapalea (Brazil)
- Barrisca ChamberlinRalph Vary ChamberlinRalph Vary Chamberlin was an American zoologist from Salt Lake City, Utah. He received his PhD from Cornell University in 1904. He was a professor of zoology at Brigham Young University from 1908-1911, and at the University of Utah from 1925-1938....
& IvieWilton IvieWilton Ivie was an American entomologist, who descriped Arachnida-species. . He was employed by the American Museum of Natural History in New York.Wilton Ivie: B.S., M.S. in biology from University of Utah....
, 1936 (South America) - Demelodos Mello-Leitão, 1943 (Brazil)
- Dossenus Simon, 1898 (South America)
- Dyrines Simon, 1903 (South America)
- Enna O. P-CambridgeOctavius Pickard-CambridgeThe Reverend Octavius Pickard-Cambridge FRS was an English clergyman and zoologist.Pickard-Cambridge was born in Bloxworth rectory, Dorset, the fifth son of Revd George Pickard, rector and squire of Bloxworth: the family changed their name to Pickard-Cambridge in 1848...
, 1897 (Mexico to Venezuela) - Heidrunea Brescovit & Höfer, 1994 (Brazil)
- Hesydrus Simon, 1898 (Central and South America)
- Magnichela (Brazil)
- Neoctenus Simon, 1897 (South America)
- Paradossenus F. O. P.-CambridgeFrederick Octavius Pickard-CambridgeFrederick Octavius Pickard-Cambridge was an English arachnologist. He is often confused with his uncle, Octavius Pickard-Cambridge , who was also an arachnologist and from whom F. O. Pickard-Cambridge picked up his enthusiasm for the study of spiders.-Life:F. O. Pickard-Cambridge was born in...
, 1903 (South America) - Paratrechalea Carico, 2005 (South America)
- Rhoicinus Simon, 1898 (South America)
- Shinobius Yaginuma, 1991 (Japan)
- Syntrechalea F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1902 (Central America)
- Trechalea Thorell, 1869 (USA to Peru)
- Trechaleoides Carico, 2005 (South America)