The Trechaleidae are a spider family with 75 described species in 15 genera.

Distribution

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Almost all species in this family live in Central and South America. Only Shinobius orientalis is endemic to Japan.

Genera

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• Barrisca Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936 (South America)
• Demelodos Mello-Leitão, 1943 (Brazil)
• Dossenus Simon, 1898 (South America)
• Dyrines Simon, 1903 (South America)
• Enna O. P-Cambridge, 1897 (Mexico to Venezuela)
• Heidrunea Brescovit & Höfer, 1994 (Brazil)
• Hesydrus Simon, 1898 (Central and South America)
• Neoctenus Simon, 1897 (South America)
• Paradossenus F. O. P.-Cambridge, 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)

See also

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• List of Trechaleidae species
• Araneae families

References

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• Höfer, H. & A. D. Brescovit. On the spider genus Rhoicinus (Araneae, Trechaleidae) in a central Amazonian inundation forest. J. Arachnol. 22: 54-59. PDF
• Carico, J. E. (1993b). Revision of the genus Trechalea Thorell (Araneae, Trechaleidae) with a review of the taxonomy of the Trechaleidae and Pisauridae of the Western Hemisphere. J. Arachnol. 21: 226-257. PDF

Trechaleidae