Trechalea

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

Trechalea is a genus of spider in the family Trechaleidae, found in the United States to Peru and Brazil.[1]

Taxonomy

The genus was first created 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]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Gen. Trechalea Thorell, 1869", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, 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, retrieved 2016-03-27, p. 37


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