Trechalea
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Trechaleidae |
| Genus: | Trechalea Thorell, 1869[1] |
Trechalea is a genus of spiders in the family Trechaleidae. The species of this genus are found in the New World from the United States south to Peru and Brazil.[1]
Taxonomy[edit]
The genus was first erected 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[edit]
As of March 2016[update], the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:[1]
- Trechalea amazonica F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1903 – Trinidad, Colombia, Brazil
- Trechalea bucculenta (Simon, 1898) – Colombia, Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia
- Trechalea connexa (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898) – Mexico
- Trechalea extensa (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896) – Mexico to Panama
- Trechalea gertschi Carico & Minch, 1981 – USA, Mexico
- Trechalea longitarsis (C. L. Koch, 1847) (type species) – Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
- Trechalea macconnelli Pocock, 1900 – Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Guyana, Suriname
- Trechalea paucispina Caporiacco, 1947 – Peru, Brazil, Guyana
- Trechalea tirimbina Silva & Lapinski, 2012 – Costa Rica
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Gen. Trechalea Thorell, 1869", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2016-03-27
- ^ 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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