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Trachelopachys

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Trachelopachys
T. gracilis, female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Trachelidae
Genus: Trachelopachys
Simon, 1897[1]
Type species
T. sericeus
(Simon, 1886)
Species

15, see text

Synonyms[1]

Trachelopachys is a genus of South American araneomorph spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1897.[2] Originally placed with the Corinnidae, it was moved to the Trachelidae in 2014.[3]

Description

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Spiders in this genus have a characteristically dark, often jet black, carapace. The legs are reddish, and typically have dark annulations. As with most trachelids, species of Trachelopachys have no leg spines, however they do bear rows of short, thick, black cuspules on the distal segments of the front two pairs of legs.[4]

Species

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As of April 2019 it contains fifteen species throughout South America:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Trachelopachys Simon, 1897". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-23.
  2. ^ Simon, E (1897). Histoire naturelle des araignées. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.
  3. ^ Ramírez, M. J. (2014). "The morphology and phylogeny of dionychan spiders (Araneae: Araneomorphae)" (PDF). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 390: 342. doi:10.1206/821.1. hdl:11336/18066. S2CID 86146467.
  4. ^ Platnick, Norman (2020). Spiders of the World: A Natural History. Ivy Press. p. 231. ISBN 9781782407508.