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Trechaleidae

Description

Trechaleidae is a family of araneomorph spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1890, and includes about 140 described species in 16 genera. They all live in Central and South America except for Shinobius orientalis, which is endemic to Japan.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)3327https://www.gbif.org/species/3327
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)268746https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=268746
Rankfamily
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Arachnida : Araneae : Trechaleidae
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ecdysozoa
-Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
-EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
-ProsomapodaLamsdell 2013
classXiphosura
orderXiphosuridaLatreille 1802
-PlanatergaLamsdell 2013
-DekatriataLamsdell 2013
-SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
classArachnidaLamarck 1801
-PantetrapulmonataShultz 2007
subclassTetrapulmonataSchultz 1990
-SerikodiastidaGarwood and Dunlop 2014
orderAraneaeClerck 1757
suborderOpisthothelaePocock 1892
infraorderAraneomorphaeSmith 1902
-EntelegynaeSimon 1893
superfamilyLycosoideaSundevall 1833
familyTrechaleidaeSimon 1890
Scientific NameTrechaleidae
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Trechaleidaefamilybelongs to Lycosoideastated with evidenceDunlop et al., 2013
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)10
Extant Size (PBDB)1 (10%)
First Recorded Appearance38.0 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Arachnida)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Arachnida)
Visionlimited (based on Xiphosurida)
Dietcarnivore (based on Xiphosura)
Taphonomychitin (based on Arachnida)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. A. Dunlop, D. Penney, and D. Jekel. 2013. A summary list of fossil spiders and their relatives. In N. Platnick (ed.), The World Spider Catalog, version 14.0. American Museum of Natural History
Common Name(s) Trechaleid Spiders
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trechaleidae

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Eotrechaleinae âśť
subfamily
listed (PBDB)238.0 Ma
Eocene
38.0 Ma
Eocene
Amapalea
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Barrisca
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Caricelea
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Demelodos
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Dossenus
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Dyrines
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Enna
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Eotrechalea âśť
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
238.0 Ma
Eocene
38.0 Ma
Eocene
Esuritor âśť
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
438.0 Ma
Eocene
38.0 Ma
Eocene
Heidrunea
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hesydrus
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Linoptes âśť
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1138.0 Ma
Eocene
38.0 Ma
Eocene
Neoctenus
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Paradossenus
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Paratrechalea
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Rhoicinus
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Shinobius
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Syntrechalea
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Trechalea
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Trechaleoides
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1890Trechaleidae Simon
2013Trechaleidae Dunlop et al. p. 163
2017Trechaleidae Wheeler et al.

References

Dunlop J. A., Penney D., et al (2013) A summary list of fossil spiders and their relatives, The World Spider Catalog, version 14.0. American Museum of Natural History
Wheeler W. C., Coddington J. A., et al (2017) The spider tree of life: phylogeny of Araneae based on target-gene analyses from an extensive taxon sampling, Cladistics 33, 574-616
Hallan, J. (2000-current). Biology Catalog. Web compilation accessible at http://bug.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/ (accessed June 2012). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
CoL2006/SpidCat - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Breene, R. G., D. Allen Dean, G. B. Edwards, Blain Hebert, Herbert W. Levi, Gail Manning, et al., 2003: null. Common Names of Arachnids, Fifth Edition. 42. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Thorell, Tord (1869) On European spiders. Part I. Review of the European genera of spiders, preceded by some observations on zoological nomenclature - via Arácnidos de Centroamérica
Roth, Vincent D (1972) Taxonomic changes in the Agelenidae - via Arácnidos de Centroamérica
Scioscia, Cristina Luisa (1988) Determinacion de Bryantella speciosa y B. smaragdus, nueva combinacion, mediante la aplicacion de tecnicas numericas (Araneae, Salticidae) - via Arácnidos de Centroamérica
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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