Trochanteriidae


Trochanteriidae is a family of spiders first described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1879 containing about 52 species in 6 genera. The family can be found in Oceania, South America, Africa and Asia.

Distribution

Three genera are found in South America. Members of the genus Hemicloea are restricted to Oceania, while genus Platyoides is found in large parts of Africa. Plator is found from Pakistan to Japan.

Genera

, this family includes six genera and 51 species:Doliomalus Simon, 1897 – ChileHemicloea Thorell, 1870 – Australia, New Caledonia, New Zealand. Introduced to New ZealandPlator Simon, 1880 – China, Japan, Korea, India, PakistanPlatyoides O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1891 – Africa, Canary Islands. Introduced to AustraliaTrochanteria Karsch, 1878 – Argentina, Brazil, ParaguayVectius Simon, 1897 – South America