Trechaleidae

Not to be confused with Trachelidae.

Trechaleidae
Temporal range: Palaeogene–present
Syntrechalea sp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Trechaleidae
Simon, 1890[1]
Diversity
16 genera, 140 species

Trechaleidae (tre-kah-LEE-ih-dee) is a family of araneomorph spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1890.[2] It includes about 140 described species in 16 genera.[1] They all live in Central and South America except for Shinobius orientalis, which is endemic to Japan.[3] Other names for the family are longlegged water spiders and fishing spiders[4] (although members of the pisaurid genus Dolomedes are also commonly called fishing spiders). The family Trechaleidae is closely related to Pisauridae (nursery web spiders) and Lycosidae (wolf spiders), and the three families are sometimes referred to as the lycosid group.[5]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference NMBE was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Simon, E. (1890). Etudes arachnologiques.
  3. ^ Yaginuma, T. (1991). "A new genus, Shinobius, of the Japanese pisaurid spider (Araneae: Pisauridae)". Acta Arachnologica. 40: 1–6. doi:10.2476/asjaa.40.1.
  4. ^ "Family Trechaleidae". bugguide.net. Retrieved 2022-05-26.
  5. ^ Hill, David Edwin (30 July 2023). "Practical issues related to cladistics and the classification of spiders" (PDF). Peckhamia. 303 (1): 1–12. Retrieved 21 August 2023.