Trechaleidae
The Trechaleidae are a spider family with 75 described species in 15 genera.
Distribution
Almost all species in this family live in Central and South America. Only Shinobius orientalis is endemic to Japan.
Genera
Amapalea (Brazil)
Barrisca Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936 (South America)
Demelodos Mello-Leitão, 1943 (Brazil)
Dossenus Simon, 1898 (South America)
Dyrines Simon, 1903 (South America)
Enna O. P-Cambridge, 1897 (Mexico to Venezuela)
Heidrunea Brescovit & Höfer, 1994 (Brazil)
Hesydrus Simon, 1898 (Central and South America)
Magnichela (Brazil)
Neoctenus Simon, 1897 (South America)
Paradossenus F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1903 (South America)
Paratrechalea Carico, 2005 (South America)
Rhoicinus Simon, 1898 (South America)
Shinobius Yaginuma, 1991 (Japan)
Syntrechalea F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1902 (Central America)
Trechalea Thorell, 1869 (USA to Peru)
Trechaleoides Carico, 2005 (South America)
See also
List of Trechaleidae species
Spider families
References
Höfer, H. & A. D. Brescovit. On the spider genus Rhoicinus (Araneae, Trechaleidae) in a central Amazonian inundation forest. J. Arachnol. 22: 54-59. PDF
