Trochanteriidae

The Trochanteriidae are a spider family with about 150 species in 19 genera.

Distribution

Most genera are endemic to Australia.

Doliomalus is endemic to Chile, Trochanteria to Argentina, Paraguay and Brazil.

Olin occurs on Sulawesi and Christmas Island, Plator species live in China, India, Korea and Japan.

Platyoides species exist in southern and eastern Africa, Madagascar and the Canary Islands. One species, P. walteri, was introduced to Australia.

As of October 2015, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following genera:

Boolathana Platnick, 2002 – Australia

Desognanops Platnick, 2008 – Australia

Desognaphosa Platnick, 2002 – Australia

Doliomalus Simon, 1897 – Chile

Fissarena Henschel, Davies & Dickman, 1995 – Australia

Hemicloeina Simon, 1893 – Australia

Longrita Platnick, 2002 – Australia

Morebilus Platnick, 2002 – Australia

Olin Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001 – Sulawesi, Christmas Island

Plator Simon, 1880 – China, India, Korea, Japan

Platorish Platnick, 2002 – Australia

Platyoides O. P-Cambridge, 1890 – Africa, the Canary Islands, Madagascar

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