World Spider Catalog

Trochanteriidae Karsch, 1879

Family | ACCEPTED

N.B.: considered valid by Platnick, 1985a: 5; placed as a senior synonym of the former gnaphosid subfamily Hemicloeinae (genera Hemicloea and Vectius) by Wunderlich, 1987a: 248 and confirmed by Azevedo, Griswold & Santos, 2018b: 612; relimited and considered a senior synonym of Platoridae by Platnick, 1990a: 38; Australian genera (with exception of Hemicloea, see the note there) transferred to the Trachycosmidae by Azevedo et al., 2022: 11.

In synonymy:

Hitoegumoa Kishida, 1914 = Plator Simon, 1880 (Platnick, 1976e: 3)

Gen. Plator Simon, 1880 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02337

type Plator insolens Simon, 1880; gender masculine

N.B.: type genus of Platoridae Simon, 1897a: 15, synonym of Trochanteriidae (Platnick, 1990a: 38); considered a senior synonym of Hitoegumoa Kishida, 1914a: 44 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04161] (type H. nipponica Kishida, 1914) by Platnick, 1976e: 3.

In synonymy:

Plator ixodinus Pocock, 1899 = Plator indicus Simon, 1897 (Pocock, 1900a: 272)

Plator pandeae Tikader, 1969 = Plator indicus Simon, 1897 (Sankaran, Tripathy & Tripathi, 2025: 447)

Plator sinicus Zhu & Wang, 1963 = Plator nipponicus (Kishida, 1914) (Lin & Li, 2020a: 36)

Plator bowo Zhu, Tang, Zhang & Song, 2006 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039384

Plator bowo Zhu et al., 2006a: 40, f. 14-19 (Dmf) Original description

Plator cyclicus Lin & Li, 2020 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051645

Plator cyclicus Lin & Li, 2020a: 30, f. 1A-D, 8A, 10A-D (Dmf) Original description

Plator dazhonghua Lin & Li, 2020 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051646

Plator dazhonghua Lin & Li, 2020a: 32, f. 2A-D, 8B, 10E-H (Dmf) Original description

Plator hanyikani Lin & Li, 2020 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051647

Plator hanyikani Lin & Li, 2020a: 33, f. 3A-D, 8C, 10I-L (Dmf) Original description

Plator himalayaensis Tikader & Gajbe, 1976 | | India (Himalaya) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:026195

Plator himalayaensis Tikader & Gajbe, 1976e: 178, f. 1-3 (Df) Original description

Plator himalayaensis Sankaran, Caleb & Sebastian, 2020d: 134, f. 1-3 (f)

Plator indicus Simon, 1897 | | India, China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:026196

Plator indicus Simon, 1897g: 256 (Dm) Original description

Plator ixodinus Pocock, 1899d: 753 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052309]

Plator indicus Pocock, 1900a: 272, f. 89 (mf, S of Plator ixodinus)

Plator pandeae Tikader, 1969c: 253, f. 4-7 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:026200]

Plator indicus Platnick, 1976e: 3 (S of Plator ixodinus is doubful)

Plator pandeae Hu & Li, 1987a: 360, f. 30.1-4, 31.1-4 (Dm, f)

Plator pandeae Hu, 2001: 279, f. 160.1-4 (mf)

Plator pandeae Zhu et al., 2006a: 42, f. 20-24 (mf)

Plator pandeae Sankaran, Caleb & Sebastian, 2020d: 137, f. 10-14, 19-24 (mf)

Plator pandeae Zamani & Marusik, 2022e: 298, f. 1A-D, 2A-C, 3A-G (mf)

Plator indicus Sankaran, Tripathy & Tripathi, 2025: 447, f. 1-6 (m, S of Plator pandeae, S of P. ixodinus confirmed)

Plator insolens Simon, 1880 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:026197 TYPE SPECIES

Plator insolens Simon, 1880b: 106, pl. 3, f. 4-5 (Df) Original description

Plator insolens Simon, 1897a: 18, f. 11-13 (f)

Plator insolens Kulczyński, 1901b: 340, pl. 13, f. 10-13 (Dm)

Plator insolens Saito, 1936b: 72, 88, pl. 32 (f)

Plator insolens Saito & Kishida, 1947: 979, f. 2781 (f)

Plator insolens Zhu & Wang, 1963b: 468, pl. 3, f. 18-19, 21, 23 (mf)

Plator insolens Platnick, 1976e: 3, f. 1-2, 8 (f)

Plator insolens Zhu & Shi, 1985: 156, f. 140a-d (f)

Plator insolens Xu & Wang, 1987: 28, f. A-D (mf)

Plator insolens Zhang, 1987: 188, f. 161.1-3 (f)

Plator insolens Feng, 1990: 167, f. 142.1-5 (mf)

Plator insolens Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 431, f. 14D, 258C, H-I (mf)

Plator insolens Song, Zhu & Chen, 2001: 330, f. 212A-D (mf)

Plator insolens Zhu et al., 2006a: 35, f. 1-7, 36-37 (mf)

Plator insolens Zhu & Zhang, 2011: 380, f. 272A=G (mf)

Plator insolens Zhang, Peng & Zhang, 2022: 209, f. 153A-G (mf)

Plator kamurai Lin & Li, 2020 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051648

Plator kamurai Lin & Li, 2020a: 34, f. 4A-D, 9C (Dm) Original description

Plator kashmirensis Tikader & Gajbe, 1973 | | India (Himalaya) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:026198

Plator kashmirensis Tikader & Gajbe, 1973: 829, f. 1-4 (Df) Original description

Plator kashmirensis Sankaran, Caleb & Sebastian, 2020d: 135, f. 5-8 (f)

Plator nipponicus (Kishida, 1914) | | China, Korea, Japan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:026199

Hitoegumoa nipponica Kishida, 1914a: 44, f. 1 (Dm) Original description

Hitoyegumoa nipponica Yaginuma, 1958g: 12, f. 2a-c (Df)

Hitoyegumoa nipponica Yaginuma, 1960: 123, f. 100.12 (f)

Plator sinicus Zhu & Wang, 1963b: 469, pl. 3, f. 20, 22 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039385]

Hitoyegumoa nipponica Yaginuma, 1971: 123, f. 100.12 (f)

Plator nipponicus Platnick, 1976e: 6, f. 5-7, 9 (mf)

Plator nipponicus Paik, 1978e: 409, f. 184.1-4 (mf)

Plator nipponicus Zhu, 1983: 88 (S of Plator sinicus)

Plator nipponicus Mao & Zhu, 1983: 161, f. 2a-d (mf)

Plator nipponicus Hu, 1984: 285, f. 300.1-6 (mf)

Plator nipponicus Zhang, 1987: 189, f. 162.1-2 (f)

Plator nipponicus Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 431, f. 258D-E, J-K (mf)

Plator nipponicus Song, Zhu & Chen, 2001: 331, f. 213A-D (mf)

Plator nipponicus Namkung, 2002: 458, f. 36.1a-b (mf)

Plator nipponicus Namkung, 2003: 461, f. 36.1a-b (mf)

Plator sinicus Zhu et al., 2006a: 37, f. 8-13, 40-42 (mf, removed from S of P. nipponicus, contra Zhu, 1983: 88)

Plator nipponicus Kamura, 2009: 482, f. 1-3 (mf)

Plator sinicus Zhu & Zhang, 2011: 380, f. 273A-D (mf)

Plator nipponicus Kim & Lee, 2016a: 38, f. 1-4 (f)

Plator nipponicus Kim & Lee, 2018c: 58, f. 30A-C, pl. 9 (mf)

Plator nipponicus Lin & Li, 2020a: 36, f. 6A-D, 7A-D, 9A-B (mf, S of Plator sinicus)

Plator nipponicus Zhang, Peng & Zhang, 2022: 211, f. 154A-C (f)

Plator pennatus Platnick, 1976 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:026201

Plator pennatus Platnick, 1976e: 6, f. 3-4 (Df) Original description

Plator pennatus Wang, 1991d: 83, f. 1-5 (Dm, f)

Plator pennatus Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 431, f. 258G (f)

Plator pennatus Zhu et al., 2006a: 44, f. 25-30, 38-39, 43-45 (mf)

Plator qiului Lin & Li, 2020 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051649

Plator qiului Lin & Li, 2020a: 36, f. 5A-D, 8D, 10M-P (Dmf) Original description

Plator serratus Lin & Zhu, 2016 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048585

Plator serratus Lin & Zhu, 2016: 189, f. 1A-G, 2A-H, 3A-B (Dmf) Original description

Plator serratus Zhang & Wang, 2017: 891, 5 f. (mf)

Plator serratus Jiang et al., 2025d: 71, f. 1A-B, 2A-D, 3A-D, 4A-D, 5A-G (mf)

Plator soastus Zamani & Marusik, 2022 | | Pakistan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055631

Plator soastus Zamani & Marusik, 2022e: 298, f. 1E-J (Df) Original description

Plator solanensis Tikader & Gajbe, 1976 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:026202

Plator solanensis Tikader & Gajbe, 1976d: 797, f. 1-4 (Df) Original description

Plator solanensis Sankaran, Caleb & Sebastian, 2020d: 137, f. 25-30 (f)

Plator yunlong Zhu, Tang, Zhang & Song, 2006 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:040435

Plator yunlong Zhu et al., 2006a: 46, f. 31-35 (Dmf) Original description