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.

Gen. Trochanteria Karsch, 1878 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02339

type Trochanteria ranuncula Karsch, 1878; gender feminine

N.B.: transferred from the Gnaphosidae to the Trochanteriidae by Platnick, 1985a: 5.

In synonymy:

Trochanteria major (Mello-Leitão, 1942, T from Oltacloea) = Trochanteria gomezi Canals, 1933 (Platnick, 1986a: 32)

Trochanteria gomezi Canals, 1933 | | Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:026223

Trochanteria gomezi Canals, 1933a: 234, f. 1-6 (Dm) Original description

Oltacloea major Mello-Leitão, 1942b: 404, f. 28 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064848]

Trochanteria gomezi Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1958a: 230 (S of Trochanteria rugosa, revalidated by Platnick, 1986a: 33)

Trochanteria gomezi Platnick, 1986a: 32, f. 1-9, 14-17 (mf, S of Oltacloea major)

Trochanteria gomezi Azevedo, Griswold & Santos, 2018b: 599, f. 8d, 9d, 15e, S7h, S10j, S13h (m)

Trochanteria gomezi Pompeo, Brescovit & Araujo, 2023: 237, f. 4A-F, 5A-D (mf)

Trochanteria ranuncula Karsch, 1878 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:026224 TYPE SPECIES

Trochanteria ranuncula Karsch, 1878c: 817 (Df) Original description

Trochanteria ranuncula Karsch, 1879d: 537, pl. 7, f. 3 (f)

Trochanteria ranuncula Platnick, 1986a: 30, f. 10-11 (f; type locality is Santa Cruz, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, according to information from R. L. Hoffman)

Trochanteria rugosa Mello-Leitão, 1938 | | Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:026225

Trochanteria rugosa Mello-Leitão, 1938a: 108, f. 25-27 (Df) Original description

Trochanteria gomezi Mello-Leitão, 1941d: 165, f. 55 (f; misidentified per Platnick, 1986a: 33)

Trochanteria rugosa Platnick, 1986a: 33, f. 12-13 (f, removed from S of Trochanteria gomezi, rejecting Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1958a: 230)