World Spider Catalog

Dipluridae Simon, 1889

Family | ACCEPTED

N.B.: possibly paraphyletic per Goloboff, 1993: 30; delimited to Diplurinae (genera Diplura, Harmonicon, Linothele, Trechona and Troglodiplura) and Masteriinae Simon, 1889 (genera Masteria, Siremata and Striamea) by Opatova et al., 2020: 696, elevation of the former subfamilies Ischnothelinae and Euagrinae and of the genus Microhexura to family level by Opatova et al., 2020: 697, 698.

In synonymy:

Eudiplura Simon, 1892 = Trechona C. L. Koch, 1850 (Raven, 1985a: 75)

Pezionyx Simon, 1864 = Trechona C. L. Koch, 1850 (Thorell, 1870b: 168)

Gen. Trechona C. L. Koch, 1850 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00046

type Mygale venosa Latreille, 1832; gender feminine; syn. of Trechona zebra

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Pezionyx Simon, 1864: 68 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06250] (type Mygale zebrata Walckenaer, 1835 = Trechona venosa (Latreille, 1832)) by Thorell, 1870b: 168 and of Eudiplura Simon, 1892a: 179 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05062] (type Diplura rogenhoferi Ausserer, 1871) by Raven, 1985a: 76.

Transferred to other genera:

Trechona icterica (C. L. Koch, 1838) -- see Brachythele

Trechona lycosiformis (C. L. Koch, 1842) -- see Avicularia

Trechona sericata Karsch, 1879 -- see Linothele

In synonymy:

Trechona zebrata (Walckenaer, 1835) = Trechona venosa (Latreille, 1832) (Mello-Leitão, 1923a: 91)

Nomen dubium:

Trechona rogenhoferi (Ausserer, 1871a: 179, j, Brazil, originally in Diplura) -- Pedroso, Baptista & Ferreira, 2008: 366

Trechona adspersa Bertkau, 1880 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000391

Trechona adspersa Bertkau, 1880a: 30, pl. 1, f. 9 (Dm) Original description

Trechona adspersa Bücherl, 1957: 386, f. 16-16a (m)

Trechona adspersa Pedroso, Baptista & Ferreira, 2008: 365 (considered a Nemesiidae "incertae sedis", but without specifying a genus)

Trechona cotia Pedroso, Miranda & Baptista, 2019 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051397

Trechona cotia Pedroso, Miranda & Baptista, 2019: 210, f. 3b, 4a,d, 8a-b, 9a-d (Dm) Original description

Trechona diamantina Guadanuccia, Fonseca-Ferreira, Baptista & Pedroso, 2016 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048660

Trechona diamantina Guadanucci et al., 2016: 2489, f. 1a-i, 2a-d, 3 (Dmf) Original description

Trechona excursora Pedroso, Miranda & Baptista, 2019 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051396

Trechona excursora Pedroso, Miranda & Baptista, 2019: 207, f. 3a, 4b,e, 6a-b, 7a-d (Dm) Original description

Trechona excursora Wermelinger-Moreira et al., 2024b: 1178, f. 1A-E (Df)

Trechona garimpeira Wermelinger-Moreira, Lemos, Baptista & Nuvoloni, 2025 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066577

Trechona garimpeira Wermelinger-Moreira et al., 2025: 92, f. 1A-B, 2A-L, 3A-H (Dmf) Original description

Trechona minuana Wermelinger-Moreira, Pedroso, Castanheira & Baptista, 2024 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062835

Trechona minuana Wermelinger-Moreira et al., 2024b: 1179, f. 2A-L, 3A-I (Dmf) Original description

Trechona munduruku Brescovit, Sherwood & Lucas, 2024 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062832

Trechona munduruku Brescovit, Sherwood & Lucas, 2024: 1165, f. 1A-D, 2A-G, 3A-D (Dm) Original description

Trechona rufa Vellard, 1924 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000397

Trechona venosa rufa Vellard, 1924a: 157 (Df) Original description

Trechona rufa Pedroso, Baptista & Ferreira, 2008: 361, f. 1-9 (Dm, f, elevated from subspecies)

Trechona rufa Pedroso, Miranda & Baptista, 2019: 217, f. 1a, 3e-f, 5a-b (f)

Trechona uniformis Mello-Leitão, 1935 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000395

Trechona uniformis Mello-Leitão, 1935c: 355, f. 1 (Dm) Original description

Trechona uniformis Bücherl, 1957: 386, f. 18 (m)

Trechona uniformis Pedroso, Miranda & Baptista, 2019: 213, f. 1c, 3c-d, 4c,f, 5e-f, 10a-b, 11a-d (m, Df)

Trechona venosa (Latreille, 1832) | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000396 TYPE SPECIES

Mygale venosa Latreille, 1832: 61 (D) Original description

Mygale zebrata Walckenaer, 1835: 641, pl. 19 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062833]

Mygale zebra C. L. Koch, 1842: vol. 9: 60, pl. 309, f. 729 (f, lapsus)

Trechona zebra C. L. Koch, 1850: 75 (lapsus)

Pezionyx zebrea Simon, 1864: 68 (lapsus)

Pexionyx [zebrata] Thorell, 1869: 36 (unjustified emendation)

Trechona venosa Karsch, 1879d: 543

Trechona zebrata Pocock, 1896b: 177

Trechona venosa Mello-Leitão, 1923a: 91, f. 17-18 (f, S of Trechona zebrata, sub zebra)

Trechona venosa Vellard, 1924a: 155, pl. 12, f. 44 (Dm)

Eudiplura rogenhoferi Fischel, 1927: 67, f. 9-10 (m; misidentified sensu Pedroso, Baptista & Ferreira, 2008: 366)

Trechona rogenhoferi Raven, 1985a: 75, f. 24-29 (m; misidentified per Pedroso, Baptista & Ferreira, 2008: 366)

Trechona venosa Pedroso & Baptista, 2004: 151, f. 1-8 (mf)

Trechona venosa Pedroso, Miranda & Baptista, 2019: 218, f. 1e, 3g-h, 5c-d (f)