Trochanteriidae

Trochanteriidae is a family of spiders first described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1879^[4] containing about 52 species in 6 genera.^[1] Most are endemic to Australia though Doliomalus and Trochanteria are from South America and Plator is from Asia.^[1] Platyoides species exist in southern and eastern Africa, Madagascar, and the Canary Islands with one species, P. walteri, introduced to Australia.^[5]

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Platyoides species
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Trochanteriidae Karsch, 1879[1]
Diversity
6 genera, 52 species
Synonyms
Hemicloeinae[2] Platoridae[3]

Genera

Main article: List of Trochanteriidae species

As of January 2023^[update], the World Spider Catalog accepts the following genera:^[1]

• Doliomalus Simon, 1897 – Chile
• Hemicloea Thorell, 1870 – Australia, New Zealand
• Plator Simon, 1880 – Asia
• Platyoides O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1891 – Africa
• Trochanteria Karsch, 1878 – Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil
• Vectius Simon, 1897 – Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina

See also

• List of Trochanteriidae species