Triaeris

Triaeris is a genus of goblin spiders erected by Eugène Simon in 1890 for the species Triaeris stenaspis. It was described from females from the Lesser Antilles; specimens were found later in heated greenhouses around Europe. No males of T. stenaspis have ever been found and the species may be parthenogenetic.^[2] Its taxonomy is confused, and the number of species that should be placed in the genus is unclear. In 2012, Norman I. Platnick and co-authors described the genus Triaeris as "an enigma wrapped around a mystery". They consider that most species assigned to the genus after Simon in 1890 and before 2012 do not belong to Triaeris.^[2]

Triaeris
T. stenaspis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Oonopidae
Genus:	Triaeris Simon, 1890[1]

Species

As of April 2016^[update], the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species.^[1] The assignment to groups is based on Platnick et al. (2012).^[2]

• True species of Triaeris

• Triaeris fako Platnick et al., 2012 – Cameroon
• Triaeris ibadan Platnick et al., 2012 – Nigeria
• Triaeris menchum Platnick et al., 2012 – Cameroon
• Triaeris moca Platnick et al., 2012 – Bioko
• Triaeris oku Platnick et al., 2012 – Cameroon
• Triaeris stenaspis Simon, 1891 (type species) – Pantropical, Iran; introduced into Europe
• Triaeris togo Platnick et al., 2012 – Togo

• African species that should be placed in other related genera

• Triaeris equestris Simon, 1907 – Príncipe
• Triaeris macrophthalmus Berland, 1914 – Kenya

• Indian species considered misidentified ("wildly misplaced"^[2])

• Triaeris barela Gajbe, 2004 – India
• Triaeris khashiensis Tikader, 1966 – India
• Triaeris manii Tikader & Malhotra, 1974 – India
• Triaeris melghaticus Bastawade, 2005 – India
• Triaeris nagarensis Tikader & Malhotra, 1974 – India
• Triaeris nagpurensis Tikader & Malhotra, 1974 – India
• Triaeris poonaensis Tikader & Malhotra, 1974 – India