Trachycosmidae, is a family of spiders in the infraorder Araneomorphae.
Most genera now grouped in Trachycosmidae were formerly part of the families Trochanteriidae and Gallieniellidae:
Identification They can be identified by the lateral spinnerets, which are separated by the length of their diameter and have their complete distal article without inflatable area. The presence of two major ampullate gland spigots and the epigynal field formed by an undivided plate. The lens of the anterior lateral eyes are convex, raised from the surrounding cuticle, which in Trochanteriidae is flat.
Genera , this family includes twenty genera and 148 species:
Boolathana Platnick, 2002 – Australia Desognanops Platnick, 2008 – Australia Desognaphosa Platnick, 2002 – Australia, Solomon Islands Fissarena Henschel, Davies & Dickman, 1995 – Australia Hemicloeina Simon, 1893 – Australia, New Guinea Longrita Platnick, 2002 – Australia Meedo Main, 1987 – Australia Morebilus Platnick, 2002 – Australia Neato Platnick, 2002 – Australia Olin Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001 – Indonesia, Australia Oreo Platnick, 2002 – Australia Peeto Platnick, 2002 – Australia Platorish Platnick, 2002 – Australia Pyrnus Simon, 1880 – Australia, New Caledonia Questo Platnick, 2002 – Australia Rebilus Simon, 1880 – Australia Tinytrema Platnick, 2002 – Australia Trachycosmus Simon, 1893 – Australia Trachyspina Platnick, 2002 – Australia Trachytrema Simon, 1909 – Australia
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