Trechona

Trechona is a genus of South American curtain web spiders that was first described by C. L. Koch in 1850.[3] The venom of at least one species is considered potentially dangerous to humans.[4]

Trechona
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Dipluridae
Genus: Trechona
C. L. Koch, 1850[1]
Type species
T. venosa
(Latreille, 1832)
Species

5, see text

Synonyms[1]

Species

As of May 2019 it contains five species, all found in Brazil:[1]

  • Trechona adspersa Bertkau, 1880 – Brazil
  • Trechona diamantina Guadanuccia, Fonseca-Ferreira, Baptista & Pedroso, 2016 – Brazil
  • Trechona rufa Vellard, 1924 – Brazil
  • Trechona uniformis Mello-Leitão, 1935 – Brazil
  • Trechona venosa (Latreille, 1832) (type) – Brazil
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References
  1. "Gen. Trechona C. L. Koch, 1850". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-01.
  2. Raven, R. J. (1985). "The spider infraorder Mygalomorphae (Araneae): Cladistics and systematics". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 182: 75.
  3. Koch, C. L. (1850). Übersicht des Arachnidensystems. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.39561.
  4. Auerbach, Paul S. (2011-10-31). Wilderness Medicine E-Book: Expert Consult Premium Edition - Enhanced Online Features. Elsevier Health Sciences. ISBN 978-1-4557-3356-9.


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