Flat spiders Temporal range:
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Platyoides species | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: |
Trochanteriidae Karsch, 1879 [1] |
Diversity | |
6 genera, 52 species | |
Synonyms | |
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]
As of January 2023 [update], the World Spider Catalog accepts the following genera: [1]
Flat spiders Temporal range:
| |
---|---|
Platyoides species | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: |
Trochanteriidae Karsch, 1879 [1] |
Diversity | |
6 genera, 52 species | |
Synonyms | |
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]
As of January 2023 [update], the World Spider Catalog accepts the following genera: [1]