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Trechalea Amazonica
''Trechalea'' is a genus of spider in the family Trechaleidae, found in the United States to Peru and Brazil. Taxonomy The genus was first created by Carl Ludwig Koch, Carl L. Koch in 1848, and given the name ''Triclaria''. However, this name was already in use for a Blue-bellied parrot, genus of parrots, and in 1869, Tord Tamerlan Teodor Thorell, Tord T.T. Thorell proposed the replacement name ''Trechalea''. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek , meaning "rough" or "savage". Species , the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species: *''Trechalea amazonica'' F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1903 – Trinidad, Colombia, Brazil *''Trechalea bucculenta'' (Simon, 1898) – Colombia, Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia *''Trechalea connexa'' (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898) – Mexico *''Trechalea extensa'' (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896) – Mexico to Panama *''Trechalea gertschi'' Carico & Minch, 1981 – USA, Mexico *''Trechalea longitarsis'' (C. L. Koch, 1847) (type species) – Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tord Tamerlan Teodor Thorell
Tord Tamerlan Teodor Thorell (3 May 1830 – 22 December 1901) was a Swedish arachnologist. Thorell studied spiders with Giacomo Doria at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale de Genoa. He corresponded with other arachnologists, such as Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, Eugène Simon and Thomas Workman. He described more than 1,000 spider species during his time from the 1850 to 1900. Thorell wrote: ''On European Spiders'' (1869) and ''Synonym of European Spiders'' (1870-73). Taxonomic honors The Orb-weaver spider genus '' Thorellina'' and the jumping spider genus '' Thorelliola'' are named after him, as well as about 30 species of spiders: * '' Araneus thorelli'' (Roewer, 1942) (Myanmar) (Araneidae) * '' Gasteracantha thorelli'' Keyserling, 1864 (Madagascar) (Araneidae) * '' Leviellus thorelli'' (Ausserer, 1871) (Europe) (Araneidae) * ''Mandjelia thorelli'' (Raven, 1990) (Queensland) ( Barychelidae) * '' Clubiona thorelli'' Roewer, 1951 (Sumatra) (Clubionidae) * ''Malamatidia thorell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
