''Trachelopachys'' is a
genus of
South American
araneomorph spiders first described by
Eugène Simon
Eugène Louis Simon (; 30 April 1848 – 17 November 1924) was a French naturalist who worked particularly on insects and spiders, but also on birds and plants. He is by far the most prolific spider taxonomist in history, describing over 4, ...
in 1897.
Originally placed with the
Corinnidae, it was moved to the
Trachelidae
Trachelidae is a family of araneomorph spiders (more recently evolved spiders with inward-pointing chelicerae) first described by Eugène Simon in 1897 as a subfamily called "Tracheleae" ("Trachelinae" in modern terminology). The Trachelidae fam ...
in 2014.
Description
Spiders in this genus have a characteristically dark, often jet black, carapace. The legs are reddish, and typically have dark annulations. As with most trachelids, species of ''Trachelopachys'' have no leg spines, however they do bear rows of short, thick, black cuspules on the distal segments of the front two pairs of legs.
Species
it contains fifteen species throughout South America:
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Trachelopachys aemulatus''
Gertsch
Willis John Gertsch (October 4, 1906 – December 12, 1998) was an American arachnologist. He described over 1,000 species of spiders, scorpions, and other arachnids, including the Brown recluse spider and the Tooth cave spider.
Gertsch was born ...
, 1942 – Paraguay
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Trachelopachys ammobates''
Platnick & Rocha, 1995 – Brazil
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Trachelopachys bicolor''
Chamberlin, 1916 – Peru, Bolivia
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Trachelopachys bidentatus
''Trachelopachys'' is a genus of South American Araneomorphae, araneomorph spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1897. Originally placed with the Corinnidae, it was moved to the Trachelidae in 2014.
Description
Spiders in this genus hav ...
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Tullgren, 1905 – Bolivia
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Trachelopachys caviunae''
( Mello-Leitão, 1947) – Brazil
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Trachelopachys cingulipes
''Trachelopachys cingulipes'' is a species of araneomorph spider from the family Trachelidae. It was first described by French naturalist, Eugène Simon, in 1886.
Distribution
This species is endemic to Argentina, in particular the provi ...
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(Simon, 1886) – Argentina
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Trachelopachys gracilis
''Trachelopachys'' is a genus of South American Araneomorphae, araneomorph spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1897. Originally placed with the Corinnidae, it was moved to the Trachelidae in 2014.
Description
Spiders in this genus hav ...
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(Keyserling Keyserling is the surname of several members of the noble House of Keyserlingk:
* Alexander Keyserling (1815–1891), Russian geologist, paleontologist, botanist and zoologist
* Eugen von Keyserling (1833–1889), German arachnologist
* Hermann ...
, 1891) – Brazil
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Trachelopachys ignacio
''Trachelopachys'' is a genus of South American araneomorph spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1897. Originally placed with the Corinnidae, it was moved to the Trachelidae in 2014.
Description
Spiders in this genus have a charact ...
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Platnick, 1975 – Paraguay
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Trachelopachys keyserlingi
''Trachelopachys'' is a genus of South American araneomorph spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1897. Originally placed with the Corinnidae, it was moved to the Trachelidae in 2014.
Description
Spiders in this genus have a charact ...
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( Roewer, 1951) – Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina
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Trachelopachys machupicchu
''Trachelopachys'' is a genus of South American araneomorph spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1897. Originally placed with the Corinnidae, it was moved to the Trachelidae in 2014.
Description
Spiders in this genus have a charact ...
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Platnick, 1975 – Peru
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Trachelopachys magdalena
''Trachelopachys'' is a genus of South American araneomorph spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1897. Originally placed with the Corinnidae, it was moved to the Trachelidae in 2014.
Description
Spiders in this genus have a charact ...
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Platnick, 1975 – Colombia
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Trachelopachys quadriocellatus
''Trachelopachys'' is a genus of South American araneomorph spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1897. Originally placed with the Corinnidae, it was moved to the Trachelidae in 2014.
Description
Spiders in this genus have a charact ...
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(Mello-Leitão, 1939) – Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina
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Trachelopachys sericeus''
(Simon, 1886) (
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) – Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina, Chile
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Trachelopachys singularis
''Trachelopachys'' is a genus of South American araneomorph spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1897. Originally placed with the Corinnidae, it was moved to the Trachelidae in 2014.
Description
Spiders in this genus have a charact ...
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(Caporiacco
Ludovico di Caporiacco (22 January 1900, in Udine – 18 July 1951, in Parma) was an Italian arachnologist.
Caporiacco took part in an expedition to the Jebel Uweinat, a mountain massif in the boundary region of Sudan, Libya, and Egypt. On t ...
, 1955) – Venezuela
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Trachelopachys tarma
''Trachelopachys'' is a genus of South American araneomorph spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1897. Originally placed with the Corinnidae, it was moved to the Trachelidae in 2014.
Description
Spiders in this genus have a charact ...
''
Platnick, 1975 – Peru
References
Araneomorphae genera
Taxa named by Eugène Simon
Trachelidae
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