Trachycosmidae | |
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Platorish gelorup | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Trachycosmidae Platnick, 2002 |
Type genus | |
Trachycosmus Simon, 1893
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Diversity | |
20 genera, 148 species |
Trachycosmidae, is a family of spiders in the infraorder Araneomorphae.[1]
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.[2]
This family include 20 genera, most of which where part of the family Trochanteriidae and Gallieniellidae:[1][2]