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 | |
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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
References
- "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.
- Raven, R. J. (1985). "The spider infraorder Mygalomorphae (Araneae): Cladistics and systematics". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 182: 75.
- Koch, C. L. (1850). Übersicht des Arachnidensystems. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.39561.
- 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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