Triaeris

Triaeris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Oonopidae
Genus: Triaeris
Simon, 1890[1]

Triaeris is a genus of spiders in the family Oonopidae. Its taxonomy is confused, and the number of species that should be placed in the genus is unclear.

Taxonomy

The genus was erected by Eugène Simon in 1890 for the species Triaeris stenaspis. It was described from females from the Lesser Antilles; specimens were found later in heated greenhouses around Europe. No males of T. stenaspis have ever been found and the species may be parthenogenetic.[2]

In 2012, Norman I. Platnick and co-authors described the genus Triaeris as "an enigma wrapped around a mystery". They consider that most species assigned to the genus after Simon in 1890 and before 2012 do not belong to Triaeris.[2]

Species

As of April 2016, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species.[1] The assignment to groups is based on Platnick et al. (2012).[2]

  • Triaeris fako Platnick et al., 2012 – Cameroon
  • Triaeris ibadan Platnick et al., 2012 – Nigeria
  • Triaeris menchum Platnick et al., 2012 – Cameroon
  • Triaeris moca Platnick et al., 2012 – Bioko
  • Triaeris oku Platnick et al., 2012 – Cameroon
  • Triaeris stenaspis Simon, 1891 (type species) – Pantropical, Iran; introduced into Europe
  • Triaeris togo Platnick et al., 2012 – Togo
  • Triaeris barela Gajbe, 2004 – India
  • Triaeris khashiensis Tikader, 1966 – India
  • Triaeris manii Tikader & Malhotra, 1974 – India
  • Triaeris melghaticus Bastawade, 2005 – India
  • Triaeris nagarensis Tikader & Malhotra, 1974 – India
  • Triaeris nagpurensis Tikader & Malhotra, 1974 – India
  • Triaeris poonaensis Tikader & Malhotra, 1974 – India

References

  1. 1 2 "Gen. Triaeris Simon, 1890", World Spider Catalog (Natural History Museum Bern), retrieved 2016-04-30
  2. 1 2 3 4 Platnick, N.I.; Dupérré, N.; Ubick, D. & Fannes, W. (2012), "Got males? The enigmatic goblin spider genus Triaeris (Araneae, Oonopidae)", American Museum Novitates 3756: 1–36, retrieved 2016-04-30


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