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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Trechaleidae » Trechalea

Genus Trechalea

Classification · Other Common Names · Pronunciation · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · See Also · Works Cited
Trechalea gertschi - male Trechalea gertschi with egg sac (Sabino Canyon) - Trechalea gertschi - female Trechalea gertschi (Sabino Canyon) - Trechalea gertschi Juvenile Trechalea gertschi - Trechalea gertschi Juvenile Trechalea gertschi - Trechalea gertschi Pisauridae? - Trechalea gertschi Trechalea gertschi - Salome Creek, AZ - Trechalea gertschi Trechalea gertschi - Salome Creek, AZ - Trechalea gertschi
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)
No Taxon (Entelegynae)
Family Trechaleidae
Genus Trechalea
Other Common Names
Fishing Spiders
Longlegged Water Spiders(1)
Pronunciation
tre-kuh-LEE-uh
Explanation of Names
Author of name: Tamerlan Thorell. First year published: 1869.
Trechalea means "rough, rugged, prickly" in Greek.(2)
Numbers
1 species in BugGuide's range (North America north of Mexico)
Range
T. gertschi: Gila River drainage in Arizona & New Mexico (and south into Mexico)(2)
See Also
Pisauridae & Selenopidae
Works Cited
1.Common Spiders of North America
Richard A. Bradley . 2012. University of California Press .
2.Spiders of North America: An Identification Manual
D. Ubick, P. Paquin, P.E. Cushing and V. Roth (eds). 2005. American Arachnological Society.
Contributed by Mandy Howe on 17 January, 2012 - 3:27am
Last updated 22 April, 2013 - 6:39am

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