Family Trechaleidae

Classification · Other Common Names · Pronunciation · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · See Also · Works Cited

Sabino Canyon Fishing Spider - Trechalea gertschi

Large Spider in the Sonoran Desert (Mexico) - Trechalea gertschi

Trechalea gertschi with egg sac (Sabino Canyon) - Trechalea gertschi - female

Trechalea gertschi with babies - Trechalea gertschi - female

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

Other Common Names

Longlegged Water Spiders(1)

Fishing Spiders

Pronunciation

tre-kah-LEE-ih-dee

Explanation of Names

Author of name: Eugène Simon. First year published: 1890a.

Numbers

1 genus in BugGuide's range (North America north of Mexico)

Range

Genus Trechalea: 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 - 3:11am
Last updated 16 April, 2014 - 8:01am

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