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Species Trechalea gertschi

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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
Species gertschi (Trechalea gertschi)
Other Common Names
Fishing Spider
Longlegged Water Spiders(1)
Explanation of Names
Authors of name: Carico & Minch. First year published: 1981.
Size
Body length of adult
    male approx. 13mm (2)
    female approx. 17mm (2)
Range
Gila River drainage in Arizona & New Mexico (and south into Mexico)(3)
Habitat
Found on rocks near the margins of streams in xeric regions(2)
Life Cycle
Females carry the egg sac with their spinnerets; spiderlings are then carried around on the surface of the sac after they emerge.(3)(2)
Remarks
This species behaves similar to Dolomedes in that it can walk on the surface of water and will even occasionally submerge itself.(2)
Print References
Carico, J. E., 1993b. Revision of the genus Trechalea Thorell (Araneae, Trechaleidae) with a review of the taxonomy of the Trechaleidae and Pisauridae of the Western Hemisphere. Journal of Arachnology 21: 226-257

Carico, J. E. & E. W. Minch, 1981. A new species of Trechalea (Pisauridae) from North America. Bulletin American Museum of Natural History 170: 154-156
Works Cited
1.Common Spiders of North America
Richard A. Bradley . 2012. University of California Press .
2.Revision of the genus Trechalea Thorell (Araneae, Trechaleidae) with a review of the taxonomy of the Trechaleidae and Pisauridae
James Carico. 1993. Journal of Arachnology 21: 226-257.
3.Spiders of North America: An Identification Manual
D. Ubick, P. Paquin, P.E. Cushing and V. Roth (eds). 2005. American Arachnological Society.