Trematocephalus
Trematocephalus cristatus, male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Trematocephalus
Dahl, 1886[1]
Type species
T. cristatus
(Wider, 1834)
Species

4, see text

Trematocephalus is a genus of sheet weavers first described by Friedrich Dahl in 1886.[2]

Species

As of 2017, it contains only four species:[1]

  • Trematocephalus cristatus (Wider, 1834) — Palearctic. "A striking red and blue-black money spider with a hole straight through its head."[3]
  • Trematocephalus obscurus Denis, 1950 — France
  • Trematocephalus simplex Simon, 1894 — Sri Lanka
  • Trematocephalus tripunctatus Simon, 1894 — Sri Lanka

References

  1. 1 2 "Linyphiidae". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2017-03-16.
  2. Dahl, F. (1886). "Monographie der Erigone-Arten im Thorell' schen. Sinne, nebst anderen Beiträgen zur Spinnenfauna SchleswigHolsteins". Schriften des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins für Schleswig-Holstein. 6: 65–102.
  3. Isabella Tree, Wilding: The Return of Nature to a British Farm (London: Picador, 2018), p. 271.


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