Trematocephalus
| Trematocephalus | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Trematocephalus cristatus, male | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Linyphiidae |
| Genus: | 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
- ^ a b "Linyphiidae". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2017-03-16.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Isabella Tree, Wilding: The Return of Nature to a British Farm (London: Picador, 2018), p. 271.