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| Trephopoda | |
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| female T. kannemeyeri | |
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| T. parvipalpa | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Gnaphosidae |
| Genus: | Trephopoda Tucker, 1923[1] |
| Type species | |
| T. hanoveria Tucker, 1923 | |
| Species | |
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6, see text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Trephopoda is a genus of southern African ground spiders first described by R.W.E. Tucker in 1923.[3] They have only been found in Botswana, Namibia and South Africa.[1]
Species
[edit]As of September 2025[update], this genus includes 6 species:[1]
- Trephopoda aplanita (Tucker, 1923) – South Africa
- Trephopoda biamenta (Tucker, 1923) – South Africa
- Trephopoda ctenipalpis (Lawrence, 1927) – Namibia
- Trephopoda hanoveria Tucker, 1923 – South Africa (type species)
- Trephopoda kannemeyeri (Tucker, 1923) – South Africa
- Trephopoda parvipalpa (Tucker, 1923) – Botswana, South Africa
Formerly included:
- T. lineatipes (Purcell, 1908) (Transferred to Smionia)
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 "Genus Trephopoda". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
- ↑ Murphy, J. (2007). Gnaphosid genera of the world. St. Neots, Cambridgeshire: British Arachnological Society. pp. 1–605.
- ↑ Tucker, R. W. E. (1923). "The Drassidae of South Africa". Annals of the South African Museum. 19: 251–437.
Further reading
[edit]- Lawrence, R. F. (1927). "Contributions to a knowledge of the fauna of South-West Africa V. Arachnida". Annals of the South African Museum. 25 (1): 1–75.
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