Triaeris is a genus of goblin spiders erected by Eugène Simon in 1890 for the species Triaeris stenaspis. It was described from females from the Lesser Antilles; specimens were found later in heated greenhouses around Europe. No males of T. stenaspis have ever been found and the species may be parthenogenetic.[2] Its taxonomy is confused, and the number of species that should be placed in the genus is unclear. In 2012, Norman I. Platnick and co-authors described the genus Triaeris as "an enigma wrapped around a mystery". They consider that most species assigned to the genus after Simon in 1890 and before 2012 do not belong to Triaeris.[2]
| Triaeris | |
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| T. stenaspis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Oonopidae |
| Genus: | Triaeris Simon, 1890[1] |
Species
editAs of April 2016[update], the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species.[1] The assignment to groups is based on Platnick et al. (2012).[2]
- True species of Triaeris
- Triaeris fako Platnick et al., 2012 – Cameroon
- Triaeris ibadan Platnick et al., 2012 – Nigeria
- Triaeris menchum Platnick et al., 2012 – Cameroon
- Triaeris moca Platnick et al., 2012 – Bioko
- Triaeris oku Platnick et al., 2012 – Cameroon
- Triaeris stenaspis Simon, 1891 (type species) – Pantropical, Iran; introduced into Europe
- Triaeris togo Platnick et al., 2012 – Togo
- African species that should be placed in other related genera
- Triaeris equestris Simon, 1907 – Príncipe
- Triaeris macrophthalmus Berland, 1914 – Kenya
- Indian species considered misidentified ("wildly misplaced"[2])
- Triaeris barela Gajbe, 2004 – India
- Triaeris khashiensis Tikader, 1966 – India
- Triaeris manii Tikader & Malhotra, 1974 – India
- Triaeris melghaticus Bastawade, 2005 – India
- Triaeris nagarensis Tikader & Malhotra, 1974 – India
- Triaeris nagpurensis Tikader & Malhotra, 1974 – India
- Triaeris poonaensis Tikader & Malhotra, 1974 – India
References
edit- ^ a b c "Gen. Triaeris Simon, 1890", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2016-04-30
- ^ a b c d Platnick, N.I.; Dupérré, N.; Ubick, D. & Fannes, W. (2012), "Got males? The enigmatic goblin spider genus Triaeris (Araneae, Oonopidae)", American Museum Novitates (3756): 1–36, doi:10.1206/3756.2, hdl:2246/6369, S2CID 83923612