Tricholathys

Tricholathys
Tricholathys rothi, male
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Argyronetidae
Genus: Tricholathys
Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935[1]
Type species
T. spiralis
Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935
Species

20, see text

Tricholathys is a genus of cribellate araneomorph spiders in the family Argyronetidae. It was first described by R. V. Chamberlin & Wilton Ivie in 1935.[2]

Distribution

Most species in this genus are endemic to China or North America, with a few from Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and the Caucasus.[1]

Species

As of October 2025, this genus includes twenty species:[1]

  • Tricholathys alxa (Tang, 2011) – China
  • Tricholathys burangensis Wang, Peng & Zhang, 2023 – China
  • Tricholathys cascadea Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958 – United States
  • Tricholathys chenzhenningi Wang, Peng & Zhang, 2023 – China
  • Tricholathys hansi (Schenkel, 1950) – United States
  • Tricholathys hebeiensis Wang, Peng & Zhang, 2023 – China
  • Tricholathys hirsutipes (Banks, 1921) – United States
  • Tricholathys jacinto Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958 – United States
  • Tricholathys knulli Gertsch & Mulaik, 1936 – United States
  • Tricholathys lhunzeensis Wang, Peng & Zhang, 2023 – China
  • Tricholathys monterea Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958 – United States
  • Tricholathys ovtchinnikovi Marusik, Omelko & Ponomarev, 2017 – Russia (Caucasus)
  • Tricholathys relicta Ovtchinnikov, 2001 – Kyrgyzstan
  • Tricholathys relictoides Wang, Peng & Zhang, 2023 – China
  • Tricholathys rothi Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958 – Canada, United States
  • Tricholathys saltona Chamberlin, 1948 – United States
  • Tricholathys serrata Wang, Peng & Zhang, 2023 – China
  • Tricholathys spiralis Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935 – Canada, United States (type species)
  • Tricholathys subnivalis (Ovtchinnikov, 1989) – Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
  • Tricholathys xizangensis Wang, Peng & Zhang, 2023 – China

References

  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Tricholathys Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-28.
  2. ^ Chamberlin, R. V.; Ivie, W. (1935). "Miscellaneous new American spiders". Bulletin of the University of Utah. 26 (4): 1–79.


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