Trechaleidae
Trechaleidae is a family of araneomorph spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1890. It includes about 140 described species in 18 genera, mostly in the New World tropics.
Other names for the family are longlegged water spiders and fishing spiders. The family Trechaleidae is closely related to Pisauridae and Lycosidae, and the three families are sometimes referred to as the lycosid group.
Distribution
All members of this family live in Central and South America except for Shinobius orientalis, which is endemic to Japan.
Genera
, this family includes eighteen genera and 137 species:Amapalea Silva & Lise, 2006 – BrazilBarrisca Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936 – Panama, Colombia, Peru, VenezuelaCaricelea Silva & Lise, 2007 – PeruCupiennius Simon, 1891 – North America, South AmericaDossenus Simon, 1898 – Trinidad, Panama, Brazil, Colombia, PeruDyrines Simon, 1903 – Panama, South AmericaEnna O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897 – Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama, Mexico, South AmericaHeidrunea Brescovit & Höfer, 1994 – BrazilHesydrus Simon, 1898 – Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama, South AmericaMetashinobius Wei & Liu, 2025 – ChinaNeoctenus Simon, 1897 – Brazil, Guyana, PeruParadossenus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1903 – South AmericaParatrechalea Carico, 2005 – Argentina, Brazil, UruguayRhoicinus Simon, 1898 – South AmericaShinobius Yaginuma, 1991 – China, JapanSyntrechalea F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902 – South AmericaTrechalea Thorell, 1869 – Trinidad, Costa Rica, Mexico, United States, South AmericaTrechaleoides Carico, 2005 – South America