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 Namibia and South Africa.[1]

Trephopoda
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

6, see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Upognampa Tucker, 1923[2]

Species edit

As of November 2021 it contains six species:[1]

Formerly included:

  • T. lineatipes (Purcell, 1908) (Transferred to Smionia)

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d "Gen. Trephopoda Tucker, 1923". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2021. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2021-11-19.
  2. ^ Murphy, J. (2007). Gnaphosid genera of the world. St. Neots, Cambridgeshire: British Arachnological Society. pp. 1–605.
  3. ^ Tucker, R. W. E. (1923). "The Drassidae of South Africa". Annals of the South African Museum. 19: 251–437.

Further reading edit