Trochanteriidae is a family of

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s first described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1879 containing about 52 species in6 genera. Most are

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Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands. With an area of , Australia is the largest country by ...

though ''

Doliomalus ''Doliomalus'' is a genus of spiders in the family Trochanteriidae Trochanteriidae is a family of spiders first described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1879 containing about 52 species in6 genera. Most are endemic to Australia though '' Doliomalus'' ...

'' and ''

Trochanteria ''Trochanteria'' is a genus of spiders in the family Trochanteriidae Trochanteriidae is a family of spiders first described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1879 containing about 52 species in6 genera. Most are endemic to Australia though '' Doliomalus ...

'' are from South America and ''

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'' is from Asia. ''

Platyoides ''Platyoides'' is a genus of spiders belonging to the family Trochanteriidae. Its members are known as scorpion spiders and are found in sub-Saharan Africa and its islands, Madagascar, Réunion, Aldabra and the Canary Islands. The genus is noct ...

'' species exist in southern and eastern

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, and the

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with one species, '' P. walteri'', introduced to Australia.

Genera

, the

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accepts the following genera: *''

'' Simon, 1897 – Chile *''

Hemicloea ''Hemicloea'' is a genus of South Pacific flat spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1870. Originally placed with the ground spiders, it was moved to the Trochanteriidae in 2018. Species it contains thirteen species: *'' Hemi ...

'' Thorell, 1870 – Australia, New Zealand *''

'' Simon, 1880 – Asia *''

'' O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1891 – Africa *''

'' Karsch, 1878 – Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil *''

Vectius ''Vectius'' is a monotypic genus of South American flat spiders containing the single species, ''Vectius niger''. It was first described by Eugène Simon in 1897, and has only been found in Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina Argentina (), ...

'' Simon, 1897 – Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina

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Picture of a ''Platyoides sp.'' from South Africa
Araneomorphae families {{Trochanteriidae-stub

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