Trematocephalus Explained
Trematocephalus is a genus of sheet weavers first described by Friedrich Dahl in 1886.[1]
Species
, it contains only four species:[2]
- Trematocephalus cristatus (Wider, 1834) — Palearctic. "A striking red and blue-black money spider with a hole straight through its head."[3]
- Trematocephalus obscurus Denis, 1950 — France
- Trematocephalus simplex Simon, 1894 — Sri Lanka
- Trematocephalus tripunctatus Simon, 1894 — Sri Lanka
Notes and References
- Dahl. F.. 1886. 65–102. Monographie der Erigone-Arten im Thorell' schen. Sinne, nebst anderen Beiträgen zur Spinnenfauna SchleswigHolsteins. Schriften des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins für Schleswig-Holstein. 6.
- Web site: Linyphiidae. World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. 2017-03-16.
- Isabella Tree, Wilding: The Return of Nature to a British Farm (London: Picador, 2018), p. 271.