Strophaeus

Strophaeus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Mygalomorphae
Family:	Barychelidae
Genus:	Strophaeus Ausserer, 1875[1]
Type species
S. kochi (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1870)
Species
4, see text
Synonyms[1]
Homoeoplacis Simon, 1892

Strophaeus is a genus of brushed trapdoor spiders first described by Anton Ausserer in 1875.[2]

Species

As of April 2019^[update] it contains four species:[1]

• Strophaeus austeni (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896) – Brazil
• Strophaeus kochi (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1870) (type) – Peru
• Strophaeus pentodon (Simon, 1892) – Brazil
• Strophaeus sebastiani Miranda & Bermúdez, 2010 – Panama

References

1. Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Strophaeus Ausserer, 1875". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
2. Ausserer, A. (1875). "Zweiter Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Arachniden-Familie der Territelariae Thorell (Mygalidae Autor)". Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien. 25: 125–206.