Troxochrus

Troxochrus
Troxochrus scabriculus (figure 216)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Linyphiidae
Genus:	Troxochrus Simon, 1884[1]
Type species
T. scabriculus (Westring, 1851)
Species
5, see text

Troxochrus is a genus of sheet weavers that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1884.[2]

Species

As of June 2019^[update] it contains five species.[1]

• Troxochrus apertus Tanasevitch, 2011 – Greece, Turkey
• Troxochrus laevithorax Miller, 1970 – Angola
• Troxochrus rugulosus (Westring, 1851) – Sweden
• Troxochrus scabriculus (Westring, 1851) (type) – Europe
• Troxochrus triangularis Tanasevitch, 2013 – Israel

See also

• List of Linyphiidae species (Q–Z)

References

1. "Gen. Troxochrus Simon, 1884". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
2. Simon, E. (1884). Les arachnides de France. Tome cinquième, deuxième et troisième partie. Roret, Paris. pp. 180–885.