Trephopoda

Trephopoda
female T. kannemeyeri
T. parvipalpa
Scientific classification
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]
UpognampaTucker, 1923 [2]

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 Botswana, Namibia and South Africa. ^[1]

Species

As of September 2025 ^[update] , this genus includes 6 species: ^[1]

• Trephopoda aplanita (Tucker, 1923) – South Africa
• Trephopoda biamenta (Tucker, 1923) – South Africa
• Trephopoda ctenipalpis (Lawrence, 1927) – Namibia
• Trephopoda hanoveria Tucker, 1923 – South Africa (type species)
• Trephopoda kannemeyeri (Tucker, 1923) – South Africa
• Trephopoda parvipalpa (Tucker, 1923) – Botswana, South Africa

Formerly included:

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

See also

• List of Gnaphosidae species

References

1. "Genus Trephopoda". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
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

• Lawrence, R. F. (1927). "Contributions to a knowledge of the fauna of South-West Africa V. Arachnida". Annals of the South African Museum. 25 (1): 1–75.

External links

• Citizen science observations for Trephopoda at iNaturalist