Tricholathys

Tricholathys
Tricholathys rothi, male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Argyronetidae
Genus:	Tricholathys Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935 [1]
Type species
T. spiralis Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935
Species
20, see text

Tricholathys is a genus of cribellate araneomorph spiders in the family Argyronetidae. It was first described by R. V. Chamberlin & Wilton Ivie in 1935. ^[2]

Distribution

Most species in this genus are endemic to China or North America, with a few from Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and the Caucasus. ^[1]

Species

As of October 2025 ^[update] , this genus includes twenty species: ^[1]

• Tricholathys alxa (Tang, 2011) – China
• Tricholathys burangensis Wang, Peng & Zhang, 2023 – China
• Tricholathys cascadea Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958 – United States
• Tricholathys chenzhenningi Wang, Peng & Zhang, 2023 – China
• Tricholathys hansi (Schenkel, 1950) – United States
• Tricholathys hebeiensis Wang, Peng & Zhang, 2023 – China
• Tricholathys hirsutipes (Banks, 1921) – United States
• Tricholathys jacinto Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958 – United States
• Tricholathys knulli Gertsch & Mulaik, 1936 – United States
• Tricholathys lhunzeensis Wang, Peng & Zhang, 2023 – China
• Tricholathys monterea Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958 – United States
• Tricholathys ovtchinnikovi Marusik, Omelko & Ponomarev, 2017 – Russia (Caucasus)
• Tricholathys relicta Ovtchinnikov, 2001 – Kyrgyzstan
• Tricholathys relictoides Wang, Peng & Zhang, 2023 – China
• Tricholathys rothi Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958 – Canada, United States
• Tricholathys saltona Chamberlin, 1948 – United States
• Tricholathys serrata Wang, Peng & Zhang, 2023 – China
• Tricholathys spiralis Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935 – Canada, United States (type species)
• Tricholathys subnivalis (Ovtchinnikov, 1989) – Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
• Tricholathys xizangensis Wang, Peng & Zhang, 2023 – China

References

1. "Gen. Tricholathys Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2025-10-28.
2. Chamberlin, R. V.; Ivie, W. (1935). "Miscellaneous new American spiders". Bulletin of the University of Utah. 26 (4): 1–79.

External links

• Citizen science observations for Tricholathys at iNaturalist
• Tricholathys at BugGuide