Trochanteriidae
Trochanteriidae
Family of spiders
Trochanteriidae is a family of spiders first described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1879[4] containing about 52 species in 6 genera.[1] Most are endemic to Australia though Doliomalus and Trochanteria are from South America and Plator is from Asia.[1] Platyoides species exist in southern and eastern Africa, Madagascar, and the Canary Islands with one species, P. walteri, introduced to Australia.[5]