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