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Troglothele

Troglothele is a monotypic genus of Caribbean brushed trapdoor spiders containing the single species, Troglothele coeca. It was first described by L. Fage in 1929, and has only been found in Cuba.

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Troglothele
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Barychelidae
Genus: Troglothele
Fage, 19291
Species:
T. coeca
Binomial name
Troglothele coeca
Fage, 1929

Troglothele is a monotypic genus of Caribbean brushed trapdoor spiders containing the single species, Troglothele coeca. It was first described by L. Fage in 1929,2 and has only been found in Cuba.1

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  1. "Gen. Troglothele Fage, 1929". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
  2. Fage, L. (1929). "Sur quelques araignées des grottes de l'Amerique du Nord et de Cuba". Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria della R. Scuola Superiore d'Agricoltura in Portici (in Spanish). 22: 181–187.