Club-setae Ground Spiders
Trachyspina Platnick, 2002
Type species: Trachyspina capensis Platnick, 2002
Fauna Portal Genus Number: 3099
(after Platnick 2002): The shared possession of a pseudo-paracymbial hook on the male pedipalp suggests that this is the sister group of Trachytrema; in this group of species, however, the body is lighter in color (with a pale gray abdomen), the carapace, abdomen and legs are sparsely covered with short, thick, club setae, the anterior tibiae have leg spines, and all the legs spines are distinctively short.
Publications
Platnick NI (2002): A revision of the Australasian ground spiders of the families Ammoxenidae, Cithaeronidae, Gallieniellidae, and Trochanteriidae (Araneae: Gnaphosoidea). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 271: 1 - 243