Trichothyse

Trichothyse is a genus of African ground spiders that was first described by R.W.E. Tucker in 1923.^[2]

Species

As of September 2025, this genus includes seventeen species and one subspecies:^[1]

Trichothyse africana (Tucker, 1923) – Mozambique, South Africa
Trichothyse antineae (Fage, 1929) – Mali
Trichothyse fontensis Lawrence, 1928 – Namibia, South Africa
Trichothyse furcata (Simon, 1914) – Spain, France, Italy, Greece
Trichothyse golan (Levy, 1999) – Israel
Trichothyse hamipalpis (Kroneberg, 1875) – Iran, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan
Trichothyse hortensis Tucker, 1923 – Namibia, South Africa (type species)
Trichothyse ilkerakkusi (Coşar, Danışman & Marusik, 2024) – Turkey
Trichothyse jodhpurensis (Gajbe, 1993) – India
Trichothyse karoo Haddad & Sankaran, 2025 – South Africa
Trichothyse loricata (Kritscher, 1996) – Malta, Italy (Sicily)
Trichothyse perversa (Simon, 1914) – France
Trichothyse poonaensis (Tikader, 1982) – Portugal, Spain, Greece, Cyprus, Israel, India
Trichothyse pugnax (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874) – Libya, Egypt, Ethiopia, Israel
Trichothyse senilis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) – North Africa, Portugal, Turkmenistan. Introduced to Cape Verde
- Trichothyse senilis auspex (Simon, 1878) – Spain, France
Trichothyse subtropica Lawrence, 1927 – Namibia
Trichothyse zuluensis (Lawrence, 1938) – Namibia, South Africa, Lesotho

^ ^a ^b "Genus Trichothyse". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
^ Tucker, R. W. E. (1923). "The Drassidae of South Africa". Annals of the South African Museum. 19: 251–437.