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Genus: Neochelas Pett, Grismado & Ramírez, 2026 | Family: Trachelidae Simon, 1897

Neochelas speciosus (Banks, 1898)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025551

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Described:

Distribution: Mexico

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Syntype: California Academy of Sciences (CAS), San Francisco, USA 1m 1f (destroyed) - (Platnick & Shadab, 1974a)
Syntype: Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ), Harvard University, Cambridge, USA 2m 3f - (Platnick & Shadab, 1974a)

Taxonomic References

Trachelas speciosus Banks, 1898b: 225, pl. 14, f. 32 (Dmf) Original description

Trachelas speciosus Chamberlin, 1924b: 668, f. 112 (f)

Trachelas speciosus Platnick & Shadab, 1974a: 22, f. 48-51 (mf)

Neochelas speciosus Pett et al., 2026: 239 (T from Trachelas)

References

Banks, N. (1898b). Arachnida from Baja California and other parts of Mexico. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (3) 1(7): 205-309. -- Show included taxa

Chamberlin, R. V. (1924b). The spider fauna of the shores and islands of the Gulf of California. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 12: 561-694. -- Show included taxa

Pett, B. L., Grismado, C. J., González Márquez, M. E. & Ramírez, M. J. (2026). On the American spider species formerly placed in Trachelas, with the proposal of the new genus Neochelas and a revision for southern South America (Araneae: Trachelidae). Zootaxa 5796(2): 201-245. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5796.2.1 [[Zoobank: DC14A843-2776-4140-87F8-4CF6AB4618A1]] -- Show included taxa

Platnick, N. I. & Shadab, M. U. (1974a). A revision of the tranquillus and speciosus groups of the spider genus Trachelas (Araneae, Clubionidae) in North and Central America. American Museum Novitates 2553: 1-34. -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2026-04-23	New taxonomic reference entry	Pett et al., 2026
2026-04-23	Species transferred to new genus	Pett et al., 2026		Species transferred from Trachelas L. Koch, 1872 to Neochelas Pett, Grismado & Ramírez, 2026