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Genus: Troglotrechalea Diniz, Braga-Pereira & Santos, 2026 | Family: Trechaleidae Simon, 1890

Troglotrechalea carvalhoi Diniz, Braga-Pereira & Santos, 2026

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:067402

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Distribution: Brazil

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Holotype: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Brazil f (ARA 35069) - (Diniz, Braga-Pereira & Santos, 2026)
Paratype: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Brazil 10m 11f (ARA 26009, 26018, 35070, 35073, 35079) - (Diniz, Braga-Pereira & Santos, 2026)
Paratype: Coleção de Invertebrados Subterrâneos do Centro de Estudos em Biologia Subterrânea, Universidade Federal de Lavras, Lavras (ISLA), Brazil 1m 1f 2juv (105948, 105972) - (Diniz, Braga-Pereira & Santos, 2026)
Paratype: Instituto Butantan, São Paulo (IBSP), Brazil 2m 5f 1juv (23750, 134433, 134452, 225684, 260037) - (Diniz, Braga-Pereira & Santos, 2026)
Paratype: Museu do Departamento de Zoologia da Universidade de Brasília (DZUB), Brasília, Brazil 1m 3f (5148) - (Diniz, Braga-Pereira & Santos, 2026)

Taxonomic References

Troglotrechalea carvalhoi Diniz, Braga-Pereira & Santos, 2026: 214, f. 2E-H, 3B, D, F, 10A-D, 11A-C, 12A-F, 13A-F, 14A-F, 15A-D, 16A-B (Dmf) Original description

References

Diniz, V. S., Braga-Pereira, G. F. & Santos, A. J. (2026). Joining the dark side: waterfall spiders in subterranean habitats, with the description of a new genus and two new species from Brazil (Araneae: Trechaleidae). Zootaxa 5884(2): 201-235. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5884.2.1 ZooBank: D5C22257-E86E-4964-B86F-C08C62E7CF9F -- Show included taxa

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2026-09-29	New taxonomic reference entry	Diniz, Braga-Pereira & Santos, 2026
2026-09-29	New species inserted	Diniz, Braga-Pereira & Santos, 2026