Trechona is a genus of South American curtain web spiders that was first described by C. L. Koch in 1850.[3] The venom of at least one species is considered potentially dangerous to humans.[4]
| Trechona | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Dipluridae |
| Genus: | Trechona C. L. Koch, 1850[1] |
| Type species | |
| T. venosa (Latreille, 1832)
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7, see text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Characteristics edit
Spiders of this genus grow up to 5 cm in length, are brownish to blackened, with a '' zebra '' coloring on the abdomen, with clear transverse bands, the lyre is composed of rigid bristles of different sizes. They are spiders of fossorial and nocturnal habits, found in tunnels dug in ravines, also on top of logs or rocks in the forest, this species is very common in the Atlantic forest. Studies show that the venom of T. venosa is more potent than that of the Brazilian yellow scorpion (Tityus serrulatus). Few recorded accidents, possibly caused by T. rufa.[5]
The venom of T. venosa has a lethal dose of 0.070 mg for 20 grams rat by subcutaneous injection, and 0.030 mg by intravenous injection, 2 mg by intramuscular injection results in muscle contractions, paralysis and death in rats, while 0.4 mg results in death by tetanism, for pigeons, the lethal dose ranges from 0.01-0.007 mg, by intravenous injection. The average yield is 1,00 mg, and the maximum is 1,70 mg.[6][7]
Species edit
As of April 2022[update] it contains 7 species, all found in Brazil:[1]
- Trechona adspersa Bertkau, 1880 – Brazil
- Trechona cotia Pedroso, de Miranda & Baptista, 2019 — Brazil
- Trechona diamantina Guadanuccia, Fonseca-Ferreira, Baptista & Pedroso, 2016 – Brazil
- Trechona excursora Pedroso, de Miranda & Baptista, 2019 — Brazil
- Trechona rufa Vellard, 1924 – Brazil
- Trechona uniformis Mello-Leitão, 1935 – Brazil
- Trechona venosa (Latreille, 1832) (type) – Brazil
References edit
- ^ a b c Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Trechona C. L. Koch, 1850". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-01.
- ^ Raven, R. J. (1985). "The spider infraorder Mygalomorphae (Araneae): Cladistics and systematics". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 182: 75.
- ^ Koch, C. L. (1850). Übersicht des Arachnidensystems. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.39561.
- ^ Auerbach, Paul S. (2011-10-31). Wilderness Medicine E-Book: Expert Consult Premium Edition - Enhanced Online Features. Elsevier Health Sciences. ISBN 978-1-4557-3356-9.
- ^ https://www.locus.ufv.br/bitstream/handle/123456789/2228/texto%20completo.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y [dead link]
- ^ Habermehl, Gerhard G. (2013-03-07). Gift-Tiere und ihre Waffen: Eine Einführung für Biologen, Chemiker und Mediziner Ein Leitfaden für Touristen (in German). Springer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-642-57925-7.
- ^ Bücherl, Wolfgang; Buckley, Eleanor E. (2013-09-24). Venomous Animals and Their Venoms: Venomous Invertebrates. Elsevier. ISBN 978-1-4832-6289-5.