Pterotricha

Pterotricha
	P. arabica
	P. simoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Gnaphosidae
Genus:	Pterotricha; Kulczyński, 1903
Type species
	P. lentiginosa; (C. L. Koch, 1837)
Species
	39, see text

Pterotricha is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by Władysław Kulczyński in 1903.

Species

male P. saga
P. strandi

As of September 2025^[update], this genus includes 39 species:

Pterotricha algerica Dalmas, 1921 – Algeria, Libya
Pterotricha arabica Zamani, 2018 – United Arab Emirates
Pterotricha argentosa Charitonov, 1946 – Uzbekistan
Pterotricha arzhantsevi Fomichev, Marusik & Koponen, 2018 – Iraq
Pterotricha auris (Tucker, 1923) – Botswana, South Africa, Lesotho
Pterotricha cambridgei (L. Koch, 1872) – Syria, Israel
Pterotricha chazaliae (Simon, 1895) – Portugal, Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, Libya, Israel
Pterotricha conspersa (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) – Libya, Egypt, Israel
Pterotricha dalmasi Fage, 1929 – Algeria, Egypt, Sudan, Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Iraq, Iran
Pterotricha djibutensis Dalmas, 1921 – Somalia
Pterotricha egens Denis, 1966 – Libya
Pterotricha engediensis Levy, 1995 – Israel
Pterotricha esyunini Zamani, 2018 – United Arab Emirates, Iraq
Pterotricha insolita Dalmas, 1921 – Algeria
Pterotricha kochi (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) – Turkey, Cyprus, Lebanon, Syria, Israel
Pterotricha kovblyuki Zamani & Marusik, 2018 – United Arab Emirates, Iraq, Iran
Pterotricha lentiginosa (C. L. Koch, 1837) – Montenegro, Greece, Cyprus, Turkey (type species)
Pterotricha lesserti Dalmas, 1921 – Turkey, Egypt, Israel, Saudi Arabia
Pterotricha levantina Levy, 1995 – Israel
Pterotricha lutata (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) – Lebanon, Israel
Pterotricha marginalis (Tucker, 1923) – South Africa
Pterotricha mauritanica Denis, 1945 – Mauritania
Pterotricha montana Zamani & Marusik, 2018 – Iran
Pterotricha nadolnyi Zamani, 2018 – United Arab Emirates
Pterotricha nomas (Thorell, 1875) – Russia (Europe)
Pterotricha parasyriaca Levy, 1995 – Israel
Pterotricha paupercula Denis, 1966 – Libya
Pterotricha pavlovskyi Spassky, 1952 – Tajikistan
Pterotricha procera (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874) – Egypt, Israel
Pterotricha pseudoparasyriaca Nuruyeva & Huseynov, 2016 – Turkey, Azerbaijan, Iran
Pterotricha quagga (Pavesi, 1884) – Tunisia
Pterotricha saga (Dönitz & Strand, 1906) – Japan
Pterotricha schaefferi (Audouin, 1826) – Morocco, Libya, Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, Cyprus, Israel
Pterotricha simoni Dalmas, 1921 – Portugal, Spain
Pterotricha somaliensis Dalmas, 1921 – Somalia
Pterotricha stevensi Zamani, 2018 – United Arab Emirates
Pterotricha strandi Spassky, 1936 – Iraq, Iran, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, India
Pterotricha syriaca Dalmas, 1921 – Syria
Pterotricha vicina Dalmas, 1921 – Algeria, Libya

References

1 2 "Genus Pterotricha". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
↑ Kulczyński, W. (1903). "Aranearum et Opilionum species in insula Creta a comite Dre Carolo Attems collectae". Bulletin International de l'Académie des Sciences de Cracovie. 1903: 32–58.

External links

Citizen science observations for Pterotricha at iNaturalist

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[wsc-1] 1 2 "Genus Pterotricha". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 25 September 2025.

[Kulc1903-2] Kulczyński, W. (1903). "Aranearum et Opilionum species in insula Creta a comite Dre Carolo Attems collectae". Bulletin International de l'Académie des Sciences de Cracovie. 1903: 32–58.

Pterotricha

P. arabica

P. simoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Gnaphosidae
Genus:	Pterotricha Kulczyński, 1903
Type species
P. lentiginosa (C. L. Koch, 1837)
Species
39, see text