Troglohnia

Troglohnia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Hahniidae
Subfamily: Hahniinae
Genus: Troglohnia
Lin & Li, 2023[1]
Type species
T. qiubei
Lin & Li
Species

4, see text

Troglohnia is a genus of Chinese spiders in the family Hahniidae.[2]

Distribution

Troglohnia is endemic to Guizhou and Yunnan provinces of China.[2]

Life style

All described species were sampled from caves.[1]

Etymology

The genus name refers to its troglobiont (cave-dwelling) life style, combined with the ending of Hahnia.[1]

The species are named after their respective type localities:

Species

As of October 2025, this genus includes four species:[2]

  • Troglohnia dafang Lin & Li, 2023China
  • Troglohnia qiubei Lin & Li, 2023 – China (type species)
  • Troglohnia shidian Lin & Li, 2023 – China
  • Troglohnia wuding Lin & Li, 2023 – China

References

  1. ^ a b c Chu, C.; Lin, Y. J.; Li, S. Q. (2023). "New genera and new species of Hahniidae (Araneae) from China, Laos, Myanmar, and Vietnam". ZooKeys (1187): 91–134. Bibcode:2023ZooK.1187...91C. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1187.112936. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
  2. ^ a b c "Gen. Troglohnia Lin & Li, 2023". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-29.