# Trite

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For other uses, see [Trite (disambiguation)](/source/Trite_(disambiguation)).

***Trite*** is a [genus](/source/Genus_(biology)) of [jumping spiders](/source/Salticidae) first described by [Eugène Simon](/source/Eug%C3%A8ne_Simon) in 1885.[1] Most of the 18 described species occur in [Australia](/source/Australia) and [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand), with several spread over islands of [Oceania](/source/Oceania), one species even reaching [Rapa](/source/Rapa_Iti) in French Polynesia.[2]

## Species

According to the [World Spider Catalog](/source/World_Spider_Catalog) in October 2018, there were twenty one recognised species:[2]

- *[Trite albopilosa](/source/Trite_albopilosa)* ([Keyserling](/source/Eugen_von_Keyserling), 1883) – [New South Wales](/source/New_South_Wales), [Victoria](/source/Victoria_(Australia))
- *[Trite auricoma](/source/Trite_auricoma)* (Urquhart, 1886) – [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand)
- *[Trite caledoniensis](/source/Trite_caledoniensis)* [Patoleta](/source/Barbara_Maria_Patoleta), 2014 – [New Caledonia](/source/New_Caledonia)
- *[Trite concinna](/source/Trite_concinna)* Rainbow, 1920 – [Lord Howe Island](/source/Lord_Howe_Island), [Norfolk Island](/source/Norfolk_Island)
- *[Trite gracilipalpis](/source/Trite_gracilipalpis)* Berland, 1929 – [Loyalty Islands](/source/Loyalty_Islands)
- *[Trite grayi](/source/Trite_grayi)* Richardson, 2016 – Lord Howe Islands
- *[Trite guilberti](/source/Trite_guilberti)* Patoleta, 2014 – New Caledonia
- *[Trite herbigrada](/source/Trite_herbigrada)* (Urquhart, 1889) – New Zealand
- *[Trite ignipilosa](/source/Trite_ignipilosa)* Berland, 1924 – New Caledonia
- *[Trite lineata](/source/Trite_lineata)* [Simon](/source/Eug%C3%A8ne_Simon), 1885 – New Caledonia
- *[Trite longipalpis](/source/Trite_longipalpis)* [Marples](/source/Brian_John_Marples), 1955 – [Samoa](/source/Samoa), [Tonga](/source/Tonga)
- *[Trite mustilina](/source/Trite_mustilina)* (Powell, 1873) – New Zealand
- *[Trite ornata](/source/Trite_ornata)* Rainbow, 1915 – South Australia
- *[Trite parvula](/source/Trite_parvula)* ([Bryant](/source/Elizabeth_B._Bryant), 1935) – New Zealand
- *[Trite pennata](/source/Trite_pennata)* Simon, 1885 – New Caledonia
- *[Trite planiceps](/source/Trite_planiceps)* Simon, 1899 – New Zealand
- *[Trite pollardi](/source/Trite_pollardi)* Patoleta & [Żabka](/source/Marek_Micha%C5%82_%C5%BBabka), 2017 – New Zealand
- *[Trite ponapensis](/source/Trite_ponapensis)* Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1997 – [Caroline Islands](/source/Caroline_Islands)
- *[Trite rapaensis](/source/Trite_rapaensis)* Berland, 1942 – [Rapa](/source/Rapa_Iti)
- *[Trite simoni](/source/Trite_simoni)* Patoleta, 2014 – New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands
- *[Trite urvillei](/source/Trite_urvillei)* (Dalmas, 1917) – New Zealand

## References

1. Simon, E. (1885). "Matériaux pour servir à la faune arachnologique de la Nouvelle Calédonie". *Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique*. **29**: 87–92.

1. World Spider Catalog (2018). ["*Trite* Simon, 1885"](https://wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3024/Trite). *World Spider Catalog*. 19.5. Bern: Natural History Museum. Retrieved 13 September 2018.

## External links

- [Photograph of *T. planiceps*](http://salticidae.org/salticid/diagnost/trite/plani-ph.htm)

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