Trechaleidae (tre-kah-LEE-ih-dee) is a family of araneomorph spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1890, and includes about 140 described species in 16 genera. They all live in Central and South America except for Shinobius orientalis, which is endemic to Japan. Other names for the family are longlegged water spiders and fishing spiders.

, the World Spider Catalog accepts the following genera: - Amapalea Silva & Lise, 2006 – Brazil - Barrisca Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936 – South America, Panama - Caricelea Silva & Lise, 2007 – Peru - Cupiennius Simon, 1891 – Mexico to northwestern South America - Dossenus Simon, 1898 – Trinidad, South America - Dyrines Simon, 1903 – South America, Panama - Enna O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897 – South America, Central America, Mexico - Heidrunea Brescovit & Höfer, 1994 – Brazil - Hesydrus Simon, 1898 – South America, Central America - Neoctenus Simon, 1897 – Brazil, Guyana, Peru - Paradossenus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1903 – South America, Nicaragua - Paratrechalea Carico, 2005 – Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay - Rhoicinus Simon, 1898 – South America - Shinobius Yaginuma, 1991 – Japan - Syntrechalea F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902 – South America, Mexico - Trechalea Thorell, 1869 – Trinidad, South America, North America, Central America - Trechaleoides Carico, 2005 – South America

Trochanteriidae - Höfer, H. & A. D. Brescovit. On the spider genus Rhoicinus (Araneae, Trechaleidae) in a central Amazonian inundation forest. J. Arachnol. 22: 54-59. PDF - Carico, J. E. (1993b). Revision of the genus Trechalea Thorell (Araneae, Trechaleidae) with a review of the taxonomy of the Trechaleidae and Pisauridae of the Western Hemisphere. J. Arachnol. 21: 226-257. PDF