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title: "Broad-faced Sac Spider"
description: "Trachelas tranquillus — Insekten & Spinnen. Trachelas tranquillus, the broad-faced sac spider, is a species of true spider in the family Trachelidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/broad-faced-sac-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Broad-faced Sac Spider

> Trachelas tranquillus — Insekten & Spinnen. Trachelas tranquillus, the broad-faced sac spider, is a species of true spider in the family Trachelidae.

- Scientific name: *Trachelas tranquillus*
- Category: `insects` (Insekten & Spinnen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 9088
- Wikidata: [Q1920487](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1920487)
- iNaturalist taxon: [153871](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/153871)

## Names

- en: Broad-faced Sac Spider

## Countries with the most observations

US (3974), CA (650)

## Summary

Trachelas tranquillus, the broad-faced sac spider, is a species of true spider in the family Trachelidae. It is found in the United States and Canada.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trachelas_tranquillus

## Photo

![Broad-faced Sac Spider](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/broad-faced-sac-spider/medium.jpg)

Photo: Corvus Arnold · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/238181628

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/broad-faced-sac-spider?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).