Malkaridae Explained
Malkaridae is a small family of araneomorph spiders first described by Valerie Todd Davies in 1980.[1] In 2017, the family Pararchaeidae was brought into synonymy with Malkaridae.
Genera
See main article: List of Malkaridae species., the World Spider Catalog accepts the following genera:[2]
- Anarchaea Rix, 2006 — Australia
- Carathea Moran, 1986 — Australia
- Chilenodes Platnick & Forster, 1987 — Chile, Argentina
- Flavarchaea Rix, 2006 — Australia
- Forstrarchaea Rix, 2006 — New Zealand
- Malkara Davies, 1980 — Australia
- Nanarchaea Rix, 2006 — Australia
- Ozarchaea Rix, 2006 — Australia, New Zealand
- Pararchaea Forster, 1955 — New Zealand
- Perissopmeros Butler, 1932 — Australia
- Westrarchaea Rix, 2006 — Australia
- Whakamoke Hormiga & Scharff, 2020 — New Zealand
References
- Platnick, N.I & Forster, R.R (1987). On the first American spiders of the subfamily Sternodinae (Araneae, Malkaridae). American Museum Novitates 2894. PDF 5Mb (Abstract) (Chilenodes)
Notes and References
- Book: Davies, V. T.. 1980. Malkara loricata, a new spider (Araneidae: Malkarinae) from Australia. Proceedings, 8. Internationaler Arachnologen-Kongress Wien 1980. 377–382.
- Web site: Family: Malkaridae Davies, 1980. World Spider Catalog. 2019-04-22. Natural History Museum Bern.