Malkaridae is a small family of araneomorph spiders first described by Valerie Todd Davies in 1980. In 2017, the family Pararchaeidae was brought into synonymy with Malkaridae.
Genera
, this family includes thirteen genera and 57 species:
- Anarchaea <small>Rix, 2006</small> â Australia
- Carathea <small>Moran, 1986</small> â Australia
- Chilenodes <small>Platnick & Forster, 1987</small> â Argentina, Chile
- Flavarchaea <small>Rix, 2006</small> â Australia, New Caledonia
- Forstrarchaea <small>Rix, 2006</small> â New Zealand
- Malkara <small>Davies, 1980</small> â Australia
- Nanarchaea <small>Rix, 2006</small> â Australia
- Ozarchaea <small>Rix, 2006</small> â Australia, New Zealand
- Pararchaea <small>Forster, 1955</small> â New Zealand
- Perissopmeros <small>Butler, 1932</small> â Australia
- Tingotingo <small> & Scharff, 2020</small> â New Zealand
- Westrarchaea <small>Rix, 2006</small> â Australia
- Whakamoke <small>Hormiga & Scharff, 2020</small> â 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)
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