Archaeidae
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The Archaeidae are a spider family with 25 described species in three genera. Nine new species have been found in Madagascar, but have not yet been described.
Their common name pelican spider stems from their specialised anatomy: They evolved elongated jaws and neck for catching other spiders.
Some of these species belong to the assassin spiders. They are up to 5mm in size.
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[edit] Distribution
Archaeidae occur in South Africa, Madagascar and Australia. The Archaea are a Gondwana group.
[edit] Species
Afrarchaea Forster & Platnick, 1984
- Afrarchaea bergae Lotz, 1996 (South Africa)
- Afrarchaea entabeniensis Lotz, 2003 (South Africa)
- Afrarchaea fernkloofensis Lotz, 1996 (South Africa)
- Afrarchaea fisheri Lotz, 2003 (Madagascar)
- Afrarchaea godfreyi (Hewitt, 1919) (South Africa, Madagascar)
- Afrarchaea harveyi Lotz, 2003 (South Africa)
- Afrarchaea kranskopensis Lotz, 1996 (South Africa)
- Afrarchaea lawrencei Lotz, 1996 (South Africa)
- Afrarchaea mahariraensis Lotz, 2003 (Madagascar)
- Afrarchaea ngomensis Lotz, 1996 (South Africa)
Austrarchaea Forster & Platnick, 1984
- Austrarchaea daviesae Forster & Platnick, 1984 (Queensland)
- Austrarchaea hickmani (Butler, 1929) (Victoria)
- Austrarchaea mainae Platnick, 1991 (Western Australia)
- Austrarchaea nodosa (Forster, 1956) (Queensland)
- Austrarchaea robinsi Harvey, 2002 (Western Australia)
Eriauchenius O. P.-Cambridge, 1881
- Eriauchenius bourgini (Millot, 1948) (Madagascar)
- Eriauchenius cornutus (Lotz, 2003) (South Africa)
- Eriauchenius gracilicollis (Millot, 1948) (Madagascar)
- Eriauchenius jeanneli (Millot, 1948) (Madagascar)
- Eriauchenius legendrei (Platnick, 1991) (Madagascar)
- Eriauchenius pauliani (Legendre, 1970) (Madagascar)
- Eriauchenius ratsirarsoni (Lotz, 2003) (Madagascar)
- Eriauchenius tsingyensis (Lotz, 2003) (Madagascar)
- Eriauchenius vadoni (Millot, 1948) (Madagascar)
- Eriauchenius workmani O. P-Cambridge, 1881 (Madagascar)
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[edit] References
- Penney D. (2003) Afrarchaea grimaldii, a new species of Archaeidae (Araneae) in Cretaceous Burmese amber. Journal of Arachnology 31, 122-130. PDF
