Malkaridae

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Shield spiders
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Superfamily: Mimetoidea
Family: Malkaridae
Davies, 1980
Diversity
4 genera, 10 species

Genera

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The Malkaridae are a small spider family with ten species in four genera.

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[edit] Distribution

Three genera occur in Australia, Chilenodes in Chile and Argentina.

[edit] Species

Carathea Moran, 1986

  • Carathea miyali Moran, 1986 (Tasmania)
  • Carathea parawea Moran, 1986 (Tasmania)

Chilenodes Platnick & Forster, 1987

  • Chilenodes australis Platnick & Forster, 1987 (Chile, Argentina)

Malkara Davies, 1980

  • Malkara loricata Davies, 1980 (Queensland)

Perissopmeros Butler, 1929

  • Perissopmeros arkana (Moran, 1986) (New South Wales)
  • Perissopmeros castaneous Butler, 1932 (New South Wales)
  • Perissopmeros foraminatus (Butler, 1929) (Victoria)
  • Perissopmeros grayi (Moran, 1986) (New South Wales)
  • Perissopmeros mullawerringi (Moran, 1986) (Australian Capital Territory)
  • Perissopmeros quinguni (Moran, 1986) (New South Wales)

[edit] See also

[edit] 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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