Malkaridae
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The Malkaridae are a small spider family with ten species in four genera.
[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, 1932
- 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] 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)
- Platnick, Norman I. (2008): The world spider catalog, version 8.5. American Museum of Natural History.
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