Mecysmaucheniidae
| Mecysmaucheniidae | |
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| Zearchaea clypeata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Mecysmaucheniidae Simon, 1895 |
| Genera | |
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| Diversity | |
| 7 genera, 25 species | |
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The Mecysmaucheniidae are family of araneomorph spiders with 25 described species in seven genera.[1]
Distribution
Most genera only occur in South America (Chile and Argentina), with two genera endemic to New Zealand.
Species
The categorization into subfamilies follows Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog.
- Mecysmaucheniinae Simon, 1895
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- Aotearoa magna (Forster, 1949) (New Zealand)
- Mecysmauchenioides Forster & Platnick, 1984
- Mecysmauchenioides nordenskjoldi (Tullgren, 1901) (Chile, Argentina)
- Mecysmauchenioides quetrihue Grismado & Ramírez, 2005 (Argentina)
- Mecysmauchenius Simon, 1884
- Mecysmauchenius canan Forster & Platnick, 1984 (Chile)
- Mecysmauchenius chacamo Forster & Platnick, 1984 (Chile)
- Mecysmauchenius chapo Forster & Platnick, 1984 (Chile)
- Mecysmauchenius chepu Forster & Platnick, 1984 (Chile)
- Mecysmauchenius chincay Forster & Platnick, 1984 (Chile)
- Mecysmauchenius eden Forster & Platnick, 1984 (Chile)
- Mecysmauchenius fernandez Forster & Platnick, 1984 (Juan Fernandez Is.)
- Mecysmauchenius gertschi Zapfe, 1960 (Chile, Argentina)
- Mecysmauchenius newtoni Forster & Platnick, 1984 (Chile)
- Mecysmauchenius osorno Forster & Platnick, 1984 (Chile, Argentina)
- Mecysmauchenius platnicki Grismado & Ramírez, 2005 (Chile)
- Mecysmauchenius puyehue Forster & Platnick, 1984 (Chile)
- Mecysmauchenius segmentatus Simon, 1884 (Chile, Argentina, Falkland Is.)
- Mecysmauchenius termas Forster & Platnick, 1984 (Chile)
- Mecysmauchenius thayerae Forster & Platnick, 1984 (Chile, Argentina)
- Mecysmauchenius victoria Forster & Platnick, 1984 (Chile)
- Mecysmauchenius villarrica Forster & Platnick, 1984 (Chile)
- Mesarchaea Forster & Platnick, 1984
- Mesarchaea bellavista Forster & Platnick, 1984 (Chile)
- Semysmauchenius Forster & Platnick, 1984
- Semysmauchenius antillanca Forster & Platnick, 1984 (Chile)
- Zearchaeinae Forster & Platnick, 1984
- Chilarchaea Forster & Platnick, 1984
- Chilarchaea quellon Forster & Platnick, 1984 (Chile, Argentina)
- Zearchaea Wilton, 1946
- Zearchaea clypeata Wilton, 1946 (New Zealand)
- Zearchaea fiordensis Forster, 1955 (New Zealand)
See also
References
- ↑ Editors (April 8, 2016). "Mecysmaucheniid spiders strike prey with lightning speed, scientists find". Sci-News.com. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
- Grismado, CJ & MJ Ramírez. 2005. Nuevas especies de la familia Mecysmaucheniidae (Araneae) de Chile y Argentina. Biota Neotropica 5: 1-4 PDF (Spanish, with pictures) (Mecysmauchenius platnicki)
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