Malkaridae
| Malkaridae | |
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| Malkara sp. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Suborder: | Opisthothelae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Malkaridae Davies, 1980 |
| Genera | |
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| Diversity | |
| 4 genera, 10 species | |
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Malkaridae is a small family of araneomorph spiders with ten species in four genera.
Distribution
Three genera occur in Australia, Chilenodes in Chile and Argentina.
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 darwini Rix, Roberts & Harvey, 2009 — Western Australia
- 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
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. (2014): The world spider catalog, version 14.5. American Museum of Natural History. doi:10.5531/db.iz.0001
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