Malkaridae
Sign in to saveMalkaridae is a small family of araneomorph spiders first described by Valerie Todd Davies in 1980. In 2017, the family Pararchaeidae was brought into synonymy with Malkaridae.
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassArachnida
- OrderAraneae
- FamilyMalkaridae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 216
- Family
- Malkaridae
- Collections
- MCZ, FMNH, NMV, QM
- Recorded in
- Australia, New Zealand, Chile
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- Parent taxon
- Mimetoidea
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- Malkara
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Malkaridae is a small family of araneomorph spiders first described by Valerie Todd Davies in 1980. In 2017, the family Pararchaeidae was brought into synonymy with Malkaridae.
==Genera== , this family includes thirteen genera and 57 species: Anarchaea Rix, 2006 – Australia Carathea Moran, 1986 – Australia Chilenodes Platnick & Forster, 1987 – Argentina, Chile Flavarchaea Rix, 2006 – Australia, New Caledonia Forstrarchaea Rix, 2006 – New Zealand Malkara Davies, 1980 – Australia Nanarchaea Rix, 2006 – Australia Ozarchaea Rix, 2006 – Australia, New Zealand Pararchaea Forster, 1955 – New Zealand Perissopmeros Butler, 1932 – Australia Tingotingo Hormiga & Scharff, 2020 – New Zealand Westrarchaea Rix, 2006 – Australia Whakamoke Hormiga & Scharff, 2020 – New Zealand
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