Malkaridae
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Malkaridae is a small family of araneomorph spiders first described by Valerie Todd Davies in 1980.[1] In 2017, the family Pararchaeidae was brought into synonymy with Malkaridae.[2]
| shield spiders | |
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| Malkara sp. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Malkaridae Davies, 1980 |
| Diversity | |
| 11 genera, 46 species | |
Genera
As of April 2019[update], the World Spider Catalog accepts the following genera:[2]
- Anarchaea Rix, 2006 — Australia
- Carathea Moran, 1986 — Australia
- Chilenodes Platnick & Forster, 1987 — Chile, Argentina
- Flavarchaea Rix, 2006 — Australia
- 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
- Westrarchaea Rix, 2006 — Australia
- Whakamoke Hormiga & Scharff, 2020 — New Zealand
References
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