This page lists all described
species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
of the spider family Malkaridae accepted by the
World Spider Catalog
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:
A
''Anarchaea''
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Anarchaea
''Anarchaea'' is a genus of Australian shield spiders that was first described by Michael Gordon Rix in 2006.
Species
it contains four species, found only in Queensland, New South Wales, and Tasmania:
*'' Anarchaea corticola'' (Hickman, 1969) ...
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Rix, 2006
* ''
A. corticola''
(Hickman, 1969) (
type) — Australia (Tasmania)
* ''
A. falcata''
Rix, 2006 — Australia (New South Wales)
* ''
A. raveni''
Rix, 2006 — Australia (Queensland)
* ''
A. robusta''
(Rix, 2005) — Australia (Tasmania)
C
''Carathea''
''
Carathea''
Moran, 1986
* ''
C. miyali''
Moran, 1986 — Australia (Tasmania)
* ''
C. parawea''
Moran, 1986 (
type) — Australia (Tasmania)
''Chilenodes''
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Chilenodes
''Chilenodes'' is a genus of spiders in the family Malkaridae
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.
Gen ...
''
Platnick & Forster, 1987
* ''
C. australis''
Platnick & Forster, 1987 (
type) — Chile, Argentina
F
''Flavarchaea''
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Flavarchaea
''Flavarchaea'' is a genus of South Pacific shield spiders that was first described by Michael Gordon Rix in 2006.
Species
it contains eight species, found only in Australia and on New Caledonia:
*'' Flavarchaea anzac'' Rix, 2006 – Australia ...
''
Rix, 2006
* ''
F. anzac''
Rix, 2006 — Australia (Queensland)
* ''
F. badja''
Rix, 2006 — Australia (New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory)
* ''
F. barmah''
Rix, 2006 — Australia (New South Wales, Victoria)
* ''
F. hickmani''
(Rix, 2005) — Australia (Tasmania)
* ''
F. humboldti''
Rix & Harvey, 2010 — New Caledonia
* ''
F. lofty''
Rix, 2006 — Australia (South Australia)
* ''
F. lulu''
(Rix, 2005) (
type) — Australia (Tasmania)
* ''
F. stirlingensis''
Rix, 2006 — Australia (Western Australia)
''Forstrarchaea''
''
Forstrarchaea
''Forstrarchaea'' is a monotypic genus of Polynesian shield spiders containing the single species, ''Forstrarchaea rubra''. It was first described by Michael Gordon Rix in 2006, and is only found on the Polynesian Islands
Polynesia () "many ...
''
Rix, 2006
* ''
F. rubra''
(Forster, 1949) (
type) — New Zealand
M
''Malkara''
''
Malkara''
Davies, 1980
* ''
M. loricata''
Davies, 1980 (
type) — Australia (Queensland)
N
''Nanarchaea''
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Nanarchaea
''Nanarchaea'' is a genus of Australian shield spiders that was first described by Michael Gordon Rix in 2006. it contains only two species, found in Tasmania, Victoria, New South Wales, and Queensland
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, ima ...
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Rix, 2006
* ''
N. binnaburra''
(Forster, 1955) (
type) — Australia (Queensland)
* ''
N. bryophila''
(Hickman, 1969) — Australia (New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania)
O
''Ozarchaea''
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Ozarchaea
''Ozarchaea'' is a genus of South Pacific shield spiders that was first described by Michael Gordon Rix in 2006.
Species
it contains sixteen species, found only in New Zealand and Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of A ...
''
Rix, 2006
* ''
O. bodalla''
Rix, 2006 — Australia (New South Wales)
* ''
O. bondi''
Rix, 2006 — Australia (New South Wales)
* ''
O. daviesae''
Rix, 2006 — Australia (Queensland)
* ''
O. forsteri''
Rix, 2006 — New Zealand
* ''
O. harveyi''
Rix, 2006 — Australia (Western Australia)
* ''
O. janineae''
Rix, 2006 — Australia (New South Wales)
* ''
O. ornata''
(Hickman, 1969) (
type) — Australia (Tasmania)
* ''
O. platnicki''
Rix, 2006 — Australia (Queensland)
* ''
O. saxicola''
(Hickman, 1969) — Australia (Tasmania)
* ''
O. spurgeon''
Rix, 2006 — Australia (Queensland)
* ''
O. stradbroke''
Rix, 2006 — Australia (Queensland)
* ''
O. valida''
Rix, 2006 — Australia (New South Wales)
* ''
O. waldockae''
Rix, 2006 — Australia (Western Australia)
* ''
O. werrikimbe''
Rix, 2006 — Australia (New South Wales)
* ''
O. westraliensis''
Rix, 2006 — Australia (Western Australia)
* ''
O. wiangarie''
Rix, 2006 — Australia (New South Wales)
P
''Pararchaea''
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Pararchaea
''Pararchaea'' is a monotypic genus of Polynesian shield spiders containing the single species, ''Pararchaea alba''. It was first described by Raymond Robert Forster in 1955, and is only found on the Polynesian Islands
Polynesia () "many" a ...
''
Forster, 1955
* ''
P. alba''
Forster, 1955 (
type) — New Zealand
''Perissopmeros''
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Perissopmeros
''Perissopmeros'' is a genus of spiders in the family Malkaridae
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.
...
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Butler, 1932
* ''
P. arkana''
(Moran, 1986) — Australia (New South Wales)
* ''
P. castaneous''
Butler, 1932 (
type) — Australia (New South Wales)
* ''
P. darwini''
Rix, Roberts & Harvey, 2009 — Australia (Western Australia)
* ''
P. foraminatus''
(Butler, 1929) — Australia (Victoria)
* ''
P. grayi''
(Moran, 1986) — Australia (New South Wales)
* ''
P. mullawerringi''
(Moran, 1986) — Australia (Capital Territory)
* ''
P. quinguni''
(Moran, 1986) — Australia (New South Wales)
T
''Tingotingo''
''
Tingotingo''
Hormiga & Scharff, 2020
* ''
T. aho''
Hormiga & Scharff, 2020 — New Zealand
* ''
T. porotiti''
Hormiga & Scharff, 2020 (
type) — New Zealand
* ''
T. pouaru''
Hormiga & Scharff, 2020 — New Zealand
* ''
T. tokorera''
Hormiga & Scharff, 2020 — New Zealand
W
''Westrarchaea''
''
Westrarchaea
''Westrarchaea'' is a genus of Western Australian shield spiders that was first described by Michael Gordon Rix in 2006. it contains only three species, found only in Western Australia
Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a stat ...
''
Rix, 2006
* ''
W. pusilla''
Rix, 2006 — Australia (Western Australia)
* ''
W. sinuosa''
Rix, 2006 (
type) — Australia (Western Australia)
* ''
W. spinosa''
Rix, 2006 — Australia (Western Australia)
''Whakamoke''
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Whakamoke
''Whakamoke'' is a genus of Polynesian shield spiders. It was first described by Gustavo Hormiga and N. Scharff in 2020, and it has only been found in New Zealand
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pa ...
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Hormiga & Scharff, 2020
* ''
W. guacamole''
Hormiga & Scharff, 2020 — New Zealand
* ''
W. heru''
Hormiga & Scharff, 2020 — New Zealand
* ''
W. hunahuna''
Hormiga & Scharff, 2020 — New Zealand
* ''
W. orongorongo''
Hormiga & Scharff, 2020 (
type) — New Zealand
* ''
W. paoka''
Hormiga & Scharff, 2020 — New Zealand
* ''
W. rakiura''
Hormiga & Scharff, 2020 — New Zealand
* ''
W. tarakina''
Hormiga & Scharff, 2020 — New Zealand
References
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Malkaridae
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
, the World Spider Catalog accepts the following genera:
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