This page lists all described

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of the spider family Mecysmaucheniidae accepted by the

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''Aotearoa''

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'' Forster & Platnick, 1984 * '' A. magna'' (Forster, 1949) ( type) — New Zealand

''Chilarchaea''

'' Chilarchaea'' Forster & Platnick, 1984 * '' C. quellon'' Forster & Platnick, 1984 ( type) — Chile, Argentina

''Mecysmauchenioides''

'' Mecysmauchenioides'' Forster & Platnick, 1984 * '' M. nordenskjoldi'' (Tullgren, 1901) ( type) — Chile, Argentina * '' M. quetrihue'' Grismado & Ramírez, 2005 — Argentina

''Mecysmauchenius''

'' Mecysmauchenius'' Simon, 1884 * '' M. canan'' Forster & Platnick, 1984 — Chile * '' M. chacamo'' Forster & Platnick, 1984 — Chile * '' M. chapo'' Forster & Platnick, 1984 — Chile * '' M. chepu'' Forster & Platnick, 1984 — Chile * '' M. chincay'' Forster & Platnick, 1984 — Chile * '' M. eden'' Forster & Platnick, 1984 — Chile * '' M. fernandez'' Forster & Platnick, 1984 — Chile (Juan Fernandez Is.) * '' M. gertschi'' Zapfe, 1960 — Chile, Argentina * '' M. newtoni'' Forster & Platnick, 1984 — Chile * '' M. osorno'' Forster & Platnick, 1984 — Chile, Argentina * '' M. platnicki'' Grismado & Ramírez, 2005 — Chile * '' M. puyehue'' Forster & Platnick, 1984 — Chile * '' M. segmentatus'' Simon, 1884 ( type) — Chile, Argentina, Falkland Is. * '' M. termas'' Forster & Platnick, 1984 — Chile * '' M. thayerae'' Forster & Platnick, 1984 — Chile, Argentina * '' M. victoria'' Forster & Platnick, 1984 — Chile * '' M. villarrica'' Forster & Platnick, 1984 — Chile

''Mesarchaea''

'' Mesarchaea'' Forster & Platnick, 1984 * '' M. bellavista'' Forster & Platnick, 1984 ( type) — Chile

''Semysmauchenius''

'' Semysmauchenius'' Forster & Platnick, 1984 * '' S. antillanca'' Forster & Platnick, 1984 ( type) — Chile

''Zearchaea''

'' Zearchaea'' Wilton, 1946 * '' Z. clypeata'' Wilton, 1946 ( type) — New Zealand * '' Z. fiordensis'' Forster, 1955 — New Zealand

References

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Mecysmaucheniidae Mecysmaucheniidae is a family of araneomorph spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1895. Most genera occur in South America (Chile and Argentina), with two genera endemic to New Zealand. Genera , the World Spider Catalog The World Spide ...