Malkaridae is a small

family Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...

araneomorph The Araneomorphae (also called the Labidognatha) are an infraorder of spiders. They are distinguishable by chelicerae (fangs) that point diagonally forward and cross in a pinching action, in contrast to the Mygalomorphae (tarantulas and their cl ...

spider Spiders ( order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, chelicerae with fangs generally able to inject venom, and spinnerets that extrude silk. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species ...

s first described by

Valerie Todd Davies Valerie Todd Davies (born 29 September 1920 in Makirikiri, near Wanganui, New Zealand, died 29 October 2012 in Brisbane, Queensland) was an arachnologist who described many species of spider. Early life Valerie Ethel Todd (later Valerie Davies ...

in 1980. In 2017, the family Pararchaeidae was brought into

synonymy A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language. For example, in the English language, the words ''begin'', ''start'', ''commence'', and ''initiate'' are all ...

with Malkaridae.

Genera

, the

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accepts the following genera: *''

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) ...

'' Rix, 2006 — Australia *'' Carathea'' Moran, 1986 — Australia *''

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 — Chile, Argentina *''

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 — Australia *''

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. See also * List of Ma ...

'' Rix, 2006 — New Zealand *''

Malkara Malkara ( el, Μάλγαρα, Malgara) is a town and district of Tekirdağ Province in the Marmara region of Turkey. It is located at 55 km west of Tekirdağ and 190 km from Istanbul. It covers an area of 1,225 km², which makes ...

'' Davies, 1980 — Australia *''

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: '' N. binnaburra'' and '' N. bryophila''. ...

'' Rix, 2006 — Australia *''

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: *'' Ozarchaea bodalla'' Rix, 2006 – Australia (New ...

'' Rix, 2006 — Australia, New Zealand *''

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. See also * List of Malkar ...

'' Forster, 1955 — New Zealand *''

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. ...

'' Butler, 1932 — Australia *''

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: '' W. pusilla'', '' W. sinuosa'', and '' W. spinosa''. Se ...

'' Rix, 2006 — Australia *''

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. Species it contains seven species: *'' W. guacamole'' Hormiga & Scharff, 2020 � ...

'' Hormiga & Scharff, 2020 — New Zealand

References

* Platnick, N.I & Forster, R.R (1987). On the first American spiders of the subfamily Sternodinae (Araneae, Malkaridae). ''American Museum Novitates'' 2894
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