''Mallecolobus'' is a genus of Chilean araneomorph spiders in the family

Orsolobidae Orsolobidae is a six-eyed spider family with about 180 described species in thirty genera. It was first described by J. A. L. Cooke in 1965, and was raised to family status from "Dysderidae" in 1985. Genera Most genera are endemic to New Zeala ...

, and was first described by Raymond Robert Forster &

Norman I. Platnick Norman Ira Platnick (December 30, 1951 – April 8, 2020) was an American biological systematist and arachnologist. At the time of his death, he was a professor emeritus of the Richard Gilder Graduate School and Peter J. Solomon Family Curator Em ...

in 1985.

Species

it contains four species, found only in Chile: *'' Mallecolobus malacus'' Forster & Platnick, 1985 (

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) – Chile *'' Mallecolobus maullin'' Forster & Platnick, 1985 – Chile *'' Mallecolobus pedrus'' Forster & Platnick, 1985 – Chile *'' Mallecolobus sanus'' Forster & Platnick, 1985 – Chile

References

Araneomorphae genera Orsolobidae Spiders of South America Taxa named by Raymond Robert Forster Endemic fauna of Chile {{Araneomorphae-stub

Species

See also

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