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]
Genera
As of April 2019, the World Spider Catalog accepts the following genera:[2]
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Anarchaea Rix, 2006 — Australia
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Carathea Moran, 1986 — Australia
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Chilenodes Platnick & Forster, 1987 — Chile, Argentina
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Flavarchaea Rix, 2006 — Australia
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Forstrarchaea Rix, 2006 — New Zealand
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Malkara Davies, 1980 — Australia
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Nanarchaea Rix, 2006 — Australia
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Ozarchaea Rix, 2006 — Australia, New Zealand
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Pararchaea Forster, 1955 — New Zealand
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Perissopmeros Butler, 1932 — Australia
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Westrarchaea Rix, 2006 — Australia
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Whakamoke Hormiga & Scharff, 2020 — New Zealand
References
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^ Davies, V. T. (1980). "Malkara loricata, a new spider (Araneidae: Malkarinae) from Australia". Proceedings, 8. Internationaler Arachnologen-Kongress Wien 1980. pp. 377–382.
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^ a b "Family: Malkaridae Davies, 1980". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-04-22.
- Platnick, N.I & Forster, R.R (1987). On the first American spiders of the subfamily Sternodinae (Araneae, Malkaridae). American Museum Novitates 2894. PDF 5Mb (Abstract) (Chilenodes)
