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 , this family includes thirteen genera and 57 species:
Anarchaea Rix, 2006 – Australia Carathea Moran, 1986 – Australia Chilenodes Platnick & Forster, 1987 – Argentina, Chile Flavarchaea Rix, 2006 – Australia, New Caledonia Forstrarchaea Rix, 2006 – New Zealand Malkara Davies, 1980 – Australia Nanarchaea Rix, 2006 – Australia Ozarchaea Rix, 2006 – Australia, New Zealand Pararchaea Forster, 1955 – New Zealand Perissopmeros Butler, 1932 – Australia Tingotingo Hormiga & Scharff, 2020 – New Zealand Westrarchaea Rix, 2006 – Australia Whakamoke 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. PDF 5Mb (Abstract) (Chilenodes)
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