Austrochilidae
| Austrochilidae | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Suborder: | Opisthothelae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Austrochilidae Zapfe, 1955 |
| Genera | |
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| Diversity | |
| 3 genera, 9 species | |
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Austrochilidae is a small spider family with nine species in three genera.[1]
Two genera (Austrochilus, Thaida) are endemic to the Andean forests of central and southern Chile and adjacent Argentina, the third is endemic to Tasmania.
Species
The categorization into subfamilies follows Joel Hallan.
- Austrochilinae Zapfe, 1955
- Austrochilus Gertsch & Zapfe, 1955
- Austrochilus forsteri Grismado, Lopardo & Platnick, 2003 — Chile
- Austrochilus franckei Platnick, 1987 — Chile, Argentina
- Austrochilus manni Gertsch & Zapfe, 1955 — Chile
- Austrochilus melon Platnick, 1987 — Chile
- Austrochilus newtoni Platnick, 1987 — Chile
- Austrochilus schlingeri Platnick, 1987 — Chile
- Thaida Karsch, 1880
- Thaida chepu Platnick, 1987 — Chile
- Thaida peculiaris Karsch, 1880 — Chile, Argentina
- Austrochilus Gertsch & Zapfe, 1955
- Hickmaniinae Lehtinen, 1967 (as family Hickmaniidae)
- Hickmania Gertsch, 1958
- Hickmania troglodytes (Higgins & Petterd, 1883) — Tasmania (Tasmanian Cave Spider)
- Hickmania Gertsch, 1958
See also
References
- ↑ "Currently valid spider genera and species". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Archived from the original on 2015-11-03. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
- Grismado, C. J., L. Lopardo & N. I. Platnick (2003). A new species of Austrochilus from Chile (Araneae, Austrochilidae, Austrochilinae). J. Arachnol. 31: 148-150. PDF (A. forsteri)
- Forster, R.R., Platnick, N.I. and Gray, M.R. (1987). A review of the spider superfamilies Hypochiloidea and Austrochiloidea (Araneae, Araneomorphae). Bulletin of the AMNH 185(1):1-116 Abstract - PDF (50Mb)
- Platnick, Norman I. (2008): The world spider catalog, version 8.5. American Museum of Natural History.
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