Austrochilidae
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The Austrochilidae) are a small spider family with nine species in three genera.
Two genera (Austrochilus, Thaida) are endemic to the Andean forests of central and southern Chile and adjacent Argentina, the third is endemic to Tasmania.
[edit] Species
The categorization into subfamilies follows Joel Hallan.[1]
- Austrochilinae Zapfe, 1955
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- Austrochilus Gertsch & Zapfe, 1955
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- 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
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- Thaida Karsch, 1880
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- Thaida chepu Platnick, 1987 — Chile
- Thaida peculiaris Karsch, 1880 — Chile, Argentina
- Hickmaniinae 1967 (as family Hickmaniidae)
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- Hickmania Gertsch, 1958
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- Hickmania troglodytes (Higgins & Petterd, 1883) — Tasmania (Tasmanian Cave Spider)
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- 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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