Austrochilidae

Updated on Oct 20, 2023

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Kingdom Animalia Class Arachnida Phylum Arthropoda Order spider		Subphylum Chelicerata Infraorder Araneomorphae Rank Family

Similar Microstigmatidae, Cithaeronidae, Cycloctenidae, Senoculidae, Mecysmaucheniidae

Austrochilidae is 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.

Species

The categorization into subfamilies follows Joel Hallan.[1]

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

Hickmaniinae Lehtinen, 1967 (as family Hickmaniidae)

Hickmania Gertsch, 1958

Hickmania troglodytes (Higgins & Petterd, 1883) — Tasmania (Tasmanian Cave Spider)

References

Austrochilidae Wikipedia

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