Austrochilidae

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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
subordo = Araneomorphae
superfamilia = Austrochiloidea
familia = Austrochilidae
familia_authority = Zapfe, 1955
diversity_link = List of Austrochilidae species
diversity = 3 genera, 9 species
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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.

pecies

The categorization into subfamilies follows Joel Hallan. [http://insects.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/Acari/Family/Austrochilidae.txt]

* 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 1967 (as family Hickmaniidae):* "Hickmania" Gertsch, 1958::* "Hickmania troglodytes" (Higgins & Petterd, 1883) — Tasmania (Tasmanian Cave Spider)

ee also

* List of Austrochilidae species
* Spider families

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. [http://www.americanarachnology.org/JoA_free/JoA_v31_n1/arac-31-01-0148.pdf 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 [http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/handle/2246/969 Abstract] - [http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/bitstream/2246/969/1/B185a01.pdf PDF (50Mb)]
* (2008): [http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/index.html The world spider catalog] , version 8.5. "American Museum of Natural History".