Austrochilidae

Austrochilidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Austrochilidae Zapfe, 1955
Genera
See text.
Diversity
3 genera, 9 species
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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)

See 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. 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.