Mecysmaucheniidae

Mecysmaucheniidae
Zearchaea clypeata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Chelicerata
Class:Arachnida
Order:Araneae
Infraorder:Araneomorphae
Superfamily:Palpimanoidea
Family:Mecysmaucheniidae
Simon, 1895
Genera

See text.

Diversity
7 genera, 25 species

The Mecysmaucheniidae are family of araneomorph spiders with 25 described species in seven genera.[1]

Distribution

Most genera only occur in South America (Chile and Argentina), with two genera endemic to New Zealand.

Species

The categorization into subfamilies follows Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog.

  • Mecysmaucheniinae Simon, 1895
  • Mecysmauchenioides nordenskjoldi (Tullgren, 1901) (Chile, Argentina)
  • Mecysmauchenioides quetrihue Grismado & Ramírez, 2005 (Argentina)
  • Mecysmauchenius canan Forster & Platnick, 1984 (Chile)
  • Mecysmauchenius chacamo Forster & Platnick, 1984 (Chile)
  • Mecysmauchenius chapo Forster & Platnick, 1984 (Chile)
  • Mecysmauchenius chepu Forster & Platnick, 1984 (Chile)
  • Mecysmauchenius chincay Forster & Platnick, 1984 (Chile)
  • Mecysmauchenius eden Forster & Platnick, 1984 (Chile)
  • Mecysmauchenius fernandez Forster & Platnick, 1984 (Juan Fernandez Is.)
  • Mecysmauchenius gertschi Zapfe, 1960 (Chile, Argentina)
  • Mecysmauchenius newtoni Forster & Platnick, 1984 (Chile)
  • Mecysmauchenius osorno Forster & Platnick, 1984 (Chile, Argentina)
  • Mecysmauchenius platnicki Grismado & Ramírez, 2005 (Chile)
  • Mecysmauchenius puyehue Forster & Platnick, 1984 (Chile)
  • Mecysmauchenius segmentatus Simon, 1884 (Chile, Argentina, Falkland Is.)
  • Mecysmauchenius termas Forster & Platnick, 1984 (Chile)
  • Mecysmauchenius thayerae Forster & Platnick, 1984 (Chile, Argentina)
  • Mecysmauchenius victoria Forster & Platnick, 1984 (Chile)
  • Mecysmauchenius villarrica Forster & Platnick, 1984 (Chile)
  • Zearchaeinae Forster & Platnick, 1984
  • Zearchaea clypeata Wilton, 1946 (New Zealand)
  • Zearchaea fiordensis Forster, 1955 (New Zealand)

See also

References

  1. ↑ Editors (April 8, 2016). "Mecysmaucheniid spiders strike prey with lightning speed, scientists find". Sci-News.com. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
  • Grismado, CJ & MJ Ramírez. 2005. Nuevas especies de la familia Mecysmaucheniidae (Araneae) de Chile y Argentina. Biota Neotropica 5: 1-4 PDF (Spanish, with pictures) (Mecysmauchenius platnicki)


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