Malkaridae is a small
family
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of
araneomorph
The Araneomorphae (also called the Labidognatha) are an infraorder of spiders. They are distinguishable by chelicerae (fangs) that point diagonally forward and cross in a pinching action, in contrast to the Mygalomorphae (tarantulas and their ...
spider
Spiders (order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, chelicerae with fangs generally able to inject venom, and spinnerets that extrude silk. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species ...
s first described by
Valerie Todd Davies
Valerie Todd Davies (born 29 September 1920 in Makirikiri, near Wanganui, New Zealand, died 29 October 2012 in Brisbane, Queensland) was an arachnologist who described many species of spider.
Early life
Valerie Ethel Todd (later Valerie Davies ...
in 1980.
In 2017, the family Pararchaeidae was brought into
synonymy
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with Malkaridae.
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Genera
, the World Spider Catalog
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accepts the following genera:Malkara
Malkara ( el, Μάλγαρα, Malgara) is a town and district of Tekirdağ Province in the Marmara region of Turkey. It is located at 55 km west of Tekirdağ and 190 km from Istanbul. It covers an area of 1,225 km², which ma ...
'' Davies, 1980 — Australia
*'' Nanarchaea'' Rix, 2006 — Australia
*'' Ozarchaea'' Rix, 2006 — Australia, New Zealand
*'' Pararchaea'' Forster, 1955 — New Zealand
*'' Perissopmeros'' Butler, 1932 — Australia
*'' Westrarchaea'' Rix, 2006 — Australia
*'' Whakamoke'' Hormiga & Scharff, 2020 — New Zealand
References
* Platnick, N.I & Forster, R.R (1987). On the first American spiders of the subfamily Sternodinae (Araneae, Malkaridae). ''American Museum Novitates'' 2894
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(''Chilenodes'')
Araneomorphae families
Taxa named by Valerie Todd Davies
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