Mecysmaucheniidae

Mecysmaucheniidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Suborder:	Araneomorphae
Superfamily:	Archaeoidea
Family:	Mecysmaucheniidae Simon, 1895
Genera
see text
Diversity
7 genera, 25 species

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The Mecysmaucheniidae are a spider family with 25 described species in seven genera.

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

• Aotearoa Forster & Platnick, 1984

• Aotearoa magna (Forster, 1949) (New Zealand)

• Mecysmauchenioides Forster & Platnick, 1984

• Mecysmauchenioides nordenskjoldi (Tullgren, 1901) (Chile, Argentina)
• Mecysmauchenioides quetrihue Grismado & Ramírez, 2005 (Argentina)

• Mecysmauchenius Simon, 1884

• 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)

• Mesarchaea Forster & Platnick, 1984

• Mesarchaea bellavista Forster & Platnick, 1984 (Chile)

• Semysmauchenius Forster & Platnick, 1984

• Semysmauchenius antillanca Forster & Platnick, 1984 (Chile)

• Zearchaeinae Forster & Platnick, 1984

• Chilarchaea Forster & Platnick, 1984

• Chilarchaea quellon Forster & Platnick, 1984 (Chile, Argentina)

• Zearchaea Wilton, 1946

• Zearchaea clypeata Wilton, 1946 (New Zealand)
• Zearchaea fiordensis Forster, 1955 (New Zealand)

See also

• List of Mecysmaucheniidae species
• Spider families

References

• 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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