Malkaridae
| Pitted shield spiders | |
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| Malkara sp. | |
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| Whakamoke paoka in New Zealand | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Malkaridae Davies, 1980 |
| Diversity | |
| 13 genera, 57 species | |
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| blue: reported countries (WSC) | |
Malkaridae is a small family of araneomorph spiders first described by Valerie Todd Davies in 1980.[1] In 2017, the family Pararchaeidae was brought into synonymy with Malkaridae.[2]
Genera
As of January 2026, this family includes thirteen genera and 57 species:[2]
- Anarchaea Rix, 2006 – Australia
- Carathea Moran, 1986 – Australia
- Chilenodes Platnick & Forster, 1987 – Argentina, Chile
- Flavarchaea Rix, 2006 – Australia, New Caledonia
- Forstrarchaea Rix, 2006 – New Zealand
- Malkara Davies, 1980 – Australia
- Nanarchaea Rix, 2006 – Australia
- Ozarchaea Rix, 2006 – Australia, New Zealand
- Pararchaea Forster, 1955 – New Zealand
- Perissopmeros Butler, 1932 – Australia
- Tingotingo Hormiga & Scharff, 2020 – New Zealand
- Westrarchaea Rix, 2006 – Australia
- Whakamoke Hormiga & Scharff, 2020 – New Zealand
References
- ^ Davies, V. T. (1980). "Malkara loricata, a new spider (Araneidae: Malkarinae) from Australia". Proceedings, 8. Internationaler Arachnologen-Kongress Wien 1980. pp. 377–382.
- ^ a b "Family Malkaridae Davies, 1980". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2026-01-16.
- Platnick, N.I & Forster, R.R (1987). On the first American spiders of the subfamily Sternodinae (Araneae, Malkaridae). American Museum Novitates 2894. PDF 5Mb (Abstract) (Chilenodes)
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