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]

shield spiders
Malkara sp.
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Malkaridae
Davies, 1980
Diversity
11 genera, 46 species

Genera

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As of April 2019, the World Spider Catalog accepts the following genera:[2]

References

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  1. ^ Davies, V. T. (1980). "Malkara loricata, a new spider (Araneidae: Malkarinae) from Australia". Proceedings, 8. Internationaler Arachnologen-Kongress Wien 1980. pp. 377–382.
  2. ^ a b "Family: Malkaridae Davies, 1980". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-04-22.
  • 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)