Austrochilidae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: |
Austrochilidae Zapfe, 1955 |
Genera | |
See text. |
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Diversity | |
3 genera, 9 species | |
See text.
Austrochilidae is a small spider family with nine species in three genera.
Two genera (Austrochilus, Thaida) are endemic to the Andean forests of central and southern Chile and adjacent Argentina, the third is endemic to Tasmania.
The categorization into subfamilies follows Joel Hallan.[1]