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Austrochilus

Austrochilus is a genus of South American cribellate araneomorph spiders in the family Austrochilidae, first described by H. Zapfe in 1955.

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Austrochilus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Austrochilidae
Genus: Austrochilus
Gertsch & Zapfe, 19551
Type species
A. manni
Gertsch & Zapfe, 1955
Species

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Austrochilus is a genus of South American cribellate araneomorph spiders in the family Austrochilidae, first described by H. Zapfe in 1955.2

Species

As of April 2019 it contains seven species in Chile and Argentina:1

  • Austrochilus forsteri Grismado, Lopardo & Platnick, 2003 – Chile
  • Austrochilus franckei Platnick, 1987 – Chile, Argentina
  • Austrochilus manni Gertsch & Zapfe, 1955 (type) – Chile
  • Austrochilus melon Platnick, 1987 – Chile
  • Austrochilus newtoni Platnick, 1987 – Chile
  • Austrochilus parwis Michalik & Wunderlich, 2017 – Chile
  • Austrochilus schlingeri Platnick, 1987 – Chile
References

References

  1. Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Austrochilus Gertsch & Zapfe, 1955". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-16.
  2. Zapfe, H. (1955). "Filogenia y función en Austrochilus manni Gertsch y Zapfe (Araneae-Hypochilidae)". Trabajos del Laboratorio de Zoologia de la Universidad de Chile. 2: 1–53.
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