Malkaridae

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.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Malkaridae Davies, 1980
Diversity
11 genera, 46 species

Genera

Main article: List of Malkaridae species

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

• Anarchaea Rix, 2006 — Australia
• Carathea Moran, 1986 — Australia
• Chilenodes Platnick & Forster, 1987 — Chile, Argentina
• Flavarchaea Rix, 2006 — Australia
• 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
• Westrarchaea Rix, 2006 — Australia
• Whakamoke Hormiga & Scharff, 2020 — New Zealand