Malkaridae

Pitted shield spiders
Malkara sp.
Whakamoke paoka in New Zealand
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Malkaridae
Davies, 1980
Diversity
13 genera, 57 species
blue: reported countries (WSC)

Malkaridae is a small family of araneomorph spiders first described by Valerie Todd Davies in 1980. In 2017, the family Pararchaeidae was brought into synonymy with Malkaridae.

Genera

As of January 2026, this family includes thirteen genera and 57 species:

References

  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. 1 2 "Family Malkaridae Davies, 1980". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2026-01-16.