Nanarchaea

Nanarchaea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Malkaridae
Genus: Nanarchaea
Rix, 2006
Type species
N. binnaburra
(Forster, 1955)
Species
  • N. binnaburra (Forster, 1955) – Australia (Queensland)
  • N. bryophila (Hickman, 1969) – Australia (New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania)

Nanarchaea is a genus of Australian shield spiders that was first described by Michael Gordon Rix in 2006. As of June 2019 it contains only two species, found in Tasmania, Victoria, New South Wales, and Queensland: N. binnaburra and N. bryophila.

References

  1. 1 2 "Gen. Nanarchaea Rix, 2006". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-04.
  2. ↑ Rix, M. G. (2006). "Systematics of the Australasian spider family Pararchaeidae (Arachnida: Araneae)". Invertebrate Systematics. 20 (2): 203–254. doi:10.1071/IS05032.