Austrochilus

<i>Austrochilus</i>

Austrochilus

Genus of spiders

Austrochilus is a genus of South American cribellate araneomorph spiders in the family Austrochilidae, first described by H. Zapfe in 1955.[2]

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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

  1. [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. [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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