Austrochilus is a genus of South American cribellate araneomorph spiders in the family Austrochilidae, first described by H. Zapfe in 1955.[2]
| Austrochilus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Austrochilidae |
| Genus: | Austrochilus Gertsch & Zapfe, 1955[1] |
| Type species | |
| A. manni Gertsch & Zapfe, 1955
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| Species | |
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Species
editAs of April 2019[update] 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
edit- ^ a b 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.
- ^ 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.