Cornifalx is a monotypic genus of Tasmanian araneomorph spiders in the family Orsolobidae containing the single species, Cornifalx insignis. It was first described by V. V. Hickman in 1979,[2] and is only found in Tasmania.[1]

Cornifalx
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Orsolobidae
Genus: Cornifalx
Hickman, 1979[1]
Species:
C. insignis
Binomial name
Cornifalx insignis
Hickman, 1979

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  1. ^ a b Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Cornifalx Hickman, 1979". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-04.
  2. ^ Hickman, V. V. (1979). "Some Tasmanian spiders of the families Oonopidae, Anapidae and Mysmenidae" (PDF). Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania. 113: 53–79. doi:10.26749/rstpp.113.53.