Mecysmaucheniidae Temporal range:
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Zearchaea clypeata | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Superfamily: | Palpimanoidea |
Family: | Mecysmaucheniidae Simon, 1895 |
Diversity[1] | |
7 genera, 25 species | |
Mecysmaucheniidae is a family of araneomorph spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1895.[2] Most genera occur in South America (Chile and Argentina), with two genera endemic to New Zealand.[1]