World Spider Catalog

Mecysmaucheniidae Simon, 1895

Family | ACCEPTED

N.B.: considered a subfamily of Archaeidae by Eskov, 1987c: 90.

Transferred to other families:

Pararchaea Forster, 1955 -- see Malkaridae

Gen. Aotearoa Forster & Platnick, 1984 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00586

type Zearchaea magna Forster, 1949; gender feminine

Aotearoa magna (Forster, 1949) | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005435

Zearchaea magna Forster, 1949: 193, f. 1-8 (Dmf) Original description

Aotearoa magna Forster & Platnick, 1984: 63, f. 76-78, 80-81, 88, 112, 122, 184, 207-209 (Tmf from Zearchaea)

Aotearoa magna Jocqué & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2006: 164, f. 59a-h (m)

Gen. Chilarchaea Forster & Platnick, 1984 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00587

type Chilarchaea quellon Forster & Platnick, 1984; gender feminine

Chilarchaea quellon Forster & Platnick, 1984 | | Chile, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005436

Chilarchaea quellon Forster & Platnick, 1984: 65, f. 115, 131-136, 200, 210-211 (Df) Original description

Gen. Mecysmauchenioides Forster & Platnick, 1984 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00588

type Mecysmauchenius nordenskjoldi Tullgren, 1901; gender masculine

Mecysmauchenioides nordenskjoldi (Tullgren, 1901) | | Chile, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005437

Mecysmauchenius nordenskjöldi Tullgren, 1901b: 222, pl. 17, f. 6 (Dmf) Original description

Mecysmauchenius nordenskjöldi Canals, 1934: 7, f. 5 (mf)

Mecysmauchenius nordenskjöldi Vellard, 1958: 133, f. 14-17 (m)

Mecysmauchenioides nordenskjoldi Forster & Platnick, 1984: 61, f. 87, 95, 110-111, 182-183, 201-203 (mf, T from Mecysmauchenius)

Mecysmauchenioides nordenskjoldi Grismado & Ramírez, 2008: 92, f. 5-6 (mf)

Mecysmauchenioides quetrihue Grismado & Ramírez, 2005 | | Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039355

Mecysmauchenioides quetrihue Grismado & Ramírez, 2005: 3, f. 4-6 (Dm) Original description

Gen. Mecysmauchenius Simon, 1884 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00589

type Mecysmauchenius segmentatus Simon, 1884; gender masculine

Transferred to other genera:

Mecysmauchenius nordenskjoldi Tullgren, 1901 -- see Mecysmauchenioides

Mecysmauchenius canan Forster & Platnick, 1984 | | Chile urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005438

Mecysmauchenius canan Forster & Platnick, 1984: 55, f. 158-160, 193 (Dmf) Original description

Mecysmauchenius chacamo Forster & Platnick, 1984 | | Chile urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005439

Mecysmauchenius chacamo Forster & Platnick, 1984: 54, f. 192 (Df) Original description

Mecysmauchenius chapo Forster & Platnick, 1984 | | Chile urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005440

Mecysmauchenius chapo Forster & Platnick, 1984: 57, f. 195 (Df) Original description

Mecysmauchenius chepu Forster & Platnick, 1984 | | Chile urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005441

Mecysmauchenius chepu Forster & Platnick, 1984: 56, f. 161-163, 194 (Dmf) Original description

Mecysmauchenius chincay Forster & Platnick, 1984 | | Chile urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005442

Mecysmauchenius chincay Forster & Platnick, 1984: 50, f. 146-148 (Dm) Original description

Mecysmauchenius eden Forster & Platnick, 1984 | | Chile urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005443

Mecysmauchenius eden Forster & Platnick, 1984: 52, f. 85, 91, 97-98, 119-120, 149-151, 190 (Dmf) Original description

Mecysmauchenius fernandez Forster & Platnick, 1984 | | Chile (Juan Fernandez Is.) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005444

Mecysmauchenius fernandez Forster & Platnick, 1984: 44, f. 187 (Df) Original description

Mecysmauchenius gertschi Zapfe, 1960 | | Chile, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005445

Mecysmauchenius gertschi Zapfe, 1960: 9, f. 1-10 (Df) Original description

Mecysmauchenius gertschi Forster & Platnick, 1984: 59, f. 198 (f)

Mecysmauchenius newtoni Forster & Platnick, 1984 | | Chile urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005446

Mecysmauchenius newtoni Forster & Platnick, 1984: 53, f. 152-154, 191 (Dmf) Original description

Mecysmauchenius osorno Forster & Platnick, 1984 | | Chile, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005447

Mecysmauchenius osorno Forster & Platnick, 1984: 57, f. 84, 108-109, 164-166, 196 (Dmf) Original description

Mecysmauchenius platnicki Grismado & Ramírez, 2005 | | Chile urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039356

Mecysmauchenius platnicki Grismado & Ramírez, 2005: 2, f. 1-3 (Df) Original description

Mecysmauchenius puyehue Forster & Platnick, 1984 | | Chile urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005448

Mecysmauchenius puyehue Forster & Platnick, 1984: 45, f. 140-142, 188 (Dmf) Original description

Mecysmauchenius segmentatus Simon, 1884 | | Chile, Argentina, Falkland Is. urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005449

Mecysmauchenius segmentatus Simon, 1884o: 379, f. 3-7 (Dmf) Original description

Mecysmauchenius segmentatus Simon, 1887h: E13, pl. 2, f. 4 (f)

Mecysmauchenius segmentatus Simon, 1895a: 939, f. 1009-1011 (mf)

Mecysmauchenius segmentatus Simon, 1895g: 167, pl. 5

Mecysmauchenius segmentatus Tullgren, 1901b: 220, pl. 17, f. 5 (mf)

Mecysmauchenius segmentatus Canals, 1934: 6, f. 4 (f)

Mecysmauchenius segmentatus Vellard, 1958: 129, f. 1-13 (mf)

Mecysmauchenius segmentatus Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1974: 84, f. 23-24 (f)

Mecysmauchenius segmentatus Brignoli, 1980i: 32, f. 1-7 (mf)

Mecysmauchenius segmentatus Forster & Platnick, 1984: 38, f. 86, 90, 93, 96, 104-107, 116-118, 125-128, 137-139, 180-181, 186, 206 (mf)

Mecysmauchenius segmentatus Wunderlich, 2004c: 792, f. 10-12 (m)

Mecysmauchenius segmentatus Grismado & Ramírez, 2008: 92, f. 4 (m)

Mecysmauchenius segmentatus Taucare-Ríos, 2014: 77, f. 1, 2A-C (m)

Mecysmauchenius segmentatus Rix et al., 2021: 5, f. 2 (m)

Mecysmauchenius termas Forster & Platnick, 1984 | | Chile urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005450

Mecysmauchenius termas Forster & Platnick, 1984: 48, f. 143-145, 189 (Dmf) Original description

Mecysmauchenius thayerae Forster & Platnick, 1984 | | Chile, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005451

Mecysmauchenius thayerae Forster & Platnick, 1984: 53, f. 155-157 (Dm) Original description

Mecysmauchenius thayerae Grismado & Lopardo, 2003: 39, f. 2-3 (Df)

Mecysmauchenius victoria Forster & Platnick, 1984 | | Chile urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005452

Mecysmauchenius victoria Forster & Platnick, 1984: 59, f. 197 (Df) Original description

Mecysmauchenius villarrica Forster & Platnick, 1984 | | Chile urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005453

Mecysmauchenius villarrica Forster & Platnick, 1984: 58, f. 167-169 (Dm) Original description

Gen. Mesarchaea Forster & Platnick, 1984 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00590

type Mesarchaea bellavista Forster & Platnick, 1984; gender feminine

Mesarchaea bellavista Forster & Platnick, 1984 | | Chile urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005454

Mesarchaea bellavista Forster & Platnick, 1984: 63, f. 174-177, 179 (Dm) Original description

Gen. Semysmauchenius Forster & Platnick, 1984 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00591

type Semysmauchenius antillanca Forster & Platnick, 1984; gender masculine

Semysmauchenius antillanca Forster & Platnick, 1984 | | Chile urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005455

Semysmauchenius antillanca Forster & Platnick, 1984: 61, f. 170-173, 178, 199 (Dmf) Original description

Gen. Zearchaea Wilton, 1946 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00592

type Zearchaea clypeata Wilton, 1946; gender feminine

N.B.: transferred from the Archaeidae to the Mecysmaucheniidae by Lehtinen, 1967.

Transferred to other genera:

Zearchaea globosa Hickman, 1981 -- see Holarchaea

Zearchaea magna Forster, 1949 -- see Aotearoa

Zearchaea rubra Forster, 1949 -- see Forstrarchaea

Zearchaea clypeata Wilton, 1946 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005456

Zearchaea clypeata Wilton, 1946: 21, f. 1-5 (Dmf) Original description

Zearchaea clypeata Forster, 1955b: 393, f. 22-23 (m)

Zearchaea clypeata Forster & Platnick, 1984: 64, f. 79, 92, 94, 99-100, 102-103, 113, 124, 129-130, 204-205 (mf)

Zearchaea clypeata Paquin, Vink & Dupérré, 2010: 45, f. 22.1-4 (mf)

Zearchaea fiordensis Forster, 1955 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005457

Zearchaea fiordensis Forster, 1955b: 395, f. 5, 10-12, 20-21 (Dmf) Original description

Zearchaea fiordensis Forster & Platnick, 1984: 64, f. 82-83, 89, 101, 114, 121, 123, 185, 220 (mf)