World Spider Catalog

Family | ACCEPTED

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

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 TYPE SPECIES

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)