type Archaea paradoxa C. L. Koch & Berendt, 1854 (fossil); gender feminine

N.B.: type species is from Baltic amber; the proposal by Lehtinen, 1967 to revive Eriauchenius O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1881 for the recent species was rejected by Forster & Platnick, 1984; see note under Afrarchaea.

Transferred to other genera:

Archaea bourgini Millot, 1948 -- see Eriauchenus

Archaea cornuta Lotz, 2003 -- see Afrarchaea

Archaea godfreyi Hewitt, 1919 -- see Afrarchaea

Archaea gracilicollis Millot, 1948 -- see Madagascarchaea

Archaea jeanneli Millot, 1948 -- see Madagascarchaea

Archaea legendrei Platnick, 1991 -- see Madagascarchaea

Archaea nodosa Forster, 1956 -- see Austrarchaea

Archaea pauliani Legendre, 1970 -- see Eriauchenus

Archaea ratsirarsoni Lotz, 2003 -- see Eriauchenus

Archaea tsingyensis Lotz, 2003 -- see Madagascarchaea

Archaea vadoni Millot, 1948 -- see Madagascarchaea

Archaea workmani (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1881) -- see Eriauchenus