Amphinectidae

Amphinectidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Suborder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Amphinectidae Forster & Wilton, 1973
Genera
see text
Diversity
36 genera, 187 species
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The Amphinectidae are a spider family with about 180 described species in 35 genera.

The family Neolanidae, with its only genus Neolana, was merged into this family in 2005.

Distribution

This family is almost exclusively confined to New Zealand and the Australian region, with only Metaltella found in South America from Argentina to Brazil, and Calacadia in Chile.

Metaltella simoni has been introduced in a large part of the Southern United States (records exist from California, Louisiana, Mississippi and Florida) and is considered an invasive species in Florida. It is feared that it could extirpate the native titanoecid species Titanoeca brunnea.

Genera

• Akatorea Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Amphinecta Simon, 1898 — New Zealand
• Aorangia Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Austmusia Gray, 1983 — Australia
• Buyina Davies, 1998 — Australia
• Calacadia Exline, 1960 — Chile
• Carbinea Davies, 1999 — Australia
• Cunnawarra Davies, 1998 — Australia
• Dunstanoides Forster & Wilton, 1989 — New Zealand
• Holomamoea Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Huara Forster, 1964 — New Zealand
• Jalkaraburra Davies, 1998 — Australia
• Kababina Davies, 1995 — Australia
• Keera Davies, 1998 — Australia
• Magua Davies, 1998 — Australia
• Makora Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Malarina Davies & Lambkin, 2000 — Australia
• Mamoea Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Maniho Marples, 1959 — New Zealand
• Marplesia Lehtinen, 1967 — New Zealand
• Metaltella Mello-Leitão, 1931 — South America (one species introduced into North America)
• Neolana Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Neororea Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Oparara Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Paramamoea Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Penaoola Davies, 1998 — Australia
• Quemusia Davies, 1998 — Australia
• Rangitata Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Reinga Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Rorea Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Tanganoides Davies, 2005 — Australia
• Tasmabrochus Davies, 2002 — Tasmania
• Tasmarubrius Davies, 1998 — Tasmania
• Teeatta Davies, 2005 — Tasmania
• Wabua Davies, 2000 — Australia
• Waterea Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand

See also

• List of Amphinectidae species
• Spider families

References

• Davies, Valerie Todd (2002): Tasmabrochus, a new spider genus from Tasmania, Australia (Araneae, Amphinectidae, Tasmarubriinae). Journal of Arachnology 30: 219-226. PDF
• Edwards, G.B.: (Cribellate Spider, Metaltella simoni (Keyserling) (Arachnida: Araneae: Amphinectidae) HTML (with pictures)
• Griswold, C. E., M. J. Ramírez, J. A. Coddington & N. I. Platnick (2005): Atlas of phylogenetic data for entelegyne spiders (Araneae: Araneomorphae: Entelegynae) with comments on their phylogeny. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 56(Suppl. II): 1-324.
• Platnick, Norman I. (2008): The world spider catalog, version 8.5. American Museum of Natural History.

External links

• BugGuide.net: Pictures of Metaltella simoni
• Metaltella simoni on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site