Holarchaeidae

Taxobox
name = Holarchaeidae


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
subordo = Araneomorphae
superfamilia = Archaeoidea
familia = Holarchaeidae
familia_authority = Forster & Platnick, 1984
diversity_link = List of Holarchaeidae species
diversity 1 genus, 2 species
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subdivision = see textThe Holarchaeidae are a spider family with only two described species in one genus.

They are only up to 1.5mm in size and shiny black to beige in color. Together with the Uloboridae and the Mesothelae, they are the only spiders known to lack venom glands.

Distribution

Holarchaeid spiders are known only from the forests of Tasmania and New Zealand, where they live in microhabitats with consistently high humidity.

pecies

"Holarchaea" Forster, 1955
* "Holarchaea globosa" (Hickman, 1981) (Tasmania)
* "Holarchaea novaeseelandiae" (Forster, 1949) (New Zealand)

ee also

* List of Holarchaeidae species

References

* Forster, R. R. & N. I. Platnick (1984). A review of the archaeid spiders and their relatives, with notes on the limits of the superfamily Palpimanoidea (Arachnida, Araneae). "Bull. Am. Mus. nat. Hist." 178:1-106. [http://hdl.handle.net/2246/991 Abstract] - [http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/bitstream/2246/991/1/B178a01.pdf PDF (60Mb)]
* Meier J. & White J. (eds) {1995). Handbook of Clinical Toxicology of Animal Venoms and Poisons. Boca Raton: "CRC Press".

External links

* [http://www.australasian-arachnology.org/arachnology/araneae/holarchaeidae/ Holarchaeid Spiders] (Detailed description, with images of preserved specimens)