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Mecysmaucheniidae

{{Short description|Family of spiders}}

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| fossil_range = {{Fossil range|Cretaceous|present}}

| image = Zearchaea clypeata female.jpg

| image_caption = Zearchaea clypeata

| taxon = Mecysmaucheniidae

| authority = Simon, 1895

| range_map = Distribution.mecysmaucheniidae.1.png

| range_map_upright = 1.15

| diversity = 7 genera, 25 species

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Mecysmaucheniidae is a family of araneomorph spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1895.{{cite book| last=Simon| first=E.| year=1895|title=Histoire naturelle des araignées| doi=10.5962/bhl.title.51973 }} Most genera occur in South America (Chile and Argentina), with two genera endemic to New Zealand.

Genera

{{Main|List of Mecysmaucheniidae species}}

{{as of|2019|03}}, the World Spider Catalog accepts the following genera:{{cite web| title=Family: Mecysmaucheniidae Simon, 1895| website=World Spider Catalog| access-date=2019-04-28| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/family/54}}

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See also

References

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Further reading

{{Wikispecies|Mecysmaucheniidae}}

{{cite journal| last1=Grismado| first1=CJ| last2=Ramírez| first2=MJ| year=2005| title=Nuevas especies de la familia Mecysmaucheniidae (Araneae) de Chile y Argentina (Spanish, with pictures) (Mecysmauchenius platnicki)| journal=Biota Neotropica| volume=5| pages=1–4| doi=10.1590/S1676-06032005000200017| url=http://www.biotaneotropica.org.br/v5n1a/pt/fullpaper?bn019051a2005+pt| doi-access=free}}

{{cite web|title=Mecysmaucheniid spiders strike prey with lightning speed, scientists find|access-date=April 10, 2016|date=April 8, 2016|publisher=Sci-News.com|url=http://www.sci-news.com/biology/mecysmaucheniid-spiders-strike-prey-lightning-speed-03767.html}}

{{Araneae}}

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Category:Araneomorphae families

Category:Taxa named by Eugène Simon

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