Austrochilidae

• Austrochilus Gertsch & Zapfe, 1955
• Hickmania Gertsch, 1958
• Thaida Karsch, 1880

The Austrochilidae are a family of Real spiders. It includes nine species in three genera. Two genera ( Austrochilus, Thaida ) are endemic in the Andean mountain forests in central and southern Chile and neighboring Argentina. The third genus, Hickmania is endemic to Tasmania.

Species

Austrochilus Gertsch & Zapfe, 1955

• Austrochilus forsteri Grismado, Lopardo & Platnick, 2003 ( Chile)
• Austrochilus franckei Platnick, 1987 ( Chile, Argentina)
• Austrochilus manni Gertsch & Zapfe, 1955 ( Chile)
• Austrochilus melon Platnick, 1987 ( Chile)
• Austrochilus newtoni Platnick, 1987 ( Chile)
• Austrochilus schlingeri Platnick, 1987 ( Chile)

Hickmania Gertsch, 1958

• Hickmania troglodytes (Higgins & Petterd, 1883) (Tasmania ) (Tasmanian Cave Spider )

Thaida Karsch, 1880

• Thaida Chepu Platnick, 1987 ( Chile)
• Thaida peculiaris Karsch, 1880 (Chile, Argentina)

Swell

• Grismado, CJ, L. Lopardo & NI Platnick ( 2003). A new species of Austrochilus from Chile (Araneae, Austrochilidae, Austrochilinae ). J. Arachnol. 31: 148-150. PDF (A. forsteri )
• Forster, R. R., Platnick, N.I. and Gray, M. R. (1987). A review of the spider super families Hypochiloidea and Austrochiloidea (Araneae, Araneomorphae ). Bulletin of the AMNH 185 ( 1) :1 -116 Abstract - PDF ( 50Mb )
• Norman I. Platnick, 2006. The World Spider Catalog, version 6.5. American Museum of Natural History.

• True spiders
• Araneomorphae