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Amphinectidae
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Wikispecies has information related to:
The Amphinectidae are a spider family with about 180 described species in 35 genera.
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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 is an invasive species in Florida. It is feared that it could extirpate the native titanoecid species Titanoeca brunnea.
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
