The World Spider Catalog, Version 4.5
by Norman I. Platnick
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FAM. MALKARIDAE Davies, 1980

Last updated Apr. 26, 2001

N.B.: elevated from a subfamily of Araneidae and placed as the sister group of Mimetidae by Wunderlich (1986: 124); considered a senior synonym of Sternodidae Moran, 1986: 88 by Platnick & Forster (1987: 8).

Homonym replaced:
Sternodes Butler, 1929 -- see Sternoides.

Gen. Carathea Moran, 1986

C. Moran, 1986: 94, type C. parawea Moran, 1986.

f miyali Moran, 1986....................Tasmania
C. m. Moran, 1986: 96, f. 26, 39, 48 (Df).

mf parawea Moran, 1986 *....................Tasmania
C. p. Moran, 1986: 94, f. 25, 33, 38, 47 (Dmf).

Gen. Chilenodes Platnick & Forster, 1987

C. Platnick & Forster, 1987: 9, type C. australis Platnick & Forster, 1987.

mf australis Platnick & Forster, 1987 *....................Chile
C. a. Platnick & Forster, 1987: 9, f. 1-22, 24-25 (Dmf).

Gen. Malkara Davies, 1980

M. Davies, 1980a: 377, type M. loricata Davies, 1980; transferred here from the Araneidae by Wunderlich, 1986: 124.

mf loricata Davies, 1980 *....................Queensland
M. l. Davies, 1980a: 377, f. 1-4, 7-17 (Dmf).
M. l. Wunderlich, 1986: 225, f. 257-259 (m).
M. l. Schütt, 2000: 137, f. 6A (m).

Gen. Sternoides Platnick, 1998

S. Platnick, 1998: 226, replacement name for Sternodes Butler, 1929, preoccupied in the Coleoptera by Fischer-Waldheim, 1837 and in the Hymenoptera by Stefani, 1891; genus transferred from Zodariidae to Sternodidae and considered a senior synonym of Perissopmeros Butler, 1932 by Moran, 1986: 91.

mf arkana (Moran, 1986)....................New South Wales
Sternodes a. Moran, 1986: 92, f. 21, 29, 35, 41, 46 (Dmf).

mf castaneous (Butler, 1932)....................New South Wales
Perissopmeros c. Butler, 1932: 116, pl. 2, f. 18-23 (Dm).
Sternodes c. Moran, 1986: 91, f. 20, 28, 34, 45 (m, Df).

m foraminatus (Butler, 1929) *....................Victoria
Sternodes f. Butler, 1929: 51, pl. 1, f. 9-12 (Dm).
Sternodes f. Moran, 1986: 91, f. 19, 27, 40 (m).

mf grayi (Moran, 1986)....................New South Wales
Sternodes g. Moran, 1986: 93, f. 24, 32, 37 (Dmf).

mf mullawerringi (Moran, 1986)....................Australian Capital Territory
Sternodes m. Moran, 1986: 91, f. 1-17, 22, 30, 36, 44 (Dmf).

m quinguni (Moran, 1986)....................New South Wales
Sternodes q. Moran, 1986: 93, f. 23, 31, 42-43 (Dm).