Holarchaeidae
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The 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.
Distribution
Holarchaeid spiders are known only from the forests of Tasmania and New Zealand, where they live in microhabitats with consistently high humidity.Species
Holarchaea Forster, 1955- Holarchaea globosa (Hickman, 1981) (Tasmania)
- Holarchaea novaeseelandiae (Forster, 1949) (New Zealand)
See also
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.
External links
- [Holarchaeid Spiders] (Detailed description, with images of preserved specimens)
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