Family MALKARIDAE Davies, 1980
- Malkaridae Davies, V.T. 1980. Malkara loricata, a new spider (Araneidae: Malkarinae) from Australia. pp. 377-382 in Gruber, J. (ed.). Verhandlungen 8. Internationaler Arachnologen-Kongress abgehalten ander Universitä für Bodenkultur Wien, 7–12 Juli, 1980. Vienna : H. Ergemann 506 pp.
Introduction
Malkarines were originally placed as a subfamily of the Araneidae (Davies 1980), but later were elevated to family level to include the Malkarinae and the Sternoidinae (see Platnick & Forster 1987).
Diagnosis
Malkarids are araneoids that possess deep alveoli on the carapace, the pedicel entirely sclerotised and the spinnerets encircled by a sclerotised ring.