title: List of Mecysmaucheniidae species
text: # List of Mecysmaucheniidae species
  
  This page lists all described species of the spider family Mecysmaucheniidae accepted by the World Spider Catalog as of January 2021:
  
  ## Aotearoa
  
  Aotearoa Forster & Platnick, 1984
  
  * A. magna (Forster, 1949) (type) — New Zealand
  
  ## Chilarchaea
  
  Chilarchaea Forster & Platnick, 1984
  
  * C. quellon Forster & Platnick, 1984 (type) — Chile, Argentina
  
  ## Mecysmauchenioides
  
  Mecysmauchenioides Forster & Platnick, 1984
  
  * M. nordenskjoldi (Tullgren, 1901) (type) — Chile, Argentina
  * M. quetrihue Grismado & Ramírez, 2005 — Argentina
  
  ## Mecysmauchenius
  
  Mecysmauchenius Simon, 1884
  
  * M. canan Forster & Platnick, 1984 — Chile
  * M. chacamo Forster & Platnick, 1984 — Chile
  * M. chapo Forster & Platnick, 1984 — Chile
  * M. chepu Forster & Platnick, 1984 — Chile
  * M. chincay Forster & Platnick, 1984 — Chile
  * M. eden Forster & Platnick, 1984 — Chile
  * M. fernandez Forster & Platnick, 1984 — Chile (Juan Fernandez Is.)
  * M. gertschi Zapfe, 1960 — Chile, Argentina
  * M. newtoni Forster & Platnick, 1984 — Chile
  * M. osorno Forster & Platnick, 1984 — Chile, Argentina
  * M. platnicki Grismado & Ramírez, 2005 — Chile
  * M. puyehue Forster & Platnick, 1984 — Chile
  * M. segmentatus Simon, 1884 (type) — Chile, Argentina, Falkland Is.
  * M. termas Forster & Platnick, 1984 — Chile
  * M. thayerae Forster & Platnick, 1984 — Chile, Argentina
  * M. victoria Forster & Platnick, 1984 — Chile
  * M. villarrica Forster & Platnick, 1984 — Chile
  
  ## Mesarchaea
  
  Mesarchaea Forster & Platnick, 1984
  
  * M. bellavista Forster & Platnick, 1984 (type) — Chile
  
  ## Semysmauchenius
  
  Semysmauchenius Forster & Platnick, 1984
  
  * S. antillanca Forster & Platnick, 1984 (type) — Chile
  
  ## Zearchaea
  
  Zearchaea Wilton, 1946
  
  * Z. clypeata Wilton, 1946 (type) — New Zealand
  * Z. fiordensis Forster, 1955 — New Zealand
  