{{Short description|Genus of spiders}} {{Automatic taxobox | taxon = Austrochilus | authority = Gertsch & Zapfe, 1955<ref name=NMBE /> | type_species = ''A. manni'' | type_species_authority = Gertsch & Zapfe, 1955 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = 7, see text }}
'''''Austrochilus''''' is a genus of South American cribellate araneomorph spiders in the family Austrochilidae, first described by H. Zapfe in 1955.<ref name=Zapf1955>{{cite journal| last=Zapfe| first=H.| year=1955| title=Filogenia y función en ''Austrochilus manni'' Gertsch y Zapfe (Araneae-Hypochilidae).| journal=Trabajos del Laboratorio de Zoologia de la Universidad de Chile| pages=1–53| volume=2}}</ref>
==Species== {{as of|2019|04}} it contains seven species in Chile and Argentina:<ref name=NMBE>{{cite journal| title=Gen. Austrochilus Gertsch & Zapfe, 1955| website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0| accessdate=2019-05-16| year=2019| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/434| doi=10.24436/2| last1=Gloor| first1=Daniel| last2=Nentwig| first2=Wolfgang| last3=Blick| first3=Theo| last4=Kropf| first4=Christian}}</ref> *''Austrochilus forsteri'' <small>Grismado, Lopardo & Platnick, 2003</small> – Chile *''Austrochilus franckei'' <small>Platnick, 1987</small> – Chile, Argentina *''Austrochilus manni'' <small>Gertsch & Zapfe, 1955</small> (type) – Chile *''Austrochilus melon'' <small>Platnick, 1987</small> – Chile *''Austrochilus newtoni'' <small>Platnick, 1987</small> – Chile *''Austrochilus parwis'' <small>Michalik & Wunderlich, 2017</small> – Chile *''Austrochilus schlingeri'' <small>Platnick, 1987</small> – Chile
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Category:Araneomorphae genera Category:Austrochilidae Category:Spiders of South America
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