# Austrochilus

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{{Short description|Genus of spiders}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| taxon = Austrochilus
| authority = [Gertsch](/source/Willis_J._Gertsch) & Zapfe, 1955<ref name=NMBE />
| type_species = ''[A. manni](/source/Austrochilus_manni)''
| type_species_authority = Gertsch & Zapfe, 1955
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = 7, see text
}}

'''''Austrochilus''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of [South America](/source/South_America)n [cribellate](/source/cribellum) [araneomorph](/source/Araneomorphae) spiders in the family [Austrochilidae](/source/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](/source/Chile) and [Argentina](/source/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](/source/Austrochilus_forsteri)'' <small>Grismado, Lopardo & [Platnick](/source/Norman_I._Platnick), 2003</small> – Chile
*''[Austrochilus franckei](/source/Austrochilus_franckei)'' <small>Platnick, 1987</small> – Chile, Argentina
*''[Austrochilus manni](/source/Austrochilus_manni)'' <small>Gertsch & Zapfe, 1955</small> ([type](/source/Type_species)) – Chile
*''[Austrochilus melon](/source/Austrochilus_melon)'' <small>Platnick, 1987</small> – Chile
*''[Austrochilus newtoni](/source/Austrochilus_newtoni)'' <small>Platnick, 1987</small> – Chile
*''[Austrochilus parwis](/source/Austrochilus_parwis)'' <small>Michalik & Wunderlich, 2017</small> – Chile
*''[Austrochilus schlingeri](/source/Austrochilus_schlingeri)'' <small>Platnick, 1987</small> – Chile

==References==
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==External links==
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Category:Araneomorphae genera
Category:Austrochilidae
Category:Spiders of South America

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