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Waipoua (spider)
''Waipoua'' is a genus of Polynesian Araneomorphae, araneomorph spiders in the family Orsolobidae, and was first described by Raymond Robert Forster & Norman I. Platnick in 1985. Species it contains eight species, found only in New Zealand: *''Waipoua gressitti'' (Forster, 1964) – New Zealand (Campbell Is.) *''Waipoua hila'' Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand *''Waipoua insula'' Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand *''Waipoua montana'' Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand *''Waipoua otiana'' Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand *''Waipoua ponanga'' Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand *''Waipoua toronui'' Forster & Platnick, 1985 (Type species, type) – New Zealand *''Waipoua totara'' (Forster, 1956) – New Zealand See also * List of Orsolobidae species References Araneomorphae genera Orsolobidae Taxa named by Raymond Robert Forster Endemic spiders of New Zealand {{Araneomorphae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orsolobidae
Orsolobidae is a six-eyed spider family with about 180 described species in thirty genera. It was first described by J. A. L. Cooke in 1965, and was raised to family status from "Dysderidae" in 1985. Genera Most genera are endemic to New Zealand and the Australian region, but several genera occur in southern Africa and South America. , the World Spider Catalog accepts the following genera: *'' Afrilobus'' Griswold & Platnick, 1987 — South Africa, Malawi *'' Anopsolobus'' Forster & Platnick, 1985 — New Zealand *'' Ascuta'' Forster, 1956 — New Zealand *'' Australobus'' Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Australia *'' Azanialobus'' Griswold & Platnick, 1987 — South Africa *'' Basibulbus'' Ott, Platnick, Berniker & Bonaldo, 2013 *'' Bealeyia'' Forster & Platnick, 1985 — New Zealand *''Calculus'' Purcell, 1910 — South Africa *'' Chileolobus'' Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Chile *'' Cornifalx'' Hickman, 1979 — Australia *'' Dugdalea'' Forster & Platnick, 1985 — New Zealand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |