''Gasparia'' is a
genus of
South Pacific
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the continen ...
araneomorph spiders in the family
Toxopidae, and was first described by
Brian J. Marples
Brian John Marples FRSNZ (31 March 1907 – 1997) was a British zoologist who spent most of his career in New Zealand.
Early years
Marples was born in Hessle, Yorkshire, in north-eastern England. He was educated at Kingsmead in Cheshire, and St ...
in 1956.
Originally placed with the
intertidal spiders, it was moved to the Toxopidae in 2017.
Species
it contains twenty-two species, all found in
New Zealand:
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Gasparia busa
''Gasparia'' is a genus of South Pacific araneomorph spiders in the family Toxopidae, and was first described by Brian J. Marples in 1956. Originally placed with the intertidal spiders, it was moved to the Toxopidae in 2017.
Species
it conta ...
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Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
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Gasparia coriacea
''Gasparia'' is a genus of South Pacific araneomorph spiders in the family Toxopidae, and was first described by Brian J. Marples in 1956. Originally placed with the intertidal spiders, it was moved to the Toxopidae in 2017.
Species
it conta ...
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Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
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Gasparia delli''
(Forster, 1955) – New Zealand (Antipodes Is., Auckland Is., Campbell Is.)
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Gasparia dentata
''Gasparia'' is a genus of South Pacific araneomorph spiders in the family Toxopidae, and was first described by Brian J. Marples in 1956. Originally placed with the intertidal spiders, it was moved to the Toxopidae in 2017.
Species
it contai ...
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Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
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Gasparia edwardsi
''Gasparia'' is a genus of South Pacific araneomorph spiders in the family Toxopidae, and was first described by Brian J. Marples in 1956. Originally placed with the intertidal spiders, it was moved to the Toxopidae in 2017.
Species
it conta ...
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Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
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Gasparia kaiangaroa
''Gasparia'' is a genus of South Pacific araneomorph spiders in the family Toxopidae, and was first described by Brian J. Marples in 1956. Originally placed with the intertidal spiders, it was moved to the Toxopidae in 2017.
Species
it contai ...
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Forster, 1970 – New Zealand (Chatham Is.)
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Gasparia littoralis
''Gasparia'' is a genus of Oceania, South Pacific Araneomorphae, araneomorph spiders in the family Toxopidae, and was first described by Brian J. Marples in 1956. Originally placed with the Desidae, intertidal spiders, it was moved to the Toxopid ...
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Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
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Gasparia lomasi
''Gasparia'' is a genus of South Pacific araneomorph spiders in the family Toxopidae, and was first described by Brian J. Marples in 1956. Originally placed with the intertidal spiders, it was moved to the Toxopidae in 2017.
Species
it contai ...
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Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
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Gasparia mangamuka
''Gasparia'' is a genus of Oceania, South Pacific Araneomorphae, araneomorph spiders in the family Toxopidae, and was first described by Brian J. Marples in 1956. Originally placed with the Desidae, intertidal spiders, it was moved to the Toxopid ...
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Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
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Gasparia manneringi
''Gasparia'' is a genus of South Pacific araneomorph spiders in the family Toxopidae, and was first described by Brian J. Marples in 1956. Originally placed with the intertidal spiders, it was moved to the Toxopidae in 2017.
Species
it conta ...
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(Forster, 1964) – New Zealand (Snares Is.)
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Gasparia montana
''Gasparia'' is a genus of South Pacific araneomorph spiders in the family Toxopidae, and was first described by Brian J. Marples in 1956. Originally placed with the intertidal spiders, it was moved to the Toxopidae in 2017.
Species
it contai ...
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Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
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Gasparia nava''
Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
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Gasparia nebulosa''
Marples, 1956 (
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) – New Zealand
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Gasparia nelsonensis''
Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
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Gasparia nuntia''
Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
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Gasparia oparara''
Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
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Gasparia parva''
Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
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Gasparia pluta''
Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
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Gasparia rupicola''
Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
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Gasparia rustica''
Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
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Gasparia tepakia''
Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
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Gasparia tuaiensis''
Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
References
Araneomorphae genera
Spiders of New Zealand
Spiders of Oceania
Toxopidae
Taxa named by Brian John Marples
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