''Gasparia'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

of South Pacific

araneomorph The Araneomorphae (also called the Labidognatha) are an infraorder of spiders. They are distinguishable by chelicerae (fangs) that point diagonally forward and cross in a pinching action, in contrast to the Mygalomorphae (tarantulas and their cl ...

spiders in the family

Toxopidae Toxopidae is a small family of araneomorph spiders, first described in 1940. For many years it was sunk into Desidae as a subfamily, although doubts were expressed as to whether this was correct. A large-scale molecular phylogenetic study in 2016 ...

, 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 New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...

: *'' Gasparia busa'' Forster, 1970 – New Zealand *'' Gasparia coriacea'' Forster, 1970 – New Zealand *''

Gasparia delli ''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 contain ...

'' (Forster, 1955) – New Zealand (Antipodes Is., Auckland Is., Campbell Is.) *'' Gasparia dentata'' Forster, 1970 – New Zealand *'' Gasparia edwardsi'' Forster, 1970 – New Zealand *'' Gasparia kaiangaroa'' Forster, 1970 – New Zealand (Chatham Is.) *'' Gasparia littoralis'' Forster, 1970 – New Zealand *'' Gasparia lomasi'' Forster, 1970 – New Zealand *'' Gasparia mangamuka'' Forster, 1970 – New Zealand *'' Gasparia manneringi'' (Forster, 1964) – New Zealand (Snares Is.) *'' Gasparia montana'' Forster, 1970 – New Zealand *''

Gasparia nava ''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 ...