''Kaitawa'' is a monotypic 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 ...

ground spiders Ground spiders comprise Gnaphosidae, the seventh largest spider family with over 2,000 described species in over 100 genera distributed worldwide. There are 105 species known to central Europe, and common genera include ''Gnaphosa'', ''Drassodes' ...

containing the single species, ''Kaitawa insulare''. It was first described by Raymond Robert Forster in 1979, who separated ''Cheiracanthium insulare'' from ''

Cheiracanthium ''Cheiracanthium'', commonly called ''yellow sac spiders'', is a genus of Araneomorphae, araneomorph spiders in the family Cheiracanthiidae, and was first described by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1839. They are usually pale in colour, and have an spide ...

'' into this genus, retaining the species name. It has only been found in New Zealand.

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Gnaphosidae Monotypic Gnaphosidae genera Spiders of New Zealand Taxa named by Raymond Robert Forster {{Gnaphosidae-stub