''Kapanga'' 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 dwarf sheet spiders that was first described by

Raymond Robert Forster Raymond Robert Forster (19 June 1922 – 1 July 2000) was a New Zealand arachnologist and museum director. He was a Fellow of the Entomological Society of New Zealand. Biography Forster was born in Hastings, New Zealand in 1922, and was educa ...

in 1970.

Species

it contains ten species: *'' Kapanga alta'' Forster, 1970 – New Zealand *'' Kapanga festiva'' Forster, 1970 – New Zealand *'' Kapanga grana'' Forster, 1970 – New Zealand *'' Kapanga hickmani'' (Forster, 1964) – New Zealand (Auckland Is.) *'' Kapanga isulata'' (Forster, 1970) – New Zealand *'' Kapanga luana'' Forster, 1970 – New Zealand *'' Kapanga mana'' Forster, 1970 – New Zealand *'' Kapanga manga'' Forster, 1970 – New Zealand *'' Kapanga solitaria'' (Bryant, 1935) – New Zealand *'' Kapanga wiltoni'' Forster, 1970 ( type) – New Zealand

References

Araneomorphae genera Hahniidae Spiders of New Zealand Taxa named by Raymond Robert Forster {{Araneomorphae-stub