''Nauhea'' 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, ''Nauhea tapa''. It was first described by
Raymond Robert Forster in 1979,
and has only been found in
New Zealand.
References
Gnaphosidae
Spiders described in 1979
Spiders of New Zealand
Taxa named by Raymond Robert Forster
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