''Notomatachia'' is a
genus
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of
South Pacific
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intertidal 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.
it contains only three species, all found in New Zealand:
* ''
Notomatachia cantuaria
''Notomatachia'' is a genus of South Pacific intertidal 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 ...
''
Forster, 1970
* ''
Notomatachia hirsuta''
(Marples, 1962)
* ''
Notomatachia wiltoni''
Forster, 1970
References
Araneomorphae genera
Desidae
Spiders of New Zealand
Taxa named by Raymond Robert Forster
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