''Novaranea'' 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 orb-weaver spiders first described by D. J. Court &

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 1988. , it contains only two species.

References

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