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''Orongia'' is a genus of Polynesian araneomorph spiders in the family
Orsolobidae Orsolobidae is a six-eyed spider family with about 180 described species in thirty genera. It was first described by J. A. L. Cooke in 1965, and was raised to family status from "Dysderidae" in 1985. Genera Most genera are endemic to New Zeala ...
, and was first described by Raymond Robert Forster &
Norman I. Platnick Norman Ira Platnick (December 30, 1951 – April 8, 2020) was an American biological systematist and arachnologist. At the time of his death, he was a professor emeritus of the Richard Gilder Graduate School and Peter J. Solomon Family Curator Em ...
in 1985. it contains only three species, found only in New Zealand.


Species

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Orongia medialis ''Orongia'' is a genus of Polynesian araneomorph spiders in the family Orsolobidae, and was first described by Raymond Robert Forster & Norman I. Platnick in 1985. it contains only three species, found only in New Zealand. Species *'' Orong ...
'' *'' Orongia motueka'' *'' Orongia whangamoa''


See also

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List of Orsolobidae species This page lists all described species of the spider family Orsolobidae accepted by the World Spider Catalog : A ''Afrilobus'' '' Afrilobus'' Griswold & Platnick, 1987 * '' A. australis'' Griswold & Platnick, 1987 — South Africa * '' A. capens ...


References

Araneomorphae genera Orsolobidae Spiders of New Zealand Taxa named by Raymond Robert Forster Endemic spiders of New Zealand {{Araneomorphae-stub