''Wiltonia'' 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 ...

Polynesia Polynesia () "many" and νῆσος () "island"), to, Polinisia; mi, Porinihia; haw, Polenekia; fj, Polinisia; sm, Polenisia; rar, Porinetia; ty, Pōrīnetia; tvl, Polenisia; tkl, Polenihia (, ) is a subregion of Oceania, made up of ...

araneomorph The Araneomorphae (also called the Labidognatha) are an infraorder of spiders. They are distinguishable by chelicerae (fangs) that point diagonally forward and cross in a pinching action, in contrast to the Mygalomorphae (tarantulas and their cl ...

spiders in the family Orsolobidae, and 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 ...

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.

Species

it contains nine species, found only in

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Wiltonia elongata ''Wiltonia'' is a genus of Polynesian Araneomorphae, araneomorph spiders in the family Orsolobidae, and was first described by Raymond Robert Forster & Norman I. Platnick in 1985. Species it contains nine species, found only in New Zealand: *''W ...

'' Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand *'' Wiltonia eylesi'' Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand *'' Wiltonia fiordensis'' Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand *'' Wiltonia graminicola'' Forster & Platnick, 1985 ( type) – New Zealand *'' Wiltonia lima'' Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand *'' Wiltonia nelsonensis'' Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand *'' Wiltonia pecki'' Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand *'' Wiltonia porina'' Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand *'' Wiltonia rotoiti'' Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand

References

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

Species

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