''Zealaranea'' is a
genus
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of
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.
Species
it contains four species, all found in New Zealand:
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Zealaranea crassa
''Zealaranea'' is a genus of Araneidae, orb-weaver spiders first described by D. J. Court & Raymond Robert Forster in 1988.
Species
it contains four species, all found in New Zealand:
*''Zealaranea crassa'' (Walckenaer, 1841) (Type species, typ ...
''
(Walckenaer, 1841) (
type
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) – New Zealand
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Zealaranea prina
''Zealaranea'' is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by D. J. Court & Raymond Robert Forster in 1988.
Species
it contains four species, all found in New Zealand:
*''Zealaranea crassa'' (Walckenaer, 1841) (type
Type may refer to:
S ...
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Court & Forster, 1988 – New Zealand
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Zealaranea saxitalis
''Zealaranea'' is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by D. J. Court & Raymond Robert Forster in 1988.
Species
it contains four species, all found in New Zealand:
*''Zealaranea crassa'' (Walckenaer, 1841) (type) – New Zealand
*''Ze ...
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(Urquhart, 1887) – New Zealand
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Zealaranea trinotata''
(Urquhart, 1890) – New Zealand
References
Araneidae
Araneomorphae genera
Spiders of New Zealand
Taxa named by Raymond Robert Forster
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