Dunstanoides

Dunstanoides
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Desidae
Genus:	Dunstanoides ; Forster & Wilton, 1989
Type species
	D. hesperis ; (Forster & Wilton, 1973)
Species
	9, see text

Last updated February 24, 2025

Dunstanoides is a genus of South Pacific intertidal spiders first described by Norman I. Platnick in 1989.^[2]

Species

As of April 2019^[update] it contains nine species, all found in New Zealand:^[1]

Dunstanoides angustiae (Marples, 1959) – New Zealand
Dunstanoides hesperis (Forster & Wilton, 1973) – New Zealand
Dunstanoides hinawa (Forster & Wilton, 1973) – New Zealand
Dunstanoides hova (Forster & Wilton, 1973) – New Zealand
Dunstanoides kochi (Forster & Wilton, 1973) – New Zealand
Dunstanoides mirus (Forster & Wilton, 1973) – New Zealand
Dunstanoides montana (Forster & Wilton, 1973) – New Zealand
Dunstanoides nuntia (Marples, 1959) – New Zealand
Dunstanoides salmoni (Forster & Wilton, 1973) – New Zealand

References

1 2 "Gen. Dunstanoides Forster & Wilton, 1989". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-08.
↑ Platnick, N. I. (1989). "Advances in Spider Taxonomy 1981-1987: A Supplement to Brignoli's A Catalogue of the Araneae described between 1940 and 1981". Journal of Arid Environments. 17 (3): 358. Bibcode:1989JArEn..17..358P. doi:10.1016/S0140-1963(18)30893-0.

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[NMBE-1] 1 2 "Gen. Dunstanoides Forster & Wilton, 1989". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-08.

[Plat1989-2] Platnick, N. I. (1989). "Advances in Spider Taxonomy 1981-1987: A Supplement to Brignoli's A Catalogue of the Araneae described between 1940 and 1981". Journal of Arid Environments. 17 (3): 358. Bibcode:1989JArEn..17..358P. doi:10.1016/S0140-1963(18)30893-0.

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