Nomaua

Nomaua
Nomaua rimutaka
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Physoglenidae
Genus:	Nomaua Forster, 1990 [1]
Type species
N. crinifrons (Urquhart, 1891)
Species
12, see text
Synonyms [1]
Wairua Forster, 1990 [2]

Nomaua is a genus of Polynesian araneomorph spiders in the family Physoglenidae that was first described by Raymond Robert Forster in 1990. ^[3] Originally placed with the Linyphiidae, it was moved to the Synotaxidae in 1990, ^[3] and is now considered a senior synonym of Wairua. ^[2]

Species

As of September 2019 ^[update] it contains twelve species, found on the Polynesian Islands: ^[1]

• Nomaua arborea Forster, 1990 – New Zealand
• Nomaua cauda Forster, 1990 – New Zealand
• Nomaua crinifrons (Urquhart, 1891) (type) – New Zealand
• Nomaua nelson Forster, 1990 – New Zealand
• Nomaua perdita Forster, 1990 – New Zealand
• Nomaua rakiura Fitzgerald & Sirvid, 2009 – New Zealand (Stewart Is.)
• Nomaua repanga Fitzgerald & Sirvid, 2009 – New Zealand
• Nomaua rimutaka Fitzgerald & Sirvid, 2009 – New Zealand
• Nomaua taranga Fitzgerald & Sirvid, 2009 – New Zealand
• Nomaua urquharti Fitzgerald & Sirvid, 2009 – New Zealand
• Nomaua waikanae (Forster, 1990) – New Zealand
• Nomaua waikaremoana Forster, 1990 – New Zealand

References

1. "Gen. Nomaua Forster, 1990". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-10-13.
2. Fitzgerald, B. M.; Sirvid, P. J. (2009). "A revision of Nomaua (Araneae: Synotaxidae) and description of a new synotaxid genus from New Zealand". Tuhinga. 20: 139.
3. Forster, R. R.; Platnick, N. I.; Coddington, J. (1990). "A proposal and review of the spider family Synotaxidae (Araneae, Araneoidea), with notes on theridiid interrelationships". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 193: 1–116.