Waiporia

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Waiporia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Orsolobidae
Genus: Waiporia
Forster & Platnick, 1985 [1]
Type species
W. wiltoni
Forster & Platnick, 1985
Species

12, see text

Waiporia is a genus of Polynesian araneomorph spiders in the family Orsolobidae, and was first described by Raymond Robert Forster & Norman I. Platnick in 1985. [2]

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Species

As of June 2019 it contains twelve species, found only in New Zealand: [1]

See also

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<i>Waiporia mensa</i> Species of spider

Waiporia mensa is a species of Orsolobidae that is endemic to New Zealand.

Waiporia modica is a species of Orsolobidae that is endemic to New Zealand.

Waiporia ruahine is a species of Orsolobidae that is endemic to New Zealand.

Waiporia tuata is a species of Orsolobidae that is endemic to New Zealand.

Waiporia wiltoni is a species of Orsolobidae that is endemic to New Zealand.

References

  1. 1 2 "Gen. Waiporia Forster & Platnick, 1985". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-07-04.
  2. ↑ Forster, R. R.; Platnick, N. I. (1985). "A review of the austral spider family Orsolobidae (Arachnida, Araneae), with notes on the superfamily Dysderoidea". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 181: 1–230.


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