Whakamoke

Whakamoke
Whakamoke paoka
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Malkaridae
Genus:	Whakamoke Hormiga & Scharff, 2020 [1]
Type species
W. orongorongo Hormiga & Scharff, 2020
Species
7, see text

Whakamoke is a genus of Polynesian shield spiders. It was first described by Gustavo Hormiga and N. Scharff in 2020, ^[2] and it has only been found in New Zealand. ^[1]

Species

As of January 2022 ^[update] it contains seven species: ^[1]

• W. guacamole Hormiga & Scharff, 2020 – New Zealand
• W. heru Hormiga & Scharff, 2020 – New Zealand
• W. hunahuna Hormiga & Scharff, 2020 – New Zealand
• W. orongorongo Hormiga & Scharff, 2020 (type) – New Zealand
• W. paoka Hormiga & Scharff, 2020 – New Zealand
• W. rakiura Hormiga & Scharff, 2020 – New Zealand
• W. tarakina Hormiga & Scharff, 2020 – New Zealand

See also

• List of Malkaridae species

References

1. "Gen. Whakamoke Hormiga & Scharff, 2020". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2022-01-26.
2. Hormiga, G.; Scharff, N. (2020). "The malkarid spiders of New Zealand (Araneae: Malkaridae)" . Invertebrate Systematics. 34 (4): 345–405. doi:10.1071/IS19073. S2CID   218968447.