Maoriata

Maoriata 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] As of June 2019 it contains only three species, found only in New Zealand.[1]

Maoriata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Orsolobidae
Genus: Maoriata
Forster & Platnick, 1985[1]
Type species
M. magna
(Forster, 1956)
Species
  • M. magna (Forster, 1956) – New Zealand
  • M. montana Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand
  • M. vulgaris Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand

Species
  • Maoriata magna Forster, 1956
  • Maoriata montana Forster & Platnick, 1985
  • Maoriata vulgaris Forster & Platnick, 1985

See also

References
  1. "Gen. Maoriata 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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