Whakamoke

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]

Whakamoke
Whakamoke paoka
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

Species

As of January 2022 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

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.
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