Zealaranea

Zealaranea is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by D. J. Court & Raymond Robert Forster in 1988.[2]

Zealaranea
Zealaranea sp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Zealaranea
Court & Forster, 1988[1]
Type species
Epeira crassa
Species

4, see text

Species

As of April 2019 it contains four species, all found in New Zealand:[1]

  • Zealaranea crassa (Walckenaer, 1841) (type) – New Zealand
  • Zealaranea prina Court & Forster, 1988 – New Zealand
  • Zealaranea saxitalis (Urquhart, 1887) – New Zealand
  • Zealaranea trinotata (Urquhart, 1890) – New Zealand

References
  1. "Gen. Zealaranea Court & Forster, 1988". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-15.
  2. Court, D. J.; Forster, R. R. (1988). "The spiders of New Zealand: Part VI. Family Araneidae". Otago Museum Bulletin. 6: 68–124.


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