Forstrarchaea
Sign in to saveForstrarchaea is a monotypic genus of shield spiders from New Zealand containing the single species, Forstrarchaea rubra.
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- Pararchaeidae
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Forstrarchaea is a monotypic genus of shield spiders from New Zealand containing the single species, Forstrarchaea rubra.
==Taxonomy== The species was first described in 1949 by Ray Forster. The holotype is stored in Te Papa Museum under registration number AS.000098. The genus was described in 2006 by Michael Gordon Rix. left|thumb|The holotype of Forstrarchaea rubra
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