Waiporia
Sign in to saveWaiporia is a genus of Polynesian araneomorph spiders in the family Orsolobidae, and was first described by Raymond Robert Forster & Norman I. Platnick in 1985.
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Waiporia is a genus of Polynesian araneomorph spiders in the family Orsolobidae, and was first described by Raymond Robert Forster & Norman I. Platnick in 1985.
==Species== it contains twelve species, found only in New Zealand: Waiporia algida (Forster, 1956) – New Zealand Waiporia chathamensis Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand (Chatham Is.) Waiporia egmont Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand Waiporia extensa (Forster, 1956) – New Zealand Waiporia hawea Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand Waiporia hornabrooki (Forster, 1956) – New Zealand Waiporia mensa (Forster, 1956) – New Zealand Waiporia modica (Forster, 1956) – New Zealand Waiporia owaka Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand Waiporia ruahine Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand Waiporia tuata Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand Waiporia wiltoni Forster & Platnick, 1985 (type) – New Zealand
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