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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.

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  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassArachnida
  4. OrderAraneae
  5. FamilyOrsolobidae

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Orsolobidae
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AS000068 Waiporia mensa (Forster 1956) Te Papa 125818 262326.jpg
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Waiporia
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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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