Yoroa is a genus of South Pacific comb-footed spiders that was first described by L. Baert in 1984.[2] As of June 2020[update] it contains two species, found in Australia and Papua New Guinea: Y. clypeoglandularis and Y. taylori.[1]
| Yoroa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Theridiidae |
| Genus: | Yoroa Baert, 1984[1] |
| Type species | |
| Y. clypeoglandularis Baert, 1984
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The authors when describing a second species from northern Queensland – Yoroa taylori – also revised the descriptions of the genus and New Guinea species with specimens of the previously unknown females.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Gen. Yoroa Baert, 1984". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-07-16.
- ^ Baert, L. (1984). "Spiders (Araneae) from Papua New Guinea. IV. Ochyroceratidae, Telemidae, Hadrotarsidae and Mysmenidae". Indo-Malayan Zoology. 2: 225–244.
- ^ Harvey, Mark S.; Waldock, Julianne M. (7 July 2008). "Review of the spider genus Yoroa Baert (Araneae: Theridiidae: Hadrotarsinae): Spider genus Yoroa". Australian Journal of Entomology. 39 (2): 58–61. doi:10.1111/j.1440-6055.2000.00150.x.
Further reading
edit- Harvey, M. S.; Waldock, J. M. (2000). "Review of the spider genus Yoroa Baert (Araneae: Theridiidae: Hadrotarsinae)". Australian Journal of Entomology. 39 (2): 58–61. doi:10.1046/j.1440-6055.2000.00150.x.
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