Zealaranea is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by D. J. Court & Raymond Robert Forster in 1988.[2]
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| Zealaranea sp. | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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 Walckenaer, 1841
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Species
editAs of April 2019[update] 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
edit- ^ a b "Gen. Zealaranea Court & Forster, 1988". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-15.
- ^ 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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