Dunstanoides Explained

Dunstanoides is a genus of South Pacific intertidal spiders first described by Norman I. Platnick in 1989.^[1]

Species

it contains nine species, all found in New Zealand:^[2]

• Dunstanoides angustiae (Marples, 1959) – New Zealand
• Dunstanoides hesperis (Forster & Wilton, 1973) – New Zealand
• Dunstanoides hinawa (Forster & Wilton, 1973) – New Zealand
• Dunstanoides hova (Forster & Wilton, 1973) – New Zealand
• Dunstanoides kochi (Forster & Wilton, 1973) – New Zealand
• Dunstanoides mira (Forster & Wilton, 1973) – New Zealand
• Dunstanoides montana (Forster & Wilton, 1973) – New Zealand
• Dunstanoides nuntia (Marples, 1959) – New Zealand
• Dunstanoides salmoni (Forster & Wilton, 1973) – New Zealand

Notes and References

1. Book: Platnick, N. I.. 1989. Advances in Spider Taxonomy 1981-1987: A Supplement to Brignoli's A Catalogue of the Araneae described between 1940 and 1981.
2. Web site: Gen. Dunstanoides Forster & Wilton, 1989. World Spider Catalog. 2019-05-08. Natural History Museum Bern.