Duripelta Explained

Duripelta is a genus of Polynesian araneomorph spiders in the family Orsolobidae, and was first described by Raymond Robert Forster in 1956.^[1]

Species

it contains seventeen species, found only in New Zealand:^[2]

• Duripelta alta Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand
• Duripelta australis Forster, 1956 – New Zealand
• Duripelta borealis Forster, 1956 (type) – New Zealand
• Duripelta egmont Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand
• Duripelta hunua Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand
• Duripelta koomaa Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand
• Duripelta mawhero Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand
• Duripelta minuta Forster, 1956 – New Zealand
• Duripelta monowai Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand
• Duripelta otara Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand
• Duripelta pallida (Forster, 1956) – New Zealand
• Duripelta paringa Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand
• Duripelta peha Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand
• Duripelta scuta Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand
• Duripelta totara Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand
• Duripelta townsendi Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand
• Duripelta watti Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand

See also

• List of Orsolobidae species

Notes and References

1. Forster. R. R.. 1956. New Zealand spiders of the family Oonopidae. Records of the Canterbury Museum. 89–169. 7. Raymond Robert Forster.
2. Gen. Duripelta Forster, 1956. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-07-04. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.