Kapanga Explained

Kapanga is a genus of South Pacific dwarf sheet spiders that was first described by Raymond Robert Forster in 1970.^[1]

Species

it contains ten species:^[2]

• Kapanga alta Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
• Kapanga festiva Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
• Kapanga grana Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
• Kapanga hickmani (Forster, 1964) – New Zealand (Auckland Is.)
• Kapanga isulata (Forster, 1970) – New Zealand
• Kapanga luana Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
• Kapanga mana Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
• Kapanga manga Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
• Kapanga solitaria (Bryant, 1935) – New Zealand
• Kapanga wiltoni Forster, 1970 (type) – New Zealand

Notes and References

1. Forster. R. R.. 1970. The spiders of New Zealand. Part III.. Otago Museum Bulletin. 1–184. 3.
2. Gen. Kapanga Forster, 1970. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-06-07. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.