Maloides Explained

Maloides is a genus of South Pacific tangled nest spiders containing the single species, Maloides cavernicola. It was first described by Norman I. Platnick in 1989,[1] and has only been found in New Zealand.[2]

Notes and References

  1. 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. Journal of Arid Environments. 17. 3. 358. 10.1016/S0140-1963(18)30893-0. 1989JArEn..17..358P.
  2. Web site: Gen. Maloides Forster & Wilton, 1989. World Spider Catalog. 2019-05-08. Natural History Museum Bern.

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