Pahoroides Explained

Pahoroides is a genus of Polynesian araneomorph spiders in the family Physoglenidae that was first described by Raymond Robert Forster in 1990.^[1]

Species

it contains eight species, found on the Polynesian Islands:^[2]

• Pahoroides aucklandica Fitzgerald & Sirvid, 2011 – New Zealand
• Pahoroides balli Fitzgerald & Sirvid, 2011 – New Zealand
• Pahoroides confusa Fitzgerald & Sirvid, 2011 – New Zealand
• Pahoroides courti Forster, 1990 – New Zealand
• Pahoroides forsteri Fitzgerald & Sirvid, 2011 – New Zealand
• Pahoroides gallina Fitzgerald & Sirvid, 2011 – New Zealand
• Pahoroides kohukohu Fitzgerald & Sirvid, 2011 – New Zealand
• Pahoroides whangarei Forster, 1990 (type) – New Zealand

See also

• List of Physoglenidae species

Notes and References

1. Forster. R. R.. Platnick. N. I.. Coddington. J.. 1990. A proposal and review of the spider family Synotaxidae (Araneae, Araneoidea), with notes on theridiid interrelationships. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 1–116. 193. Raymond_Robert_Forster. Norman_I._Platnick. Jonathan_A._Coddington.
2. Gen. Pahoroides Forster, 1990. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-10-13. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.