Rinawa Explained

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

Species

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

• Rinawa bola Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
• Rinawa cantuaria Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
• Rinawa otagoensis Forster, 1970 (type) – New Zealand
• Rinawa pula Forster, 1970 – New Zealand

Notes and References

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