Waiporia Explained

Waiporia is a genus of Polynesian araneomorph spiders in the family Orsolobidae, and was first described by Raymond Robert Forster & Norman I. Platnick in 1985.^[1]

Species

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

• Waiporia algida (Forster, 1956) – New Zealand
• Waiporia chathamensis Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand (Chatham Is.)
• Waiporia egmont Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand
• Waiporia extensa (Forster, 1956) – New Zealand
• Waiporia hawea Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand
• Waiporia hornabrooki (Forster, 1956) – New Zealand
• Waiporia mensa (Forster, 1956) – New Zealand
• Waiporia modica (Forster, 1956) – New Zealand
• Waiporia owaka Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand
• Waiporia ruahine Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand
• Waiporia tuata Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand
• Waiporia wiltoni Forster & Platnick, 1985 (type) – New Zealand

See also

• List of Orsolobidae species

Notes and References

1. Forster. R. R.. Platnick. N. I.. 1985. A review of the austral spider family Orsolobidae (Arachnida, Araneae), with notes on the superfamily Dysderoidea. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 1–230. 181. Raymond Robert Forster. Norman I. Platnick.
2. Gen. Waiporia Forster & Platnick, 1985. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-07-04. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.