Kaitawa

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Kaitawa
Kaitawa insulare
Scientific classification File:OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Gnaphosidae
Genus: Kaitawa
Forster, 1979[1]
Species:
K. insulare
Binomial name
Kaitawa insulare
(Marples, 1956)

Kaitawa is a monotypic genus of South Pacific ground spiders containing the single species, Kaitawa insulare. It was first described by Raymond Robert Forster in 1979, who separated Cheiracanthium insulare from Cheiracanthium into this genus, retaining the species name.[2][3] It has only been found in New Zealand.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Gen. Kaitawa Forster, 1979". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
  2. No label or title -- debug: Q58677519, Wikidata Q58677519
  3. Forster, R. R. (1979). "The spiders of New Zealand. Part V. Cycloctenidae, Gnaphosidae, Clubionidae". Otago Museum Bulletin. 5: 1–95.