Biology:Nomaua

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Nomaua
MA I275484 TePapa Nomaua-rimutaka-Fitzgerald full.jpg
Nomaua rimutaka
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Physoglenidae
Genus: Nomaua
Forster, 1990[1]
Type species
N. crinifrons
(Urquhart, 1891)
Species

12, see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Wairua Forster, 1990[2]

Nomaua is a genus of Polynesian araneomorph spiders in the family Physoglenidae that was first described by Raymond Robert Forster in 1990.[3] Originally placed with the Linyphiidae, it was moved to the Synotaxidae in 1990,[3] and is now considered a senior synonym of Wairua.[2]

Species

(As of September 2019) it contains twelve species, found on the Polynesian Islands:[1]

  • Nomaua arborea Forster, 1990New Zealand
  • Nomaua cauda Forster, 1990 – New Zealand
  • Nomaua crinifrons (Urquhart, 1891) (type) – New Zealand
  • Nomaua nelson Forster, 1990 – New Zealand
  • Nomaua perdita Forster, 1990 – New Zealand
  • Nomaua rakiura Fitzgerald & Sirvid, 2009 – New Zealand (Stewart Is.)
  • Nomaua repanga Fitzgerald & Sirvid, 2009 – New Zealand
  • Nomaua rimutaka Fitzgerald & Sirvid, 2009 – New Zealand
  • Nomaua taranga Fitzgerald & Sirvid, 2009 – New Zealand
  • Nomaua urquharti Fitzgerald & Sirvid, 2009 – New Zealand
  • Nomaua waikanae (Forster, 1990) – New Zealand
  • Nomaua waikaremoana Forster, 1990 – New Zealand

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Gen. Nomaua Forster, 1990. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3213. Retrieved 2019-10-13. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Fitzgerald, B. M.; Sirvid, P. J. (2009). "A revision of Nomaua (Araneae: Synotaxidae) and description of a new synotaxid genus from New Zealand". Tuhinga 20: 139. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 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 193: 1–116. 

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