Biology:Reinga

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Reinga
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Desidae
Genus: Reinga
Forster & Wilton, 1973[1]
Type species
R. media
Forster & Wilton, 1973
Species

5, see text

Reinga is a genus of South Pacific intertidal spiders first described by Raymond Robert Forster & C. L. Wilton in 1973.[2]

Species

(As of April 2019) it contains five species, all found in New Zealand:[1]

  • Reinga apica Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand
  • Reinga aucklandensis (Marples, 1959) – New Zealand
  • Reinga grossa Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand
  • Reinga media Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand
  • Reinga waipoua Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Gen. Reinga Forster & Wilton, 1973". Natural History Museum Bern. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/155. Retrieved 2019-05-08. 
  2. Forster, R. R.; Wilton, C. L. (1973). "The spiders of New Zealand. Part IV.". Otago Museum Bulletin 4: 1–309. 

Wikidata ☰ Q2709563 entry