Biology:Rorea

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Rorea
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Desidae
Genus: Rorea
Forster & Wilton, 1973[1]
Type species
R. aucklandensis
Forster & Wilton, 1973
Species
  • R. aucklandensis Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand (Auckland Is.)
  • Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand R. otagoensis

Rorea is a genus of South Pacific intertidal spiders first described by Raymond Robert Forster & C. L. Wilton in 1973.[2] (As of April 2019) it contains only two species, both found in New Zealand.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Gen. Rorea Forster & Wilton, 1973". Natural History Museum Bern. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/156. 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 ☰ Q2709229 entry