Dunstanoides
| Dunstanoides | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Desidae |
| Genus: | Dunstanoides Forster & Wilton, 1989[1] |
| Type species | |
| D. hesperis (Forster & Wilton, 1973) | |
| Species | |
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Dunstanoides is a genus of South Pacific intertidal spiders first described by Norman I. Platnick in 1989.[2]
Species
[edit]As of April 2019[update] it contains nine species, all found in New Zealand:[1]
- Dunstanoides angustiae (Marples, 1959) – New Zealand
- Dunstanoides hesperis (Forster & Wilton, 1973) – New Zealand
- Dunstanoides hinawa (Forster & Wilton, 1973) – New Zealand
- Dunstanoides hova (Forster & Wilton, 1973) – New Zealand
- Dunstanoides kochi (Forster & Wilton, 1973) – New Zealand
- Dunstanoides mirus (Forster & Wilton, 1973) – New Zealand
- Dunstanoides montana (Forster & Wilton, 1973) – New Zealand
- Dunstanoides nuntia (Marples, 1959) – New Zealand
- Dunstanoides salmoni (Forster & Wilton, 1973) – New Zealand
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Gen. Dunstanoides Forster & Wilton, 1989". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-08.
- ↑ Platnick, N. I. (1989). "Advances in Spider Taxonomy 1981-1987: A Supplement to Brignoli's A Catalogue of the Araneae described between 1940 and 1981". Journal of Arid Environments. 17 (3): 358. Bibcode:1989JArEn..17..358P. doi:10.1016/S0140-1963(18)30893-0.