Nomaua
| Nomaua | |
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| Nomaua rimutaka | |
Scientific classification  | |
| 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 | |
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12, see text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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
[edit]As of September 2019[update] it contains twelve species, found on the Polynesian Islands:[1]
- Nomaua arborea Forster, 1990 – New 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
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "Gen. Nomaua Forster, 1990". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
- 1 2 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.
- 1 2 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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