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Genus of spiders For Kaitawa statistical area, see Makuri, New Zealand § Demographics.

Kaitawa
Kaitawa insulare
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Gnaphosidae
Genus: Kaitawa
Forster, 1979
Species: K. insulare
Binomial name
Kaitawa insulare
(Marples, 1956)

Kaitawa is a monotypic genus of South Pacific ground spiders containing the single species, Kaitawa insulare. It was first described by Raymond Robert Forster in 1979, who separated Cheiracanthium insulare from Cheiracanthium into this genus, retaining the species name. It has only been found in New Zealand.

References

  1. ^ "Gen. Kaitawa Forster, 1979". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
  2. Marples, B. J. (1956). "Spiders from the Three Kings Islands". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 4: 329–342. ISSN 0067-0464. JSTOR 42906474. Wikidata Q58677519.
  3. Forster, R. R. (1979). "The spiders of New Zealand. Part V. Cycloctenidae, Gnaphosidae, Clubionidae". Otago Museum Bulletin. 5: 1–95.
Taxon identifiers
Kaitawa
Kaitawa insulare


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