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Genus of spiders

Novakiella
Novakiella trituberculosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Novakiella
Court & Forster, 1993

Novakiella is a genus of South Pacific orb-weaver spiders. Previously monotypic containing the single species, Novakiella trituberculosa found in Australia and New Zealand, a second species was recognised in 2021, Novakiella boletus.

Taxonomy

The genus Novakiella was first described by David Court & Forster in 1993 as a replacement name for Novakia. The sole species N. trituberculosa was originally placed in the now obsolete genus Epeira as E. tri-tuberculata. Carl Friedrich Roewer temporarily moved it to Araneus while dissolving this "catch-all" taxon, and it was later placed into its own genus, Novakia, later renamed to Novakiella.

Distribution

N. trituberculosa is native to New Zealand and Australia, while N. boletus is endemic to Australia.

Species

References

  1. ^ "Gen. Novakiella Court & Forster, 1993". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-14.
  2. ^ Volker W. Framenau; Cor J. Vink; Nikolaj Scharff; Renner Luiz Cerqueira Baptista; Pedro de Souza Castanheira (26 July 2021). "Review of the Australian and New Zealand orb-weaving spider genus Novakiella (Araneae, Araneidae)". Zoosystematics and Evolution. 97 (2): 393–405. doi:10.3897/ZSE.97.67788. ISSN 1860-0743. Wikidata Q108648990.
  3. ^ Platnick, N. I. (1993). Advances in spider taxonomy 1988-1991, with synonymies and transfers 1940-1980. American Museum of Natural History. ISBN 978-0-913424-10-0.
  4. Urquhart, A. T. (1887). "On new species of Araneida". Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 19: 78.
  5. Roewer, C. F. (1942). Katalog der Araneae von 1758 bis 1940.
  6. Court, D. J.; Forster, R. R. (1988). "The spiders of New Zealand: Part VI. Family Araneidae". Otago Museum Bulletin. 6: 119.
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Novakiella
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