Kaitawa
| Kaitawa | |
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| Kaitawa insulare | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Gnaphosidae |
| Genus: | Kaitawa Forster, 1979[1] |
| Species: | K. insulare
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| Binomial name | |
| Kaitawa insulare (Marples, 1956)
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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.[2][3] It has only been found in New Zealand.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b "Gen. Kaitawa Forster, 1979". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
- ^ Marples, B. J. (1956). "Spiders from the Three Kings Islands". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 4: 332.
- ^ Forster, R. R. (1979). "The spiders of New Zealand. Part V. Cycloctenidae, Gnaphosidae, Clubionidae". Otago Museum Bulletin. 5: 1–95.
Categories:
- Gnaphosidae
- Monotypic Araneomorphae genera
- Spiders of New Zealand
- Taxa named by Raymond Robert Forster
- Gnaphosidae stubs