Colaranea

Colaranea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Colaranea
Court & Forster, 1988
Type species
C. viriditas
(Urquhart, 1887)
Species

4, see text

Colaranea is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by D. J. Court & Raymond Robert Forster in 1988 that are endemic to New Zealand.

Description

Colaranea have variable colouration, but are typically brown, red, yellow and especially green.

Distribution

Colaranea are widespread throughout the North Island and South Island of New Zealand.

Species

As of April 2019 it contains four species, all found in New Zealand:

References

  1. 1 2 "Gen. Colaranea Court & Forster, 1988". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-13.
  2. 1 2 Court, D. J.; Forster, R. R. (1988). "The spiders of New Zealand: Part VI. Family Araneidae". Otago Museum Bulletin. 6: 68–124.