Hapona

Hapona
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Toxopidae
Genus:	Hapona Forster, 1970
Type species
H. otagoa (Forster, 1964)
Species
13, see text

Hapona is a genus of South Pacific araneomorph spiders in the family Toxopidae, and was first described by Raymond Robert Forster in 1970. Originally placed with the intertidal spiders, it was moved to the Toxopidae in 2017.

Species

As of May 2019^[update] it contains thirteen species, all found in New Zealand:

• Hapona amira Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
• Hapona aucklandensis (Forster, 1964) – New Zealand
• Hapona crypta (Forster, 1964) – New Zealand
• Hapona insula (Forster, 1964) – New Zealand
• Hapona marplesi (Forster, 1964) – New Zealand
• Hapona moana Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
• Hapona momona Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
• Hapona muscicola (Forster, 1964) – New Zealand
• Hapona otagoa (Forster, 1964) (type) – New Zealand
• Hapona paihia Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
• Hapona reinga Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
• Hapona salmoni (Forster, 1964) – New Zealand
• Hapona tararua Forster, 1970 – New Zealand

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