Whakamoke

Whakamoke
Whakamoke paoka
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Malkaridae
Genus: Whakamoke
Hormiga & Scharff, 2020
Type species
W. orongorongo
Hormiga & Scharff, 2020
Species

7, see text

Whakamoke is a genus of Polynesian shield spiders. It was first described by Gustavo Hormiga and N. Scharff in 2020, and it has only been found in New Zealand.

Species

As of January 2022 it contains seven species:

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Gen. Whakamoke Hormiga & Scharff, 2020". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2022-01-26.
  2. ↑ Hormiga, G.; Scharff, N. (2020). "The malkarid spiders of New Zealand (Araneae: Malkaridae)". Invertebrate Systematics. 34 (4): 345–405. doi:10.1071/IS19073. S2CID 218968447.