Whakamoke
| Whakamoke | |
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| Whakamoke paoka | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Malkaridae |
| Genus: | Whakamoke Hormiga & Scharff, 2020[1] |
| Type species | |
| W. orongorongo Hormiga & Scharff, 2020
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| Species | |
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7, see text | |
Whakamoke is a genus of Polynesian shield spiders. It was first described by Gustavo Hormiga and N. Scharff in 2020,[2] and it has only been found in New Zealand.[1]
Species[edit]
As of January 2022[update] it contains seven species:[1]
- W. guacamole Hormiga & Scharff, 2020 – New Zealand
- W. heru Hormiga & Scharff, 2020 – New Zealand
- W. hunahuna Hormiga & Scharff, 2020 – New Zealand
- W. orongorongo Hormiga & Scharff, 2020 (type) – New Zealand
- W. paoka Hormiga & Scharff, 2020 – New Zealand
- W. rakiura Hormiga & Scharff, 2020 – New Zealand
- W. tarakina Hormiga & Scharff, 2020 – New Zealand
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Gen. Whakamoke Hormiga & Scharff, 2020". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2022-01-26.
- ^ 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.
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