Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Ordo: Araneae
Subordo: Opisthothelae
Infraordo: Araneomorphae
Taxon: Neocribellatae
Series: Entelegynae
Superfamilia: Araneoidea
Familia: Araneidae
Subfamilia: Araneinae
Tribus: Araneini
Genus: Zealaranea
Species (4): Z. crassa – Z. prina – Z. saxitalis – Z. trinotata
[source: Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist]
Name
Zealaranea Court & Forster, 1988
Type species: Araneus crassus (Walckenaer, 1842)
References
Court, D.J.; Forster, R.R. 1988: Araneidae-Araneinae. Pp. 68-124 in Forster, R.R.; Millidge, A.F.; Court, D.J.: The spiders of New Zealand. Part VI. Cyatholipidae, Linyphiidae, Araneidae. Otago Museum bulletin, (6)
Links
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Nomenclator Zoologicus
Platnick, N. I. 2009. The World Spider Catalog, version 9.5. American Museum of Natural History. [1]
Zealaranea is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by D. J. Court & Raymond Robert Forster in 1988.[2]
Species
As of April 2019 it contains four species, all found in New Zealand:[1]
Zealaranea crassa (Walckenaer, 1841) (type) – New Zealand
Zealaranea prina Court & Forster, 1988 – New Zealand
Zealaranea saxitalis (Urquhart, 1887) – New Zealand
Zealaranea trinotata (Urquhart, 1890) – New Zealand
References
"Gen. Zealaranea Court & Forster, 1988". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-15.
Court, D. J.; Forster, R. R. (1988). "The spiders of New Zealand: Part VI. Family Araneidae". Otago Museum Bulletin. 6: 68–124.
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