Oparara

Oparara is a genus of South Pacific intertidal spiders first described by Raymond Robert Forster & C. L. Wilton in 1973.[2] As of April 2019 it contains only two species, both found in New Zealand.[1]

Oparara
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Desidae
Genus: Oparara
Forster & Wilton, 1973[1]
Type species
O. vallus
(Marples, 1959)
Species
  • O. karamea Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand
  • O. vallus (Marples, 1959) – New Zealand

References
  1. "Gen. Oparara Forster & Wilton, 1973". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-08.
  2. Forster, R. R.; Wilton, C. L. (1973). "The spiders of New Zealand. Part IV". Otago Museum Bulletin. 4: 1–309.


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