Rapua

Rapua is a monotypic genus of South Pacific intertidal spiders containing the single species, Rapua australis. It was first described by Raymond Robert Forster in 1970,[2] and has only been found in New Zealand.[1]

Rapua
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Desidae
Genus: Rapua
Forster, 1970[1]
Species:
R. australis
Binomial name
Rapua australis
Forster, 1970

References

  1. "Gen. Rapua Forster, 1970". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-01.
  2. Forster, R. R. (1970). "The spiders of New Zealand. Part III". Otago Museum Bulletin. 3: 1–184.


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