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Porotaka

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Porotaka
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Agelenidae
Genus: Porotaka
Forster & Wilton, 1973[1]
Type species
P. detrita
Forster & Wilton, 1973
Species
  • P. detrita Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand
  • P. florae Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand

Porotaka is a genus of South Pacific funnel weavers first described by Raymond Robert Forster & C. L. Wilton in 1973.[2] As of April 2019 it contains only two species, both endemic to New Zealand.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Gen. Porotaka Forster & Wilton, 1973". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-07.
  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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"Porotaka". The Encyclopedia of Life.