Orepukia
| Orepukia | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Family: | Agelenidae |
| Genus: | Orepukia Forster & Wilton, 1973[1] |
Orepukia is a genus of spider in the family Agelenidae. It is composed of 24 species and the type species is O. sorenseni. They are endemic to New Zealand, found primarily (though not exclusively) in the South Island. Orepukia species range in size from 6 to 7.5 millimetres (0.24 to 0.30 in) and are ecribellate. Species are known to inhabit forest floors, and build "formless" webs.[1]
The eye arrangement is two rows of eight eyes each.[1]
Species
The species in Orepukia are:[2]
- Orepukia alta Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
- Orepukia catlinensis Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
- Orepukia dugdalei Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
- Orepukia egmontensis Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
- Orepukia florae Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
- Orepukia geophila Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
- Orepukia grisea Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
- Orepukia insula Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
- Orepukia nota Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
- Orepukia nummosa (Hogg, 1909) — New Zealand
- Orepukia orophila Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
- Orepukia pallida Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
- Orepukia poppelwelli Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
- Orepukia prina Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
- Orepukia rakiura Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
- Orepukia redacta Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
- Orepukia riparia Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
- Orepukia sabua Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
- Orepukia similis Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
- Orepukia simplex Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
- Orepukia sorenseni Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
- Orepukia tanea Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
- Orepukia tonga Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
- Orepukia virtuta Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
References
- 1 2 3 Forster, R. R.; Wilton, C. L. (1973). The Spiders of New Zealand, Part IV. Otago Museum Trust Board.
- ↑ Platnick, Norman (22 November 2011). "The World Spider Catalog, Version 12.5". Retrieved 21 April 2012.
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