| Whakamoke | |
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| Whakamoke paoka | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Malkaridae |
| Genus: | Whakamoke Hormiga & Scharff, 2020 |
| Type species | |
| W. orongorongo Hormiga & Scharff, 2020 | |
| Species | |
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Whakamoke is a genus of Polynesian shield spiders. It was first described by Gustavo Hormiga and N. Scharff in 2020, and it has only been found in New Zealand.
Species
As of January 2022 it contains seven species:
- W. guacamole Hormiga & Scharff, 2020 – New Zealand
- W. heru Hormiga & Scharff, 2020 – New Zealand
- W. hunahuna Hormiga & Scharff, 2020 – New Zealand
- W. orongorongo Hormiga & Scharff, 2020 (type) – New Zealand
- W. paoka Hormiga & Scharff, 2020 – New Zealand
- W. rakiura Hormiga & Scharff, 2020 – New Zealand
- W. tarakina Hormiga & Scharff, 2020 – New Zealand
See also
References
- ^ "Gen. Whakamoke Hormiga & Scharff, 2020". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2022-01-26.
- Hormiga, G.; Scharff, N. (2020). "The malkarid spiders of New Zealand (Araneae: Malkaridae)". Invertebrate Systematics. 34 (4): 345–405. doi:10.1071/IS19073. S2CID 218968447.
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