Colaranea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Colaranea
Court & Forster, 1988[1]
Type species
C. viriditas
(Urquhart, 1887)
Species

4, see text

Colaranea is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by D. J. Court & Raymond Robert Forster in 1988 that are endemic to New Zealand.[2]

Description

Colaranea have variable colouration, but are typically brown, red, yellow and especially green.

Distribution

Colaranea are widespread throughout the North Island and South Island of New Zealand.[2]

Species

As of April 2019 it contains four species, all found in New Zealand:[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Gen. Colaranea Court & Forster, 1988". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-13.
  2. 1 2 Court, D. J.; Forster, R. R. (1988). "The spiders of New Zealand: Part VI. Family Araneidae". Otago Museum Bulletin. 6: 68–124.


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