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Kapanga
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Hahniidae
Genus: Kapanga
Forster, 1970
Type species
K. wiltoni
Forster, 1970
Species

10, see text

Synonyms
  • Tuata Forster, 1970

Kapanga is a genus of South Pacific dwarf sheet spiders that was first described by Raymond Robert Forster in 1970.

Species

As of May 2019 it contains ten species:

  • Kapanga alta Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
  • Kapanga festiva Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
  • Kapanga grana Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
  • Kapanga hickmani (Forster, 1964) – New Zealand (Auckland Is.)
  • Kapanga isulata (Forster, 1970) – New Zealand
  • Kapanga luana Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
  • Kapanga mana Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
  • Kapanga manga Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
  • Kapanga solitaria (Bryant, 1935) – New Zealand
  • Kapanga wiltoni Forster, 1970 (type) – New Zealand

See also

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