Maorineta facts for kids
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Scientific classification  |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Linyphiidae |
| Genus: | Maorineta Millidge, 1988 |
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| M. tibialis Millidge, 1988
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Maorineta is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Alfred Frank Millidge in 1988.
Species
As of May 2019[update] it contains nine species, found in Indonesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, and New Zealand:
- Maorineta acerba Millidge, 1988 – New Zealand
- Maorineta ambigua Millidge, 1991 – Marshall Is., Caroline Is., Cook Is.
- Maorineta gentilis Millidge, 1988 – New Zealand
- Maorineta minor Millidge, 1988 – New Zealand
- Maorineta mollis Millidge, 1988 – New Zealand
- Maorineta sulawesi Tanasevitch, 2012 – Indonesia (Sulawesi)
- Maorineta sulcata Millidge, 1988 – New Zealand
- Maorineta tibialis Millidge, 1988 (type) – New Zealand
- Maorineta tumida Millidge, 1988 – New Zealand
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