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Reinga
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Desidae
Genus: Reinga
Forster & Wilton, 1973
Type species
R. media
Forster & Wilton, 1973
Species

5, see text

Reinga is a genus of South Pacific intertidal spiders first described by Raymond Robert Forster & C. L. Wilton in 1973.

Species

As of April 2019 it contains five species, all found in New Zealand:

  • Reinga apica Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand
  • Reinga aucklandensis (Marples, 1959) – New Zealand
  • Reinga grossa Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand
  • Reinga media Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand
  • Reinga waipoua Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Reinga (animal) para niños

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