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Zelanda
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Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Gnaphosidae
Genus: Zelanda
Özdikmen, 2009
Type species
Z. erebus
(L. Koch, 1873)
Species

6, see text

Zelanda is a genus of South Pacific ground spiders that was first described by H. Özdikmen in 2009.

Species

As of May 2019 it contains six species, all found in New Zealand:

  • Zelanda elongata (Forster, 1979) – New Zealand
  • Zelanda erebus (L. Koch, 1873) (type) – New Zealand
  • Zelanda kaituna (Forster, 1979) – New Zealand
  • Zelanda miranda (Forster, 1979) – New Zealand
  • Zelanda obtusa (Forster, 1979) – New Zealand
  • Zelanda titirangia (Ovtsharenko, Fedoryak & Zakharov, 2006) – New Zealand

See also

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

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