''Oramia'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
South Pacific
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five Borders of the oceans, oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean, or, depending on the definition, to Antarctica in the south, and is ...
funnel weavers first described by
Raymond Robert Forster
Raymond Robert Forster (19 June 1922 – 1 July 2000) was a New Zealand arachnologist and museum director. He was a Fellow of The Entomological Society of New Zealand.
Biography
Forster was born in Hastings, New Zealand in 1922, and was educa ...
in 1964.
Species
it contains eight species:
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Oramia chathamensis''
(Simon, 1899) – New Zealand (Chatham Is.)
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Oramia frequens''
(Rainbow, 1920) – Australia (Lord Howe Is.)
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Oramia littoralis''
Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand
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Oramia mackerrowi''
(Marples, 1959) – New Zealand
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Oramia marplesi''
Forster, 1964 – New Zealand (Auckland Is.)
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Oramia occidentalis''
(Marples, 1959) – New Zealand
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Oramia rubrioides''
(Hogg, 1909) – New Zealand
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Oramia solanderensis''
Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand
References
External links
Agelenidae
Araneomorphae genera
Spiders of New Zealand
Taxa named by Raymond Robert Forster
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