''Hapona'' is a
genus
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of
South Pacific
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araneomorph
The Araneomorphae (also called the Labidognatha or "true spiders") are an infraorder of spiders. They are distinguishable by chelicerae (fangs) that point diagonally forward and cross in a pinching action, in contrast to the Mygalomorphae (taran ...
spiders in the family
Toxopidae
Toxopidae is a small family of araneomorph spiders, first described in 1940. For many years it was sunk into Desidae as a subfamily, although doubts were expressed as to whether this was correct. A large-scale molecular phylogenetic study in 201 ...
, and was 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 1970.
Originally placed with the
intertidal spiders, it was moved to the Toxopidae in 2017.
Species
it contains thirteen species, all found in
New Zealand
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Hapona amira''
Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
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Hapona aucklandensis''
(Forster, 1964) – New Zealand
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Hapona crypta''
(Forster, 1964) – New Zealand
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Hapona insula
''Hapona'' ''insula'' is a species of Toxopidae spider that is endemic to New Zealand.Forster, R. R. (1970)The spiders of New Zealand. Part III ''Otago Museum Bulletin'' 3: 1-184.
Taxonomy
This species was described by Ray Forster in 1964 from a ...
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(Forster, 1964) – New Zealand
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Hapona marplesi''
(Forster, 1964) – New Zealand
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Hapona moana''
Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
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Hapona momona''
Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
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Hapona muscicola''
(Forster, 1964) – New Zealand
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Hapona otagoa
''Hapona'' ''otagoa'' is a species of Toxopidae spider that is endemic to New Zealand.Forster, R. R. (1970)The spiders of New Zealand. Part III ''Otago Museum Bulletin'' 3: 1-184.
Taxonomy
This species was described by Ray Forster in 1964 from a ...
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(Forster, 1964) (
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) – New Zealand
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Hapona paihia''
Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
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Hapona reinga''
Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
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Hapona salmoni
''Hapona'' ''salmoni'' is a species of Toxopidae spider that is endemic to New Zealand.Forster, R. R. (1970)The spiders of New Zealand. Part III ''Otago Museum Bulletin'' 3: 1-184.
Taxonomy
This species was described by Ray Forster in 1964 from ...
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(Forster, 1964) – New Zealand
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Hapona tararua
''Hapona'' ''tararua'' is a species of Toxopidae spider that is endemic to New Zealand.Forster, R. R. (1970)The spiders of New Zealand. Part III ''Otago Museum Bulletin'' 3: 1-184.
Taxonomy
This species was described by Ray Forster in 1970 from ...
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Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
References
Araneomorphae genera
Endemic spiders of New Zealand
Taxa named by Raymond Robert Forster
Toxopidae
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