''Wiltonia'' 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
Polynesia
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n
araneomorph spiders in the family
Orsolobidae, and was first described by
Raymond Robert Forster &
Norman I. Platnick in 1985.
Species
it contains nine species, found only in
New Zealand
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:
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Wiltonia elongata''
Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand
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Wiltonia eylesi''
Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand
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Wiltonia fiordensis''
Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand
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Wiltonia graminicola''
Forster & Platnick, 1985 (
type) – New Zealand
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Wiltonia lima''
Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand
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Wiltonia nelsonensis''
Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand
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Wiltonia pecki''
Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand
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Wiltonia porina''
Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand
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Wiltonia rotoiti''
Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand
See also
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List of Orsolobidae species
References
Araneomorphae genera
Orsolobidae
Taxa named by Raymond Robert Forster
Taxa named by Norman I. Platnick
Endemic spiders of New Zealand
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