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''Wiltonia'' is a
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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
Orsolobidae Orsolobidae is a six-eyed spider family with about 180 described species in thirty genera. It was first described by J. A. L. Cooke in 1965, and was raised to family status from " Dysderidae" in 1985. Genera Most genera are endemic to New Zeala ...
, 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 ...
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Norman I. Platnick Norman Ira Platnick (December 30, 1951 – April 8, 2020) was an American biological systematist and Arachnology, arachnologist. At the time of his death, he was a professor emeritus of the American Museum of Natural History#Richard Gilder Gradua ...
in 1985.


Species

it contains nine species, found only in
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: *'' Wiltonia elongata'' Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand *''
Wiltonia eylesi ''Wiltonia eylesi'' is a species of Orsolobidae that is endemic to New Zealand. Taxonomy This species was described in 1985 by Ray Forster and Norman Platnick from a male specimen collected in Fiordland. The holotype is stored in the New Zealan ...
'' Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand *''
Wiltonia fiordensis ''Wiltonia fiordensis'' is a species of Orsolobidae that is endemic to New Zealand. Taxonomy This species was described in 1985 by Ray Forster and Norman Platnick from a female specimen collected in Fiordland. The holotype is stored in the New ...
'' Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand *'' Wiltonia graminicola'' Forster & Platnick, 1985 (
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Wiltonia lima ''Wiltonia lima'' is a species of Orsolobidae that is endemic to New Zealand. Taxonomy This species was described in 1985 by Ray Forster and Norman Platnick from male and female specimens collected in Canterbury. The holotype is stored in Otago ...
'' Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand *'' Wiltonia nelsonensis'' Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand *''
Wiltonia pecki ''Wiltonia pecki'' is a species of Orsolobidae that is endemic to New Zealand. Taxonomy This species was described in 1985 by Ray Forster and Norman Platnick from a female specimen collected in Lewis Pass. The holotype is stored in Otago Museum ...
'' Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand *''
Wiltonia porina ''Wiltonia porina'' is a species of Orsolobidae that is endemic to New Zealand. Taxonomy This species was described in 1985 by Ray Forster and Norman Platnick from male and female specimens collected in Otago. The holotype is stored in Otago Mu ...
'' Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand *'' Wiltonia rotoiti'' Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand


See also

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List of Orsolobidae species This page lists all described species of the spider family Orsolobidae accepted by the World Spider Catalog : A ''Afrilobus'' '' Afrilobus'' Griswold & Platnick, 1987 * '' A. australis'' Griswold & Platnick, 1987 — South Africa * '' A. capens ...


References

Araneomorphae genera Orsolobidae Taxa named by Raymond Robert Forster Taxa named by Norman I. Platnick Endemic spiders of New Zealand {{Orsolobidae-stub