''Rakaia'' is a genus of
harvestmen
The Opiliones (formerly Phalangida) are an Order (biology), order of arachnids,
Common name, colloquially known as harvestmen, harvesters, harvest spiders, or daddy longlegs (see below). , over 6,650 species of harvestmen have been discovered w ...
in the family
Pettalidae with eighteen described species (as of 2023).
All species are found in New Zealand.
Taxonomy
The genus ''Rakaia'' was described by
Hirst, 1926 with the type species ''Rakaia antipodiana'' Hirst, 1926. In the past, additional species since placed in ''Aoraki'' or ''Austropurcellia'' were once included.
Species
These species belong to the genus ''Rakaia'':
* ''
Rakaia antipodiana''
Hirst, 1926New Zealand
* ''
Rakaia australis''
Forster, 1952New Zealand
* ''
Rakaia collaris''
Roewer, 1942New Zealand
* ''
Rakaia digitata''
Forster, 1952New Zealand
* ''
Rakaia dorothea''
Phillipps & Grimmett, 1932New Zealand
* ''
Rakaia florensis''
Forster, 1948New Zealand
* ''
Rakaia insula''
Forster, 1952New Zealand
* ''
Rakaia isolata
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''
Forster, 1952New Zealand
* ''
Rakaia lindsayi''
Forster, 1952New Zealand
* ''
Rakaia macra''
Boyer & Giribet, 2003New Zealand
* ''
Rakaia magna''
Forster, 1948New Zealand
* ''
Rakaia media''
Forster, 1948New Zealand
* ''
Rakaia minutissima''
Forster, 1948New Zealand
* ''
Rakaia pauli''
Forster, 1952New Zealand
* ''
Rakaia solitaria''
Forster, 1948New Zealand
* ''
Rakaia sorenseni''
Forster, 1952New Zealand
* ''
Rakaia stewartiensis''
Forster, 1948New Zealand
* ''
Rakaia uniloca''
Forster, 1952New Zealand
Etymology
The genus is feminine.
References
Further reading
* (eds.) (2007). ''Harvestmen – The Biology of Opiliones''. Harvard University Press, USA.
External links
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Harvestmen
Arachnids of New Zealand