''Reinga'' 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 intertidal spiders endemic to

New Zealand New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and List of islands of New Zealand, over 600 smaller islands. It is the List of isla ...

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 ...

& C. L. Wilton in 1973.

Species

it contains five species, all found in

: *'' Reinga apica'' Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand *'' Reinga aucklandensis'' (Marples, 1959) – New Zealand *'' Reinga grossa'' Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand *'' Reinga media'' Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand *'' Reinga waipoua'' Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand

References

Araneomorphae genera Desidae Endemic spiders of New Zealand Taxa named by Raymond Robert Forster {{Desidae-stub