Otagoa

Otagoa is a genus of South Pacific araneomorph spiders in the family Toxopidae, and was first described by Raymond Robert Forster in 1970.[2] As of May 2019 it contains only three species, all found in New Zealand: O. chathamensis, O. nova, and O. wiltoni.[1]

Otagoa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Toxopidae
Genus: Otagoa
Forster, 1970[1]
Type species
O. nova
Forster, 1970
Species
  • O. chathamensis Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
  • O. nova Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
  • O. wiltoni Forster, 1970 – New Zealand

References

  1. "Gen. Otagoa Forster, 1970". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-01.
  2. Forster, R. R. (1970). "The spiders of New Zealand. Part III". Otago Museum Bulletin. 3: 1–184.


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