Mamoea Explained

Mamoea is a genus of South Pacific intertidal spiders first described by Raymond Robert Forster & C. L. Wilton in 1973.^[1]

Species

it contains nineteen species, all found in New Zealand:^[2]

• Mamoea assimilis Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand
• Mamoea bicolor (Bryant, 1935) – New Zealand
• Mamoea cantuaria Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand
• Mamoea cooki Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand
• Mamoea florae Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand
• Mamoea grandiosa Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand
• Mamoea hesperis Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand
• Mamoea hughsoni Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand
• Mamoea inornata Forster & Wilson, 1973 – New Zealand
• Mamoea mandibularis (Bryant, 1935) – New Zealand
• Mamoea maorica Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand
• Mamoea montana Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand
• Mamoea monticola Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand
• Mamoea otira Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand
• Mamoea pilosa (Bryant, 1935) – New Zealand
• Mamoea rakiura Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand
• Mamoea rufa (Berland, 1931) – New Zealand (Campbell Is.)
• Mamoea unica Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand
• Mamoea westlandica Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand

Notes and References

1. Forster. R. R.. Wilton. C. L.. 1973. The spiders of New Zealand. Part IV.. Otago Museum Bulletin. 1–309. 4.
2. Web site: Gen. Mamoea Forster & Wilton, 1973. World Spider Catalog. 2019-05-08. Natural History Museum Bern.