Marplesia

Marplesia
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Stiphidiidae
Genus:
Lehtinen, 1967[1]
Type species
M. dugdalei
Forster & Wilton, 1973
Species
  • M. dugdalei Forster & Wilton, 1973 โ€“ New Zealand
  • M. pohara Forster & Wilton, 1973 โ€“ New Zealand

Marplesia is a genus of sheetweb spiders first described by Pekka T. Lehtinen in 1967.[2] As of April 2019, it contained only two species, both found in New Zealand.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Gen. Marplesia Lehtinen, 1967". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-08.
  2. ^ Lehtinen, P. T. (1967). "Classification of the cribellate spiders and some allied families, with notes on the evolution of the suborder Araneomorpha". Annales Zoologici Fennici. 4: 199โ€“468.