Nomaua
Genus of spiders
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Nomaua is a genus of Polynesian araneomorph spiders in the family Physoglenidae that was first described by Raymond Robert Forster in 1990.[3] Originally placed with the Linyphiidae, it was moved to the Synotaxidae in 1990,[3] and is now considered a senior synonym of Wairua.[2]
| Nomaua | |
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| Nomaua rimutaka | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Physoglenidae |
| Genus: | Nomaua Forster, 1990[1] |
| Type species | |
| N. crinifrons (Urquhart, 1891) | |
| Species | |
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12, see text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Species
As of September 2019[update] it contains twelve species, found on the Polynesian Islands:[1]
- Nomaua arborea Forster, 1990 – New Zealand
- Nomaua cauda Forster, 1990 – New Zealand
- Nomaua crinifrons (Urquhart, 1891) (type) – New Zealand
- Nomaua nelson Forster, 1990 – New Zealand
- Nomaua perdita Forster, 1990 – New Zealand
- Nomaua rakiura Fitzgerald & Sirvid, 2009 – New Zealand (Stewart Is.)
- Nomaua repanga Fitzgerald & Sirvid, 2009 – New Zealand
- Nomaua rimutaka Fitzgerald & Sirvid, 2009 – New Zealand
- Nomaua taranga Fitzgerald & Sirvid, 2009 – New Zealand
- Nomaua urquharti Fitzgerald & Sirvid, 2009 – New Zealand
- Nomaua waikanae (Forster, 1990) – New Zealand
- Nomaua waikaremoana Forster, 1990 – New Zealand
