Yoroa
Genus of spiders
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Yoroa is a genus of South Pacific comb-footed spiders that was first described by L. Baert in 1984.[2] As of June 2020[update] it contains two species, found in Australia and Papua New Guinea: Y. clypeoglandularis and Y. taylori.[1]
| Yoroa | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Theridiidae |
| Genus: | Yoroa Baert, 1984[1] |
| Type species | |
| Y. clypeoglandularis Baert, 1984 | |
| Species | |
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The authors when describing a second species from northern Queensland – Yoroa taylori – also revised the descriptions of the genus and New Guinea species with specimens of the previously unknown females.[3]
