Colaranea

Short description: Genus of spiders

Colaranea

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Subphylum:  | Chelicerata
Class:  | Arachnida
Order:  | Araneae
Infraorder:  | Araneomorphae
Family:  | Araneidae
Genus:  | Colaranea
Court & Forster, 1988[1]
Type species
C. viriditas

(Urquhart, 1887)

Species

4, see text

Colaranea is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by D. J. Court & Raymond Robert Forster in 1988 that are endemic to New Zealand.[2]

## Contents

* 1 Description
* 2 Distribution
* 3 Species
* 4 References

## Description

Colaranea have variable colouration, but are typically brown, red, yellow and especially green.

## Distribution

Colaranea are widespread throughout the North Island and South Island of New Zealand.[2]

## Species

As of April 2019[update] it contains four species, all found in New Zealand:[1]

* Colaranea brunnea Court & Forster, 1988 – New Zealand
* Colaranea melanoviridis Court & Forster, 1988 – New Zealand
* Colaranea verutum (Urquhart, 1887) – New Zealand
* Colaranea viriditas (Urquhart, 1887) – New Zealand

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Gen. Colaranea Court & Forster, 1988". Natural History Museum Bern. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/297. Retrieved 2019-05-13.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Court, D. J.; Forster, R. R. (1988). "The spiders of New Zealand: Part VI. Family Araneidae.". Otago Museum Bulletin 6: 68–124.

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