Porrhothele

Taxobox
name = "Porrhothele"


image_caption = "P. antipodiana"
image_width = 250px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
subordo = Mygalomorphae
familia = Hexathelidae
genus = "Porrhothele"
genus_authority = Simon, 1892
diversity_link = List of Hexathelidae species#Porrhothele
diversity = 5 species
type_species = "Mygale antipodiana"
type_species_authority = Walckenaer, 1837
range_

range_map_width = 250px
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.

"Porrhothele" is a spider genus with five described species, all endemic to New Zealand.

Before 1980, this genus was considered to belong to the family Dipluridae.

pecies

* "Porrhothele antipodiana" (Walckenaer, 1837)
* "Porrhothele blanda" Forster, 1968
* "Porrhothele moana" Forster, 1968
* "Porrhothele modesta" Forster, 1968
* "Porrhothele quadrigyna" Forster, 1968

References

* (2008): [http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/index.html The world spider catalog] , version 8.5. "American Museum of Natural History".