A revision of the genus Pahoroides (Araneae: Synotaxidae): Tuhinga 22

Tuhinga 22: 4-17

ABSTRACT: The genus Pahoroides (Araneae: Synotaxidae: Pahorinae), endemic to New Zealand, is redescribed and revised. Two known species are redescribed and six new species are described (Pahoroides balli, P. kohukohu, P. confusa, P. gallina, P. aucklandica and P. forsteri). The original description of the type species, Pahoroides whangarei Forster, 1990, includes illustrations of the male palp of a second, undescribed species, described here as P. confusa. The genus is presently known only from the northern half of the North Island.

KEYWORDS: Revision, New Zealand, spiders, Synotaxidae, Pahorinae, Pahoroides, Pahora, new species.