Wiltona is a monotypic genus of New Zealand false wolf spiders containing the single species, Wiltona filicicola. It was first described by Raymond Robert Forster in 1973 as Haurokoa filicicola.[2] However, this name was already used for an extinct genus of triton shells, and it was renamed Wiltona by A. Ö. Koçak & M. Kemal in 2008.[3][1]

Wiltona
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Zoropsidae
Genus: Wiltona
Koçak & Kemal, 2008[1]
Species:
W. filicicola
Binomial name
Wiltona filicicola
(Forster & Wilton, 1973)

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References edit

  1. ^ a b "Gen. Wiltona Koçak & Kemal, 2008". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
  2. ^ Forster, R. R.; Wilton, C. L. (1973). "The spiders of New Zealand. Part IV". Otago Museum Bulletin. 4: 299.
  3. ^ Koçak, A. Ö.; Kemal, M. (2008). "New synonyms and replacement names in the genus group taxa of Araneida". Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara, Miscellaneous Papers. 139–140: 1–4.