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Wiltonia

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Subphylum
  
Chelicerata

Order
  
Araneae

Scientific name
  
Haurokoa filicicola

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Class
  
Arachnida

Infraorder
  
Araneomorphae

Rank
  
Genus

Similar
  
Tengellidae, Zoropsidae, Amaurobiidae, Prowling Spiders, Wandering spider

Wiltonia is a genus of zoropsid spiders found in New Zealand. The only known species is Wiltonia filicicola, described by Forster and Wilton in 1973. It was initially placed in a new genus, Haurokoa, but this name had already been used for a mollusc.

References

Wiltonia Wikipedia