Wiltona
Sign in to saveWiltona 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. 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.
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Vinony files it under Endemic spiders of New Zealand, Monotypic Araneomorphae genera and Taxonbars of monotypic genera missing species on Wikidata.
Its subject is documented across 4 Wikipedia language editions.
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- monotypic taxon
- Parent taxon
- Tengellidae
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- taxon name
- Wiltona
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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. 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.
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