Yoroa

Yoroa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Theridiidae
Genus:	Yoroa Baert, 1984[1]
Type species
Y. clypeoglandularis Baert, 1984
Species
Y. clypeoglandularis Baert, 1984 – New Guinea Y. taylori Harvey & Waldock, 2000 – Australia (Queensland)

Yoroa is a genus of South Pacific comb-footed spiders that was first described by L. Baert in 1984.[2] As of June 2020^[update] it contains two species, found in Australia and Papua New Guinea: Y. clypeoglandularis and Y. taylori.[1]

The authors when describing a second species from northern Queensland – Yoroa taylori – also revised the descriptions of the genus and New Guinea species with specimens of the previously unknown females.[3]

See also

• List of Theridiidae species

References

1. "Gen. Yoroa Baert, 1984". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-07-16.
2. Baert, L. (1984). "Spiders (Araneae) from Papua New Guinea. IV. Ochyroceratidae, Telemidae, Hadrotarsidae and Mysmenidae". Indo-Malayan Zoology. 2: 225–244.
3. Harvey, Mark S.; Waldock, Julianne M. (7 July 2008). "Review of the spider genus Yoroa Baert (Araneae: Theridiidae: Hadrotarsinae): Spider genus Yoroa". Australian Journal of Entomology. 39 (2): 58–61. doi:10.1111/j.1440-6055.2000.00150.x.

Further reading

• Harvey, M. S.; Waldock, J. M. (2000). "Review of the spider genus Yoroa Baert (Araneae: Theridiidae: Hadrotarsinae)". Australian Journal of Entomology. 39 (2): 58–61. doi:10.1046/j.1440-6055.2000.00150.x.