Nomaua is a genus of Polynesian araneomorph spiders in the family Physoglenidae that was first described by Raymond Robert Forster in 1990. Originally placed with the Linyphiidae, it was moved to the Synotaxidae in 1990, and is now considered a senior synonym of Wairua.
Species
it contains twelve species, found on the Polynesian Islands:
- Nomaua arborea <small>Forster, 1990</small> â New Zealand
- Nomaua cauda <small>Forster, 1990</small> â New Zealand
- Nomaua crinifrons <small>(Urquhart, 1891)</small> (type) â New Zealand
- Nomaua nelson <small>Forster, 1990</small> â New Zealand
- Nomaua perdita <small>Forster, 1990</small> â New Zealand
- Nomaua rakiura <small>Fitzgerald & Sirvid, 2009</small> â New Zealand (Stewart Is.)
- Nomaua repanga <small>Fitzgerald & Sirvid, 2009</small> â New Zealand
- Nomaua rimutaka <small>Fitzgerald & Sirvid, 2009</small> â New Zealand
- Nomaua taranga <small>Fitzgerald & Sirvid, 2009</small> â New Zealand
- Nomaua urquharti <small>Fitzgerald & Sirvid, 2009</small> â New Zealand
- Nomaua waikanae <small>(Forster, 1990)</small> â New Zealand
- Nomaua waikaremoana <small>Forster, 1990</small> â New Zealand
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