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Genus: Oparara Forster & Wilton, 1973 | Family: Desidae Pocock, 1895

Oparara vallus (Marples, 1959)

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Distribution: New Zealand

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Holotype: Canterbury Museum, Christchurch (CMC), New Zealand m - (Nicholls et al., 2000)
Allotype: Canterbury Museum, Christchurch (CMC), New Zealand f - (Marples, 1959b)

Taxonomic References

Ixeuticus vallus Marples, 1959b: 344, f. II. 4, 6 (Dmf; specific epithet is a noun) Original description

Lathyarcha vallus Lehtinen, 1967: 242 (T from Ixeuticus)

Oparara valla Forster & Wilton, 1973: 180, f. 573-578 (mf, T from Lathyarcha)

Oparara vallus Brignoli, 1983c: 503

References

Brignoli, P. M. (1983c). A catalogue of the Araneae described between 1940 and 1981. Manchester University Press, 755 pp. -- Show included taxa

Forster, R. R. & Wilton, C. L. (1973). The spiders of New Zealand. Part IV. Otago Museum Bulletin 4: 1-309. -- Show included taxa

Lehtinen, P. T. (1967). Classification of the cribellate spiders and some allied families, with notes on the evolution of the suborder Araneomorpha. Annales Zoologici Fennici 4: 199-468. [second pdf: index and outline by V. D. Roth (unpubl.)] -- Show included taxa

Marples, R. R. (1959b). The dictynid spiders of New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 87: 333-361. -- Show included taxa

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Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2026-10-19	Type repository inserted	Nicholls et al., 2000