Whakamoke

Whakamoke
Whakamoke paoka
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Malkaridae
Genus: Whakamoke
Hormiga & Scharff, 2020
Type species
W. orongorongo
Hormiga & Scharff, 2020
Species

7, see text

Whakamoke is a genus of Polynesian shield spiders. It was first described by Gustavo Hormiga and N. Scharff in 2020, and it has only been found in New Zealand.