# Colaranea

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{{Short description|Genus of spiders}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| taxon = Colaranea
|image=Colaranea brunnea.jpg
| authority = Court & [Forster](/source/Ray_Forster), 1988<ref name=NMBE />
| subdivision = 4, see text
| type_species = ''[C. viriditas](/source/Colaranea_viriditas)''
| type_species_authority = (Urquhart, 1887)
| subdivision_ranks = Species
}}

'''''Colaranea''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of [orb-weaver spiders](/source/Araneidae) first described by D. J. Court & [Raymond Robert Forster](/source/Raymond_Robert_Forster) in 1988 that are endemic to [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand).<ref name="Cour1988">{{cite journal |last1=Court |first1=D. J. |last2=Forster |first2=R. R. |year=1988 |title=The spiders of New Zealand: Part VI. Family Araneidae. |url=https://wsc.nmbe.ch/reference/6541 |journal=Otago Museum Bulletin |volume=6 |pages=68–124}}</ref>

== Description ==
''Colaranea'' have variable colouration, but are typically brown, red, yellow and especially green.

== Distribution ==
''Colaranea'' are widespread throughout the [North Island](/source/North_Island) and [South Island](/source/South_Island) of New Zealand.<ref name="Cour1988" />

==Species==
{{as of|2019|04}} it contains four species, all found in New Zealand:<ref name=NMBE>{{cite web| title=Gen. Colaranea Court & Forster, 1988| website=World Spider Catalog| accessdate=2019-05-13| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/297}}</ref>
*''[Colaranea brunnea](/source/Colaranea_brunnea)'' <small>Court & Forster, 1988</small> – New Zealand
*''[Colaranea melanoviridis](/source/Colaranea_melanoviridis)'' <small>Court & Forster, 1988</small> – New Zealand
*''[Colaranea verutum](/source/Colaranea_verutum)'' <small>(Urquhart, 1887)</small> – New Zealand
*''[Colaranea viriditas](/source/Colaranea_viriditas)'' <small>(Urquhart, 1887)</small> – New Zealand

==References==
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Category:Araneidae
Category:Araneidae genera
Category:Endemic spiders of New Zealand
Category:Taxa named by Raymond Robert Forster

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