# Nomaua

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***Nomaua*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of [Polynesian](/source/Polynesia) [araneomorph](/source/Araneomorphae) spiders in the family [Physoglenidae](/source/Physoglenidae) that was first described by [Raymond Robert Forster](/source/Raymond_Robert_Forster) in 1990.[3] Originally placed with the [Linyphiidae](/source/Linyphiidae), it was moved to the [Synotaxidae](/source/Synotaxidae) in 1990,[3] and is now considered a senior synonym of *Wairua*.[2]

## Species

As of September 2019 it contains twelve species, found on the [Polynesian Islands](/source/Polynesia):[1]

- *[Nomaua arborea](/source/Nomaua_arborea)* Forster, 1990 – [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand)
- *[Nomaua cauda](/source/Nomaua_cauda)* Forster, 1990 – New Zealand
- *[Nomaua crinifrons](/source/Nomaua_crinifrons)* (Urquhart, 1891) ([type](/source/Type_species)) – New Zealand
- *[Nomaua nelson](/source/Nomaua_nelson)* Forster, 1990 – New Zealand
- *[Nomaua perdita](/source/Nomaua_perdita)* Forster, 1990 – New Zealand
- *[Nomaua rakiura](/source/Nomaua_rakiura)* Fitzgerald & Sirvid, 2009 – New Zealand (Stewart Is.)
- *[Nomaua repanga](/source/Nomaua_repanga)* Fitzgerald & Sirvid, 2009 – New Zealand
- *[Nomaua rimutaka](/source/Nomaua_rimutaka)* Fitzgerald & Sirvid, 2009 – New Zealand
- *[Nomaua taranga](/source/Nomaua_taranga)* Fitzgerald & Sirvid, 2009 – New Zealand
- *[Nomaua urquharti](/source/Nomaua_urquharti)* Fitzgerald & Sirvid, 2009 – New Zealand
- *[Nomaua waikanae](/source/Nomaua_waikanae)* (Forster, 1990) – New Zealand
- *[Nomaua waikaremoana](/source/Nomaua_waikaremoana)* Forster, 1990 – New Zealand

## References

1. ["Gen. Nomaua Forster, 1990"](http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3213). *World Spider Catalog Version 20.0*. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. [doi:10.24436/2](https://doi.org/10.24436/2). Retrieved 2019-10-13.

1. Fitzgerald, B. M. & Sirvid, P. J. (2009). "A revision of *Nomaua* (Araneae: Synotaxidae) and description of a new synotaxid genus from New Zealand". *Tuhinga*. **20**: 139.

1. Forster, R. R.; Platnick, N. I.; Coddington, J. (1990). "A proposal and review of the spider family Synotaxidae (Araneae, Araneoidea), with notes on theridiid interrelationships". *Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History*. **193**: 1–116.

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