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Four orders of arachnids are found in New Zealand—mites, false scorpions, spiders and harvestmen. While all are abundantly represented, only the spiders and harvestmen are known well enough to form a basis for discussion.
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Forster, R.R. (1975). The Spiders and Harvestmen. In: Kuschel, G. (eds) Biogeography and Ecology in New Zealand. Monographiae Biologicae, vol 27. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-1941-5_12
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