Icona
{{Short description| Genus of spiders}}
{{For|the musical group|Icona Pop}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = AS000002 Icona alba Forster 1956 Te Papa 125223 262223.jpg
| image_caption = Icona alba
| taxon = Icona
| authority = Forster, 1955
| type_species = I. alba
| type_species_authority = Forster, 1955
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
- I. alba Forster, 1955 – New Zealand (Auckland Is., Campbell Is.)
- I. drama Forster, 1964 – New Zealand (Auckland Is.)
}}
Icona is a genus of South Pacific comb-footed spiders (family Theridiidae) that was first described by Raymond Robert Forster in 1955.{{cite journal| last=Forster| first=R. R.| year=1955| title=Spiders from the subantarctic islands of New Zealand| journal=Records of the Dominion Museum, Wellington| pages=167–203| volume=2| author-link=Raymond_Robert_Forster}} {{as of|2020|05}} it contains only two species, both native to the Auckland Islands: I. alba and I. drama.{{cite web| title=Gen. Icona Forster, 1955| website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0| accessdate=2020-06-26| year=2020| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3496| doi=10.24436/2}}
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Category:Endemic spiders of New Zealand
Category:Taxa named by Raymond Robert Forster
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