Kaitawa

{{Short description|Genus of spiders}}

{{For|Kaitawa statistical area|Makuri, New Zealand#Demographics}}

{{Speciesbox

|taxon=Kaitawa insulare

|image=Kaitawa_insulare_AMNZ5050_Dorsal.jpg

|image_caption=Kaitawa insulare

|authority=(Marples, 1956)

|parent_authority=Forster, 1979

}}

Kaitawa is a monotypic genus of South Pacific ground spiders containing the single species, Kaitawa insulare. It was first described by Raymond Robert Forster in 1979, who separated Cheiracanthium insulare from Cheiracanthium into this genus, retaining the species name.{{cite Q|Q58677519}}{{cite journal|last=Forster|first=R. R.|year=1979|title=The spiders of New Zealand. Part V. Cycloctenidae, Gnaphosidae, Clubionidae.|journal=Otago Museum Bulletin|pages=1–95|volume=5}} It has only been found in New Zealand.{{cite web|title=Gen. Kaitawa Forster, 1979|website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0|accessdate=2019-06-04|year=2019|publisher=Natural History Museum Bern|url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/946|doi=10.24436/2}}