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Mahura is a genus of South Pacific funnel weavers first described by Raymond Robert Forster & C. L. Wilton in 1973 and known only from New Zealand. They are fairly common, though small spiders, ranging from long.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassArachnida
  4. OrderAraneae
  5. FamilyAgelenidae

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Family
Agelenidae
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Recorded in
New Zealand

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Agelenidae
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AS000022 Mahura detrita Wilton & Forster 1973 Te Papa 125491 262253.jpg
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taxon name
Mahura
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Mahura
endemic to
New Zealand
taxonomic type
Mahura turris
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Mahura is a genus of South Pacific funnel weavers first described by Raymond Robert Forster & C. L. Wilton in 1973 and known only from New Zealand. They are fairly common, though small spiders, ranging from long.

==Species== it contains eighteen species: Mahura accola Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand Mahura bainhamensis Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand Mahura boara Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand Mahura crypta Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand Mahura detrita Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand Mahura hinua Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand Mahura musca Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand Mahura rubella Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand Mahura rufula Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand Mahura scuta Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand Mahura sorenseni Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand Mahura southgatei Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand Mahura spinosa Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand Mahura spinosoides Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand Mahura takahea Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand Mahura tarsa Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand Mahura turris Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand Mahura vella Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand

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