Ahua (spider)

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Ahua
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Ahua insula
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Agelenidae
Genus: Ahua
Forster & Wilton, 1973 [1]
Type species
A. vulgaris Forster & Wilton, 1973
Species

4, see text

Ahua is a genus of South Pacific funnel weavers first described by Raymond Robert Forster & C. L. Wilton in 1973. [2]

Species

As of April 2019 it contains four species: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Gen. Ahua Forster & Wilton, 1973". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-04-16.
  2. Forster, R. R.; Wilton, C. L. (1973). "The spiders of New Zealand. Part IV". Otago Museum Bulletin. 4: 1–309.