Huara (spider)

Huara
Huara grossa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Desidae
Genus:	Huara Forster, 1964 [1]
Type species
H. antarctica (Berland, 1931)
Species
12, see text

Huara is a genus of intertidal spiders first described by Raymond Robert Forster in 1964. They are native to New Zealand. ^{[2] [3]}

Species

As of April 2019 ^[update] it contains twelve species, all found in New Zealand: ^[1]

• Huara antarctica (Berland, 1931) – New Zealand (Auckland Is.)
• Huara chapmanae Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand
• Huara decorata Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand
• Huara dolosa Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand
• Huara grossa Forster, 1964 – New Zealand (Auckland Is.)
• Huara hastata Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand
• Huara inflata Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand
• Huara kikkawa Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand
• Huara marplesi Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand
• Huara mura Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand
• Huara ovalis (Hogg, 1909) – New Zealand (Snares Is.)
• Huara pudica Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand

References

1. "Gen. Huara Forster, 1964". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-08.
2. Forster, R. R. (1964). "The Araneae and Opiliones of the subantarctic islands of New Zealand". Pacific Insects Monographs. 7: 58–115.
3. Forster, R. R. & Wilton, C. L. (1973). The spiders of New Zealand. Part IV. Otago Museum Bulletin4: 1-309.