Mahura

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Mahura
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Mahura detrita holotype specimen
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Agelenidae
Genus: Mahura
Forster & Wilton, 1973 [1]
Type species
M. turris Forster & Wilton, 1973
Species

18, see text

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 1.5 to 3.5 millimetres (0.059 to 0.138 in) long. [2]

Species

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

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Mahura bainhamensis is a species of Agelenidae that is endemic to New Zealand.

<i>Mahura boara</i> Species of spider

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<i>Mahura crypta</i> Species of spider

Mahura crypta is a species of Agelenidae that is endemic to New Zealand.

<i>Mahura detrita</i> Species of spider

Mahura detrita is a species of Agelenidae that is endemic to New Zealand.

<i>Mahura hinua</i> Species of spider

Mahura hinua is a species of Agelenidae that is endemic to New Zealand.

<i>Mahura musca</i> Species of spider

Mahura musca is a species of Agelenidae that is endemic to New Zealand.

Mahura rubella is a species of Agelenidae that is endemic to New Zealand.

Mahura rufula is a species of Agelenidae that is endemic to New Zealand.

Mahura scuta is a species of Agelenidae that is endemic to New Zealand.

Mahura sorenseni is a species of Agelenidae that is endemic to New Zealand.

Mahura southgatei is a species of Agelenidae that is endemic to New Zealand.

Mahura spinosa is a species of Agelenidae that is endemic to New Zealand.

Mahura spinosoides is a species of Agelenidae that is endemic to New Zealand.

Mahura takahea is a species of Agelenidae that is endemic to New Zealand.

Mahura tarsa is a species of Agelenidae that is endemic to New Zealand.

Mahura turris is a species of Agelenidae that is endemic to New Zealand.

<i>Mahura vella</i> Species of spider

Mahura vella is a species of Agelenidae that is endemic to New Zealand.

References

  1. 1 2 "Gen. Mahura 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.