Makora

Makora
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Desidae
Genus:	Makora ; Forster & Wilton, 1973
Type species
	M. figurata ; Forster & Wilton, 1973
Species
	5, see text

Last updated February 16, 2025

Makora is a genus of South Pacific intertidal spiders first described by Raymond Robert Forster & C. L. Wilton in 1973.^[2]

Species

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

Makora calypso (Marples, 1959) – New Zealand
Makora detrita Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand
Makora diversa Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand
Makora figurata Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand
Makora mimica Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand

References

1 2 "Gen. Makora Forster & Wilton, 1973". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-08.
↑ Forster, R. R.; Wilton, C. L. (1973). "The spiders of New Zealand. Part IV". Otago Museum Bulletin. 4: 1–309.

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[NMBE-1] 1 2 "Gen. Makora Forster & Wilton, 1973". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-08.

[Fors1973-2] Forster, R. R.; Wilton, C. L. (1973). "The spiders of New Zealand. Part IV". Otago Museum Bulletin. 4: 1–309.

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