Otira (spider)

Otira
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Amaurobiidae
Genus:	Otira ; Forster & Wilton, 1973
Type species
	O. satura Forster & Wilton, 1973;
Species
	6, see text

Last updated November 07, 2025

Otira is a genus of South Pacific tangled nest spiders first described by Raymond Robert Forster & C. L. Wilton in 1973.^[2] The genus is endemic to New Zealand.

A 2011 review of the genus removed three Australian species ( Otira affinis , Otira aquilonaria and Otira summa ), and placed them within a new genus, Oztira . This new genus name is a portmanteau formed by combining the genus Otira with Oz, a nickname for Australia.^[3]

Species

As of December 2024^[update] it contains six species:^[1]

Otira canasta Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
Otira indura Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
Otira liana Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
Otira parva Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
Otira satura Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
Otira terricola Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand

References

1 2 "Gen. Otira Forster & Wilton, 1973". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2024-12-23.
↑ Forster, R. R.; Wilton, C. L. (30 September 1973). "The Spiders of New Zealand Part IV: Agelenidae, Stiphidiidae, Amphinectidae, Amaurobiidae, Neolanidae, Ctenidae, Psechridae" (PDF). Otago Museum bulletin. 4: 1–309. ISSN 0474-859X. Wikidata Q113167424. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 April 2024.
↑ Milledge, G. A. (29 June 2011). "A revision of Storenosoma Hogg and description of a new genus, Oztira (Araneae: Amaurobiidae)". Records of the Australian Museum. 63 (1): 1–32. doi:10.3853/J.0067-1975.63.2011.1579. ISSN 0067-1975. Wikidata Q54554767.

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[NMBE-1] 1 2 "Gen. Otira Forster & Wilton, 1973". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2024-12-23.

[Fors1973-2] Forster, R. R.; Wilton, C. L. (30 September 1973). "The Spiders of New Zealand Part IV: Agelenidae, Stiphidiidae, Amphinectidae, Amaurobiidae, Neolanidae, Ctenidae, Psechridae" (PDF). Otago Museum bulletin. 4: 1–309. ISSN 0474-859X. Wikidata Q113167424. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 April 2024.

[3] Milledge, G. A. (29 June 2011). "A revision of Storenosoma Hogg and description of a new genus, Oztira (Araneae: Amaurobiidae)". Records of the Australian Museum. 63 (1): 1–32. doi:10.3853/J.0067-1975.63.2011.1579. ISSN 0067-1975. Wikidata Q54554767.

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