Mahura
| Mahura | |
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Scientific classification 
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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 | |
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18, see text | |
Mahura is a
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[update] it contains eighteen species:[1]
- Mahura accola Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
- Mahura bainhamensis Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
- Mahura boara Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
- Mahura crypta Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
- Mahura detrita Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
- Mahura hinua Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
- Mahura musca Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
- Mahura rubella Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
- Mahura rufula Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
- Mahura scuta Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
- Mahura sorenseni Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
- Mahura southgatei Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
- Mahura spinosa Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
- Mahura spinosoides Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
- Mahura takahea Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
- Mahura tarsa Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
- Mahura turris Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
- Mahura vella Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
References
- ^ a b "Gen. Mahura Forster & Wilton, 1973". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-04-16.
- ^ Forster, R. R.; Wilton, C. L. (1973). "The spiders of New Zealand. Part IV". Otago Museum Bulletin. 4: 1–309.