Mahura

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]

For other uses, see Mahuva (Surat district).

Mahura
Scientific classification
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

Species

As of April 2019 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
  1. "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.


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