Mahura

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

Short description: Genus of spiders

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]

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

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 "Gen. Mahura Forster & Wilton, 1973". Natural History Museum Bern. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/38. Retrieved 2019-04-16.
↑ 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] 1.0 ^1.1 "Gen. Mahura Forster & Wilton, 1973". Natural History Museum Bern. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/38. Retrieved 2019-04-16.

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