Huara (spider)

Huara is a genus of South Pacific intertidal spiders first described by Raymond Robert Forster in 1964.[2]

Huara
Huara grossa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Desidae
Genus: Huara
Forster, 1964[1]
Type species
H. antarctica
(Berland, 1931)
Species

12, see text

Species

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

  • Huara antarctica (Berland, 1931) – New Zealand (Auckland Is.)
  • Huara chapmanae Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand
  • Huara decorata Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand
  • Huara dolosa Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand
  • Huara grossa Forster, 1964 – New Zealand (Auckland Is.)
  • Huara hastata Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand
  • Huara inflata Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand
  • Huara kikkawa Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand
  • Huara marplesi Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand
  • Huara mura Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand
  • Huara ovalis (Hogg, 1909) – New Zealand (Snares Is.)
  • Huara pudica Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand

References

  1. "Gen. Huara Forster, 1964". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-08.
  2. Forster, R. R. (1964). "The Araneae and Opiliones of the subantarctic islands of New Zealand". Pacific Insects Monographs. 7: 58–115.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.