Biology:Aotearoa magna

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Short description: Species of spider

Aotearoa magna
Aotearoa magna (male).jpg
Male Aotearoa magna
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Mecysmaucheniidae
Genus: Aotearoa
Forster & Platnick, 1984[1]
Species:
A. magna
Binomial name
Aotearoa magna
(Forster, 1949)[1]

Aotearoa magna is a species of spiders in the Mecysmaucheniidae family. It was first described in 1949 by Forster. (As of 2017), it is the only species in the genus Aotearoa, erected by Forster and Platnick in 1984. It is found in New Zealand.[1] (The Māori name of the island nation is Aotearoa.)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Gen. Aotearoa Forster & Platnick, 1984". Natural History Museum Bern. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/1892. Retrieved 2017-04-10. 

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